tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082628.post116126290509948075..comments2023-04-28T10:23:41.338-04:00Comments on Kelly Knits Too: What I've Been DoingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082628.post-1161644803218390342006-10-23T19:06:00.000-04:002006-10-23T19:06:00.000-04:00hey miss kelly, thank you so much for the congratu...hey miss kelly, thank you so much for the congratulations on my engagement. i don't have an email to thank you so i'm doing it through your comments. hope you don't mind. <BR/><BR/>such exciting times for me! thank you again. :)meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602914034969481554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082628.post-1161276917573929562006-10-19T12:55:00.000-04:002006-10-19T12:55:00.000-04:00psmy first real lace project was a lace wt. kid mo...ps<BR/>my first real lace project was a lace wt. kid mohair scarf for my mom as a christmas gift. the yarn was very much like kidsilk haze. i cast on after thanksgiving, and was knitting into the wee hours of christmas when my parents went to midnight mass.<BR/>christmas morning, she opens the box and says, "how nice", and promptly sets it aside to open something else.<BR/>i <I>freaked !</I><BR/>"that's it?!" ... she thought it was some store bought thing, and didn't realize that i had knitted it for her. gaaaa !gray la granhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428881553665142659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082628.post-1161276687522009172006-10-19T12:51:00.000-04:002006-10-19T12:51:00.000-04:00can't wait to see your wavy! i don't have any lacy...can't wait to see your wavy! i don't have any lacy shawl suggestions but i see so many fab ones out there. <BR/><BR/>thanks for linking to my CPH. i'm jealous you got the donegal. i really wanted it but was too impatient to wait. i'm in absolute awe of that color. (not that i can complain about my choice but i do so love that color and it's tweed)i'm anxious to see your progress shotsmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602914034969481554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082628.post-1161276574667464852006-10-19T12:49:00.000-04:002006-10-19T12:49:00.000-04:00here's my 2 cents on an alpaca shawl. i think you'...here's my 2 cents on an alpaca shawl. i think you're on the low end of yardage, as i went through some of my shawl patterns to check their requirements. but, i think that if you do a long rectangle, it can double as a scarf or pseudo/wrap. i would pick a simple lace pattern that's easy to "read" so you're not chasing charts the entire time. and think about the "balance" of the stitches ... maybe something with a garter ridge thrown in here and there to help keep it from wanting to curl up. i would use a larger needle than the yarn asks, to give you a bit more mileage. the alpaca will certainly drape! and it will block! will it be hard to rip if you goof? hmmm ... i think the swatch will tell you that best.<BR/>i say, go for it! i think a simple feather and fan or vine lace pattern is easy enough to memorize, and is classic, girly, and elegant.<BR/>and take this all with a grain of salt, as i have yet to finish my alpaca icarus shawl. it's been hiding in the ziplock for a good couple of months now, waiting for the love to return :)<BR/>thank you for the well wishes on my cph and rhinebeck. the sheep & wool are one thing, but i also get to stay with some of my oldest friends and just chill!<BR/>oh, more lace shawl ideas ... how about something from interweave? like this ...<BR/><BR/>http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2006/10/swallowtail-shawl.html<BR/><BR/>or this ...<BR/><BR/>http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2006/09/shetland-triangle.html<BR/><BR/>they look smallish, but i don't know the required yardage.<BR/>you have the skills ... it's just reading a pattern and doing what it says :)gray la granhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428881553665142659noreply@blogger.com