Lady Grey’s Tea Party

Laminaria is finished. And I don’t quite know how I feel about it. Well, it’s more that I do know how I feel, it’s just that I feel about a freakin’ bahjillion different things at once. I’m happy to have such a beautiful F.O., but I loved the process so much that I’m sad, almost mourning the fact that it’s over. Happy, sad, frustrated, exhilarated, no wonder people love to knit lace, it’s an emotional roller-coaster. Yes, it was frustrating at times, but after all that frustration came excitement! fun! and now that the journey is over, I really miss all the drama!

On top of all of that I know that this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship between lace knitting and I. My time with Laminaria is at an end, but there will be others, oh yes, there will be others…

I’ve been wearing it as a scarf everyday, to work, to Uni. Every now and again I take it off, look at it, sigh, and then try wearing it a different way. I find this endlessly satisfying.

I’m easily amused.

.–Yo! It’s tha Specs!–

Pattern: Laminaria from knitty.com

Yarn: 1 ball of Jaggerspun Zephyr wool/silk in Mahogany.

Needles: 3mm bamboo circulars (LIFESAVERS- if I had to continue to deal with slippery lace weight and metal needles…It…Not…End…Pretty!)

Size: The little one. Shoulderette.

Time: One month and ten days.

It had never occurred to me to knit a lace shawl/stole for myself before but this was love at first sight. It’s the curving, botanical forms, the large teardrops in the border, the blossoms, the sweeping bat’s wing shape, OH, stop me now! *sigh* I never tire of looking at it.

Mods ‘n stuff: I added an extra repeat of the blossom chart and had about 80m of yarn left over. It wasn’t a difficult pattern to follow. Yes, I did come unstuck a couple of times, but I blame myself entirely, not the pattern. Pattern not hard, knitter stoopid.

Final words on the subject? Love, love love! Love the pattern, love the yarn, love the result!

(it was really windy today)