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Welcome back to WIP Wednesday! So I'm thrilled to show off further progress on the Angymesur Shawl! For those who don't follow my social media, my laptop is basically dead. I've managed to get the files off and it works intermittently. . . but it's getting harder and harder to pull it back after it crashes. I've got a new laptop coming in the mail today (it's actually 'out for delivery' right now, according to the tracking, which is exciting), but, work still has to get done in the interim.
So, more about the process, inspiration, and so on! The stitch pattern is based off of the amazing work of Naomi Parkhurst, and her encoding of words into lace.
Yarn is Dragon Strings Phoenix Wings Gradient in "Dark Crystal". I got it at the Woodstock Fleece Festival last year. and this seemed like the perfect project to use it in! While I love gradient sock yarn, it's a challenge to work with, because I prefer my socks to match! This, on the other hand, is working up wonderfully as a shawl!
Needles are a pair of what I think are very old Aero Needles. They're listed as '11' on the needle end, but my needle gauge gives them as 3mm needles. That means that they're likely sized in Canadian/UK sizes. (Yes, that's a thing!) And yes, they're bent. They're old. They're quite long for straight needles, and I have, in fact, knit an entire shawl on them before. But. . . the shawl is wide enough now that there's a pretty big chance of it slipping off the needle tip. Enter: needle stoppers I got from the 2017 Toronto Knitter's Frolic Spring Social! They were in our grab bag of awesome stuff, but I haven't had call to use them before now! (ok, I could have used them in place of the elastics on the Woodland Hat, but I only have two of the needle stoppers. I still would have needed elastics!)
Yarn bowl is from the amazing *Natural Knot Wood, and I've been singing the praises of it since I got it. Sadly, the artist behind Natural Knot Wood has passed away, so now I'm treasuring this yarn bowl even more, knowing I can never get another one like it. I was shocked to see the posts on Etsy and Social Media saying that he had passed away -- while we'd never met in person, I really enjoyed the brief chats we had online.
The *silver rose stitch markers that you can see in both pictures are from *Efficient Sense's Etsy Store -- you can see that the set gets a lot of use! The *Celtic Knot Stitch Markers are from the same store, too! And the small little white stitch marker on the earring back is from *Fibremancy -- I got it at the Barrie Fiber Festival!
Well, thanks for your patience with me as I transition to a new computer -- I hope this post isn't too clumsy (I wrote it on my tablet, which doesn't have the best interface for blogging!)
As always, I'd love to hear and see what you folks are making! Please, feel free to post your crafty projects in the blog comments, so I can be amazed by your awesome work! Until next week!
P.S. So, happily, I finished this post from a shiny new laptop!
Welcome back to WIP Wednesday! So I'm thrilled to show off further progress on the Angymesur Shawl! For those who don't follow my social media, my laptop is basically dead. I've managed to get the files off and it works intermittently. . . but it's getting harder and harder to pull it back after it crashes. I've got a new laptop coming in the mail today (it's actually 'out for delivery' right now, according to the tracking, which is exciting), but, work still has to get done in the interim.
Anyway, the Angymesur shawl is what I've been working on whenever my laptop crashes, and the endless cycles of Safe Mode and Repair Software while it tries to reboot. I've been almost frighteningly productive, I think! (Plus it's good to have something concrete to work on when you're arguing with your computer. It keeps you from smashing said computer in frustration).
This pattern will be available as a Patreon-Exclusive for my first five Patrons (as well as folks after that, of course!), as a huge 'thank you' for all their support!
This pattern will be available as a Patreon-Exclusive for my first five Patrons (as well as folks after that, of course!), as a huge 'thank you' for all their support!
So, more about the process, inspiration, and so on! The stitch pattern is based off of the amazing work of Naomi Parkhurst, and her encoding of words into lace.
Yarn is Dragon Strings Phoenix Wings Gradient in "Dark Crystal". I got it at the Woodstock Fleece Festival last year. and this seemed like the perfect project to use it in! While I love gradient sock yarn, it's a challenge to work with, because I prefer my socks to match! This, on the other hand, is working up wonderfully as a shawl!
Needles are a pair of what I think are very old Aero Needles. They're listed as '11' on the needle end, but my needle gauge gives them as 3mm needles. That means that they're likely sized in Canadian/UK sizes. (Yes, that's a thing!) And yes, they're bent. They're old. They're quite long for straight needles, and I have, in fact, knit an entire shawl on them before. But. . . the shawl is wide enough now that there's a pretty big chance of it slipping off the needle tip. Enter: needle stoppers I got from the 2017 Toronto Knitter's Frolic Spring Social! They were in our grab bag of awesome stuff, but I haven't had call to use them before now! (ok, I could have used them in place of the elastics on the Woodland Hat, but I only have two of the needle stoppers. I still would have needed elastics!)
Yarn bowl is from the amazing *Natural Knot Wood, and I've been singing the praises of it since I got it. Sadly, the artist behind Natural Knot Wood has passed away, so now I'm treasuring this yarn bowl even more, knowing I can never get another one like it. I was shocked to see the posts on Etsy and Social Media saying that he had passed away -- while we'd never met in person, I really enjoyed the brief chats we had online.
The *silver rose stitch markers that you can see in both pictures are from *Efficient Sense's Etsy Store -- you can see that the set gets a lot of use! The *Celtic Knot Stitch Markers are from the same store, too! And the small little white stitch marker on the earring back is from *Fibremancy -- I got it at the Barrie Fiber Festival!
Well, thanks for your patience with me as I transition to a new computer -- I hope this post isn't too clumsy (I wrote it on my tablet, which doesn't have the best interface for blogging!)
As always, I'd love to hear and see what you folks are making! Please, feel free to post your crafty projects in the blog comments, so I can be amazed by your awesome work! Until next week!
P.S. So, happily, I finished this post from a shiny new laptop!
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