A Long Lacy Summer? Uh, where are we again?

Well, it's summer down-under where Bells is hosting an informal little knit along dedicated to lace.

She has a lovely smattering of the finished lacy projects from the participants.

While it's summer in Australia, it's cold and rainy here. I haven't knit myself a sweater for over a year. What's a Duchess to do?

Knit a nice warm lacy sweater, of course!

It's Oblique by Véronik Avery from last fall's Knitty.

I am knitting it from the large cone of mill end Merino/Cashmere that I picked up at School Products "The Oldest Yarn Store in Manhattan." It is listed as bulky weight, but really it's more like aran weight. It also has some sort of starch on it which was probably meant to protect the yarn during machine knitting, but washes out easily.

I was a good girl and swatched. Good thing too! It was 4.5 inches, not 4 inches, in both directions.



Down to a size six needle, one good swatch, and a couple of false starts later. . .



I am happily knitting a sweater for myself once again. It's a good feeling.

Don't Laugh

So there are probably several mothers out there who will laugh at this statement, but I will make it none-the-less.

Lace knitting and parenting are not natural bedfellows.

This is not the first time I have knit this lace stitch. It is the first time since Little Sir arrived in Yarnnation. Little did I know the two are not terribly compatible.

"What!" you say in shock and disbelief, "lace is not easily knit with constant interruption and lack of sleep?"

Despite the slow progress and the multiple rip backs, and the dozens of picked up yarn overs, it is coming along beautifully.



The yarn is Jojoland Harmony purchased at Little Knits (the link will take you there.) I have lost the ball band, but despite the widely varied color differences between the photos and my yarn, I believe it is color HC03. I just love the colors and the color changes keep me interested.



The pattern is from Evelyn Clark's Knitted Lace Triangles.