I may be a tad obsessed
Apr. 5th, 2010 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanessaramaI joined the '10 Shawls in 2010' group on Ravelry and have proceeded to have the most amazing fun with it. I'm using stash yarn for the most part, using up the Colourmart cashmere and sock yarn I've been hoarding which is too pretty to be used for socks.
This is Brangian. The yarn is Djinni Sock by Dragonfly Fibers in a colourway called 'Riptide'. I really enjoyed this project and will do a larger sized Brangie at a later date. She's a small size, only a shawlette really.
This is Wandering the Moor. (Did I mention that I'm a sucker for evocative or beautiful names?) The yarn is 100% pure cashmere from Colourmart, bought for some ridiculously low price back when they were Ebay-only. You buy it oiled for machine knitting and it smells and is all stringy, but then you wash it with dishwashing liquid and it blooms to this amazing softness. I've had this yarn for years, but as soon as I saw this pattern I knew this was how the yarn needed to be used. I've rarely had a yarn and pattern marry so instantly and so well. I made the large size, but the entire thing weighs only 136 grams.
Brangian in close-up, so you can see the details of the lace edging and the yarn.
Wandering the Moor in close-up. Being cashmere, it doesn't hold the points of the pattern as well as wool does, but I think it works well with the nature of the pattern, which is only soft curves rather than hard points anyway. This thing is unbelievably warm. I wrap it round my neck and shoulders and it seems to warm up my entire body.
Finally, here's a new pic of Matilda, which I finished a few weeks ago. The previous pics I posted were pre-blocking and during blocking, but this is what she looks like released and glorious in the sun.
Close-up of Matilda's pattern.
This is Brangian. The yarn is Djinni Sock by Dragonfly Fibers in a colourway called 'Riptide'. I really enjoyed this project and will do a larger sized Brangie at a later date. She's a small size, only a shawlette really.
This is Wandering the Moor. (Did I mention that I'm a sucker for evocative or beautiful names?) The yarn is 100% pure cashmere from Colourmart, bought for some ridiculously low price back when they were Ebay-only. You buy it oiled for machine knitting and it smells and is all stringy, but then you wash it with dishwashing liquid and it blooms to this amazing softness. I've had this yarn for years, but as soon as I saw this pattern I knew this was how the yarn needed to be used. I've rarely had a yarn and pattern marry so instantly and so well. I made the large size, but the entire thing weighs only 136 grams.
Brangian in close-up, so you can see the details of the lace edging and the yarn.
Wandering the Moor in close-up. Being cashmere, it doesn't hold the points of the pattern as well as wool does, but I think it works well with the nature of the pattern, which is only soft curves rather than hard points anyway. This thing is unbelievably warm. I wrap it round my neck and shoulders and it seems to warm up my entire body.
Finally, here's a new pic of Matilda, which I finished a few weeks ago. The previous pics I posted were pre-blocking and during blocking, but this is what she looks like released and glorious in the sun.
Close-up of Matilda's pattern.
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Date: 2010-04-05 02:12 pm (UTC)