Wandering Thread

Ooh! This is soo pretty! The pattern is a slightly modified version of two cross pollinated shawls: 1. Laminaria 2. Echo Flower . I used yarn from Henry's Attic - Rapunzel 1Ply - 100% Tussah Silk with a lovely golden color, it's natural crispy texture and mild shine. This yarn is surprisingly fuzzy almost like mohair. I didn't know how this wild silk will behave after blocking. It is my first tussah silk shawl. So actually the shawl became like starched after blocking but this effect didn't last long, after first photo session the fabric has become soft again. This shawl is available for sale in my LaceKnit etsy shop.

To make this shrug I used about 2 skeins of Staccato from Shibui Knits, 5 double pointed sock needles US6/4.00mm, circular needles of the same size (can use straight needles). The Staccato yarn has superwash merino wool and silk fibers, which gives to your garments an interesting shine and I like it. The yarn is perfect for knitting a jacket or sweater. But I think that Staccato can be used for socks and it will be a luxurious long lasting warm and elegant socks. I'm tempted to try. The process of knitting this shrug I would describe in these few steps: 1. Starting with double pointed sock needles I knitted in circles the first sleeve from down to top. 2. I switched sock needles to the circular ones and start knitting straight the back part. 3. Once I finished with the back I switched to sock needles again and start knitting in circles making the second sleeve from top down. 4. Then I blocked it. It's extremely important, because the fabric from Staccato yarn is st...

The thing is - I have got an amazing yarn from Henry's Attic. It called Avalanche, 100 silk, an extremely soft and smooth yarn. And of course I wanted to start to work with it right away. The project must be something as spectacular as this yarn. And that was a problem. I started by searching Ravelry. The closest garment for this yarn I could find was Date Night by Nikol Lohr . But I just can't follow any pattern without changing it completely. So all is left from the Date Night was seamless top-down technique. Then I draw a few sketches of what I would like to knit in the future. As result of all I finished recently this quite successful top I called Flower Dance. The work was exciting and pretty satisfying at the end. Find it on Ravelry.

Finally! I have got this amazing yarn from Henry's Attic! It's Rapunzel 1Ply. It is 100% Tussah silk, shiny, natural, undyed yarn. I'm so surprised that on Ravelry this yarn has only 4 stashes including mine and no projects at all!   I noticed that fabric of this yarn is twisting a bit. It is just something I have to be aware of. I'm so excited to start some nice project with it.