Branching Out
Branching Out was nicely blocked when I got home tonight (please excuse the hastily-contrived "pale background"!):
Pattern: Branching Out from Knitty by Susan Pierce Lawrence
Yarn: Stylecraft 100% wool DK in shade Ocean
Needles: 5mm straights (bamboo)
Yardage: Approx. three quarters of one 100g ball (240m / 260 yards per ball)
Pattern repeats: 39, I think!
This is a gift for a friend, I now need to finish off the bag in the same yarn :-) I'm definitely pleased with the end result on this scarf, it's amazing that you can turn a wibbly wobbly scrunchy piece of knitting into lovely lace with damp blocking.
posted by dreamcatcher @ 6:04 pm
14 Comments:
It really is amazing how it looks after blocking it.
It looks great.
It looks fantastic! One lucky friend you have there :)
Gorgeous! As you say, it's amazing how lovely lace comes up after blocking.
How wonderfully beautiful!! It is amazing how lace looks after blocking!!
How lovely it is! Did you say that was your first lace? Well done. I couldn't do it, because I tried. 39 repeats too *shakes*
Your scarf looks fantastic. Well done. Can't wait to see the bag.
Thanks everyone! It's my first "real" lace project and apart from one or two minor mistakes it turned out very well, quite a relief really!
Looks fab!
It is lovely. I like the contrast of strong colour, delicate fabric. Very chic. Let's see the bag then!!!!
Re Point Five felting - I was making a teacosy - AM making a teacosy! - so I wanted a good thick fabric. I used 7.5 needles, getting 12cms x 10cms over 15 sts and 15 rows. After 10 minutes on a hot machine wash the swatch measured 9cms x 7cms and retains the thick/thin quality of the yarn in a good way! I am still needle felting into the teacosy but lots else has got in the way of finishing! Good Luck!
That came out beautifully! I'm always amazed at what wonders blocking can do. You have a very lucky friend!
I love the colour it really makes the pattern of the lace stand out. I've been looking forward to seeing this since you said you'd finished on Monday. I was getting impatient! ;-)
Did you like the last book?
Branching out looks absolutely gorgeous!...i did try that myself and liked the pattern but not in the yarn i'd chosen so it went into the frog pond :0)But i'm definately going to give it another go after seeing your fine specimen!The Cozy ...i'm ashamed to admit... only has an 8 row pattern, and every other row of it is purl!LOL So you can see i'm a lost cause! I'm gonna do it though , i will not be beaten :0)BTW green over all that yummy yarn again!
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