~Charles Bukowski
And I'm knitting lace. Pink, frothy lace. I'm on the seventh and last repeat of the basket weave portion of Hanami, and thankful to soon be transitioning to the cherry blossom part. So far it's an easy knit; so easy that I've eschewed lifelines, and have only messed up twice with runaway stitches. All have been corralled, and here's hoping my fixes aren't too obvious. My gauge is a little big, so the stitches are more open than I prefer, but a gentle blocking and the spun sugar aspect of the Alpaca Cloud will hopefully mitigate my knitting on size US2s instead of US0s. (When did my knitting get so loose? Perplexing.)
Half done with Hanami, and already I'm daydreaming about the next lace project for my knitting group's Summer of Lace KAL. In the won'thavetothinksomuch corner are Adamas, Foliage, Juno Regina, and Moon Dance. In the breathtakinglybeautifulbutwillitmakemepullallmyhairout corner is Irtfa'a. (Thanks to Meredith for once again putting this on my radar.) I wonder which one will win out? Any preferences?
10 comments:
Wow - you are zooming through Hanami! Pink and fuzzy. I'll be darned.
You are a Hanami speed demon and lace expert. You go lace girl!
Hiya Hunny, how's you?
I vote for Irtfa'a ... you know you wanna :)
Oooh...I knit the Hanami a few months ago and you're right--it's a fast knit. I think you need to follow that up with more of a challenge. I'm voting for Irtfa'a, just so I can knit vicariously! ;-)
I don't have any suggestions for what you should knit next, I'm just wondering which of the four horsemen of the apocalypse is going to wear that shawl when you're done with it...pink fuzzy lace? That's end of the world knitting right there.
(it looks pretty!!)
I really like Juno Regina, but I know you'll want the Irtfa. It beckons pretty hard. I can't believe how fast you're moving on Hanami! Gorgeous!
DROOLING over Hanami!!!
I vote for Juno Regina or Iftfa's, both in my queue and craving to be done ASAP!!! (oh, and I have yarn for both...hehe)
No life line?! You're living on the edge. But then again, you are the Lace Queen. :)
I like all of the projects you're choosing from. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. Put them in a hat and pick one. Or choose the one you think about the most.
Who would've ever thought Bukowski and pink lace would ever make it into the same paragraph?
Oooooh. That's really lovely.
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