Knitting
Some finishing and some starting here. I did the tricky bit of the summer pudding Looped Bracelet,
and then I finished it. I made the tabs a bit longer this time.
I've started another one, with 10 stitches instead of 12. It's Koigu so 10 stitches should be a little daintier. Lynne has added some more bracelet patterns on her website. I've started Waves twice and am having a which-is-the-back problem, but someone on Ravelry has done it. There's a new Lynne Barr Ravelry group here.
I finished the latest Pinwheel blanket, the stripy green one, but I keep forgetting to photograph it. I finished the white Swallowtail and it looks like a piece of ectoplasm. I'll block it soon.
I've been swatching for some lace but I haven't blocked those yet so they'll have to wait.
And, before I knew it, I'd started this. It's another Swallowtail Shawl.
It's Ella Rae Merino Lace in a very beachy blue. Wendy of Wendy Knits made her Exonumist's Shawl from this yarn and I fell instantly and heavily for the colour. There are patches of a sort of pebbley colour, which I think is why it makes me think of beaches. I tried to wind the wool with my nostepinne but between my inexperience and the incredible bounciness of the yarn, I ended up with an enormous fankle which I had to rewind twice. I still love it though.
I found this knitting clock on John Naughton's blog. It's the work of Siren Elise Wilhelmsen and it takes a year to knit a two-metre scarf. I think we've all done that.
If you want to know more about it, look here.
Staring
I got the set of Yves St-Laurent docos, His Life and Times and 5 Avenue Marceau - thanks very much for the recommendation, Gretchen.
The first has a lot of talking, which is good, and the second has lots of fabric and talking and smoking, which is even better. I had no idea that being a muse was such hard work: it involves lots of cajoling and suggesting and enthusing, and long hours.
By chance a few days later I came across some more YSL visual goodies. When I'm not looking at knitting on Tinternet, one of my other vices is reading the Real Estalker, a real estate blog which concerns itself with the 'homes', never 'houses', of actors and other celebs. It's funny and well written. Just after I'd watched the YSL docos, what should I find but a post about YSL's properties. It starts by describing his pad in the 7eme (where else?) but also has links to the house in Tangiers, and the jaw-dropping Chateau Gabriel in Deauville, where the helipad has been disguised as a landscape feature.
And there's a post about the pied-a-terre in 5th Avenue, NYC. It all adds up to an awful lot of frocks. And maquillage. And scent. And shoes.
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9 comments:
Thank you! I seriously love the knitting clock. Love the entire concept, even though I usually never take a year to knit 72 inches.
Oh, dear, another way for me to waste time on the net. I love looking at real estate. Paired with gossip, it could be deadly.
And aren't you the shawl knitting machine, never mind the clock?
Great knitting but I'm going to have to stop reading your blog Helen(VBG)
I downloaded the bracelet patterns, I've started and nearly finished a circular blanket(Vortex)
Where will it end?
I'll be doing the swallowtail next;)
Your Ella Rae lace is very lovely, And you practise your nostepinne :) So do I. The other day I was reading about the old tools, that it was only used in the beginning of the winding. Phew. 600 m of lace in one small pinne. It was a day´s work. Could use the Siren clock.
The shawl is beautiful without being blocked, will look better afterwards. I agree with Amber, every time I read your blog I mentally add more projects to the never decreasing list in my head
"That helipad is beautiful"-- there's a sentence I never expected to type. Thanks for the scoop on the YSL properties.
I'm glad you liked the YSL fashion docs. I knew they would find an appreciative audience in you and your readers.
-- Gretchen
That *is* an unexpectedly cool helipad! And thanks again for the bracelet mention; my young knitting friend took to them like a duck to water. Now she's starting her very own pinwheel blanket, which I also found through you -- thanks!
Prettiest ectoplasm I've ever seen!
I want one of those knitting clocks; too bad they're not for sale (although I probably couldn't afford one).
I think I'll have one of those helipads landscaped into my backyard. It will be the focal point of the yard, and the large helicopter manufacturer just 3 miles away could practice their takeoffs and landings during their test flights right over my yard. (Of course, I would charge the company a large fee for this service. Gotta pay for that high-cost landscaping somehow!)
Mary G. in Texas
The clock is a hoot. My dear man was worried for a minute that I would be shopping online for one.
Love the Swallowtail shawl! Just wait till you see it blocked out. Love mine, I substituted beads for nupps. Simply can not do those little buggars. I bow to your expertise.
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