Oh boy, could someone let me know where the last few months have gone? Because I have no idea...
But, you know, I do have some knitting to share!
First up: Lyra by Herbert Niebling
After spending most of the last three years languishing in a bag in a half-knit state, it is finally finished. Completely beautiful and completely impractical but there is nothing wrong with that! Plus, one day I will have a lovely big leather armchair (oh yes, I will) to drape it over.
I love how textural Niebling's lace is, which is something you don't see all that often in modern lace. In Lyra you have the double yarn over mesh background, the standard yo, stocking stitch areas and twisted/crossed stitch areas to give four different densities of fabric and allow for 'shading', as though one were painting with stitches. Definitely something to be logged away as future design inspiration.
Another recent (as in, two days ago) FO: the imaginatively titled #30 Vintage Lace Blouse from Vogue Knitting Early Winter 2011
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| This is what victory rolls look like post-stock room tidying... |
The yarn is Tosh Merino Light in the colourway 'Coquette' which is the most fabulous pink and perfectly matches this fashion print from 1840 I found in a Cambridge bookshop a couple of years ago and have been swooning over since.
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| Hot pink and pale blue - gorgeous! |
I decided to wear it with a flower in my hair because, well, you can never have too much pink!
Of course, finishing something always means starting something else! More on that next time (and it won't be another four months, I promise!)
J
