Knitting Almanac, March
March was lace month and the most productive month so far for my Knitting Almanac. Lace will definitely continue into April in a more defined project.
Here were my goals for March:
Graft together the two pieces of the lace sampler scarf that I’ve already knitted.
- Finish the Go With the Flow socks (I finished the first of two socks)
- Swatch and knit the lace doily from A Gathering of Lace by Meg Swanson
- Swatch for the shawl to be knitted in April (will do once I figure out which shawl I’m making)
- Knit more swatches for the Walker Treasury Project (will try to do in April)
I only finished two of the goals but another lace project, the Lace Nightie from IK, caught my eye and demanded to be added the list. I’m about 85% of the way through the nightie. It’s the perfect spring lace project. It’s also in the perfect Project Spectrum colors for April and May. Too bad, I don’t have more spring green projects to work on. Since I’ve truly enjoyed the Rowan Cotton Glace, it’s very very tempting to make a cute little spring cardigan but I have to make myself stick to the stash.
April is going to be an interesting month. I had planned to knit a shawl but I’m not sure which shawl I would like to make.
Here are the three options I’m considering
- Diamond Fantasy Shawl
- Flower Basket Shawl
Arrowhead Shawl from Interweave Knits (Staff Project, Summer 2006) using my own Cobalt handspun yarn.- Being daring and make my own shawl pattern using the tips from Interweave Knits magazine. Maybe even using some of my own Pink handspun yarn.
Any suggestions or favorites?
This past week, I was busy sewing. Our fabric field trip was so inspiring that I really went 
to town on my Chelsea bag. Yesterday before work, I finished it and even took it to work with me. I learned so much from this little bag and despite a few frustrations, I’m excited about making another bag sometime. I really like the twig-handle tote in a Last Minute Fabric Gifts, new favorite book that’s a companion to Last Minute Knitted Gifts. It will be a while before I make another bag because I still have to make bedroom curtains and the skirt that I bought fabric for on our field trip. I think the curtains will be my next sewing project so that we can get the ugly grey blinds out of our bedroom window.
MJ said,
April 2, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
I love Flower Basket Shawl.
I bought the patterns for FBS and Leaf Lace Shawl, also by Evelyn Clark, hoping to make them sometime this year, but we’ll see.