Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shawl. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Shawl for Grandma/Szal dla Babci























Dzisiaj krotko (bo upal diabelny, wiec i myslec trudno).
Wczoraj skonczylam szal dla babci. Ma ok. 43cm x 170cm.
Dosyc latwy i szybki w wykonaniu, oprocz falbanki, ktorej zdawalo sie, ze nigdy nie skoncze. 

Wloczka: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport Solid - Natural, welna Merino Superwash, 5 motkow (70 g/motek). Troszke oporna w blokowaniu - rozciaga sie jak glupia na mokro, ale jak wysycha, to sie z powrotem troche kurczy.
Ogolem: Dziergalo sie bardzo przyjemnie - wzor jest ciekawy i wloczka mieciusienka.






















Today I'll keep it short and sweet (it's too hot and humid for anything else).
Yesterday, I finished a stole for my Grandma. It's approximately 17" by 71" in size.
It was relatively easy and quick to knit, except the edging, which I thought would take forever.

Pattern: Love the Earth Lace Wrap
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport Solid - Natural, Superwash Merino wool, 5 skeins (200yds/skein). Kind of resistant to blocking - it stretches like crazy when wet, but then shrinks quite a bit when dry.
Overall: Very pleasant to knit - the pattern is interesting and the yarn very soft and squishy.



















Sunday, January 24, 2010

Triinu



















Skonczylam wlasnie szal Triinu. Wzor jest z ksiazki "Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions" Nancy Bush. Tylko zeby wyszedl z tego szal a nie szalik, poszerzylam go troche i przedluzylam wzor na koncowkach. Wloczka, ktora zuzylam to Peruvian Baby Silk (80% alpaka, 20% jedwab). Jest dosyc gruba jak na azurowy wzor, ale taka chcialam zeby szal byl przede wszystkim cieply a jednoczesnie leciutki i mieciutki. Bardzo fajnie sie go dziergalo, latwo i szybko. Zdjecia raczej marne, bo pogoda ponura a jutro musze wyslac szal do nowej wlascicielki, wiec nie da rady czekac na lepsza pogode i swiatlo. Bardzo dziekuje wszystkim za odwiedziny na blogu. Zycze wspanialego dnia/wieczoru.


I just finished the Triinu stole. The pattern is from Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions by Nancy Bush. Because I wanted a stole not a scarf, I added more pattern repeats and elongated the border sections. I chose Peruvian Baby Silk for this project (80% alpaca, 20% silk), because I wanted a predominantly warm, yet very light and soft stole. Triinu was very easy and relatively fast to knit. The photos are rather poor, because the weather here is very dreary, rainy and blah, and I can't wait for a better light, since the stole is going on a trip to its new home tomorrow. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a wonderful day/evening.