Malabrigo wool, aka crack heroin for knitters, is a dream to work with. Buttery soft. Gorgeous, saturated colors. Not an itchy fiber whatsoever. Sigh.
I recently decided to master knitting lace, something I've always wanted to do, but was a little too intimidated to try. And designing lace patterns? That's just crazy talk.
But I was determined, first got over my inability to knit from charts (that was a tough one, but I'm much more confident now) earlier this month. Then knit a lot of swatches in fingering an lace weight yarns (most of which stunk - hard to see yarn that fine!). Then thought, hmmm, let's play with some Malabrigo!
So here we are - my first lace design and in one of my very very favorite wools. I flanked a lace panel with lace columns and an i-cord border. I'm very happy with this, just wish I'd had more wool in this colorway so that it could be longer.
To be listed in my shop this week!
5 comments:
Knitting lace???
You are my hero. :)
Oh, you are so right about Malabrigo! I have 3 skeins of it taunting me right now. Haven't tried lace yet--too scared about the small needles! I'm so impressed by your new design...way to go!
xo Sarah
I tell you, it's not that hard after all! I think the secret is in realizing that lace is nothing more than yarn overs and decreases. :) Mind you, I haven't tried very elaborate 20+ row stitches, but good Lord, that would take years to finish. :)
Yay for Malabrigo!!!
Oooo, I'd love to see a Fray design in Malabrigo - wowee, that would be sumptuous!!!!
I LOVE Malabrigo! It's so yummy!
beooo. teee. ful.
That's a helluva scarf, there, Brenda. Nice work.
Aww, thanks Heather! :) June, you're so lucky, you get a discount! :D
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