I continue to love the Cold Mountain Stole, but my progress has slowed a bit. I’m a slow lace knitter, so eventually the slow progress got to me and I’ve set it aside for a few days after quite a bit of work while I was traveling last weekend. I’m sure I’ll pick it up again soon since it really is looking great. Here’s a look at the progress so far:
Cold Mountain Progress as of June 27
The alpaca lace that I bought in Madison last weekend had been calling my name, and conveniently enough I have a new book with some great lace project, so I decided to cast on for the Pygora Merino Lace Scarf from 101 Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders. I’m about about 1.5 pattern repeats and this looks great. The only problem is that I neglected to look at the errata until after I had finished one pattern repeat. There is a whole section missing from the center. I decided not to rip back though since I don’t think this will be that noticeable once the sweater is done. Looking at the projects on Ravelry, it appears that a lot of people actually just knit from the book and didn’t find the errata, or perhaps found it later into the project and decided not to care. I love how this is turning out. The picture below doesn’t show it stretched out, so you can’t see it in it’s full “lipstick red” lace glory, but it does give you an idea.
Red Lace Scarf as of June 27
Your lacework is amazing! I tried to tackle lace and got to the first pattern row … got confused and haven’t gone back. SO I am quite impressed! I have a lot of laceweight yarn in my stash with good intentions… maybe this might motivate me.
Thanks Sally. I think the key is to find a pattern that really excites you, but isn’t crazy difficult. I had tried a few lace patterns before and had a really hard time with it. I still have a hard time with these, but I guess I’m finally motivated enough to just work through it. I blame the yarn!