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This blog was created as a space where people who knit, crochet, sew, spin, dye, weave, or just enjoy looking a colors and patterns could share ideas and pictures of their work.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'lace'

  • Matrix is complete

    Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 19:03 in , blocking, lace

    Here's a larger picture to give you a sense of the whole piece, and a closeup for the detail.Overall, I think it worked out okay. The beads and yarn are close enough so the effect is pretty calm and...

  • Getting back to the Matrix

    Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 19:04 in , knitting, lace

    Yay! Now I can finish the Matrix, which I am quite fond of. Of course, now I begin to fear I don't have enough Gloss, and cosmos won't be available until Sept., which means a new dye lot. Bother, Pooh...

  • Berries matrix scarf

    Posted on Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 19:10 in , lace

    Well, that's just what it's making me think of right now. This is size 6 seed beads knit into knitpicks gloss cosmos, using a shawl pattern from Cheryl Ober's Folk Shawls (Kimono shawl cut down to sc...

  • Simpler is better

    Posted on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 at 19:02 in , knitting, lace

    Knitting lace with beads - same pattern, same yarn (pretty much), but . . . less really is more - don't you think?It's going to be a scarf. I think the overall effect will be even better once it's o...

  • Playing with beads

    Posted on Sunday May 18th, 2008 at 19:04 in , lace, space dyed sock yarn

    So, I started to play with some food coloring dyed silk and merino and beads. I'm using Cheryl Ober's shawl pattern, trimmed down to be a scarf rather than a shawl. I kind of like it, I think, but I...

  • Yay, it came in the mail (and other thoughts)

    Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 19:15 in , knitting, knitting pattern, lace, pattern ideas, spinning, yarn

    The colors of the beads don't show up so well in this snap, but they match the mermaid green fingering weight silk and merino I dyed Monday. I'm thinking about a lace scarf. As luck would have it, I ...

  • The predictable result of multitasking

    Posted on Tuesday March 11th, 2008 at 19:17 in , lace, spinning

    which would be . . . . not getting much done."Andre creep, Andre creep, Andre creep . . ."But here they are. Got one skein of the wine Ashland spun, here's half a skein of patina. Pretty, but slow. ...

  • Hrmmm, maybe I'll do some socks

    Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 14:46 in , lace, socks

    I've found a pattern on Ravelry which was a dead link. So I didn't stash it. And now I can't find it again.But maybe I'll do these instead. God, her work is lovely.My slow slow lace is this - maybe...

  • Lace . . . it grows very slowly

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 19:08 in , lace

    Which is a good thing, as I tend to power through normal projects. This can lead to financial strain, if unchecked, I maybe I should do MORE lace.(An aside, I guess I have a lot of nerve telling the ...

  • Lace . . .

    Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 10:16 in , lace

    Haven't done this in a while . . . .more about it later....