March 15th, 2010

I’ve been knitting off and on for years, but I’d never done lace before since it always looked too intimidating. I’m also not the most patient crafter, and to quote Angharad, “You have to have the patience of a Jedi to knit lace.” But then I found a lace pattern for worsted weight yarn, and I thought “Why not? At least it will knit up fast.” The pattern is called Springtime Bandit from the Kelbourne Woolens web site.

This was also my first experience with different dye lots – I’ve always been cautioned about how important it is to check the dye lot of your yarn for color consistency, but I’ve never actually had a problem before now. Luckily I changed yarn around the edges of the shawl, so it looks completely deliberate, but I guess this is the problem with all of the gorgeous hand dyed yarns that I love so much.

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