The Qualicum Weavers and Spinners just finished our annual sale and I was the committee chair this year. Although the others in the committee did the bulk of the work, just planning and worrying that I missed something was tiring. It turned out that the worries were for naught as we had a hugely successful sale last weekend with around twenty weavers and spinners putting their work up for sale and everyone making some sales.
I had a put a fine merino wool shawl on the loom several weeks before the sale, with the hope that it would be ready to include, but sadly it sat unwoven as the sale day drew closer. The colour is all wrong here, it is actually a lovely deep apricot with a slight grey shade.
The pattern is eight shaft double diamond huck lace, and I am really very pleased with how it came out. I did not have enough heddles on shafts 1 and 2, so Ngaire spent a few minutes on PCW and put it over 10 shafts for me. This really made a difference as spreading it out on a countermarche loom makes lifting the shafts really easy.
Here it is off the loom and washed, but not yet pressed or fringe twizzled.
I liked this pattern so much that I’ve put on a series of runners in deep gold mercerized cotton to take advantage of the pattern already tied up on the loom.
The pattern looks great on a shawl and I know it will make stunning table runners. The loom always looks so very lovely from this angle doesn't it?
I had such great hopes for putting some of my hand spun and hand knits into the guild sales, but that too was not to be.
This is a mananita that I have been knitting recently. The pattern is from The Best Of Knitters Magazine Shawls and Scarves and the pattern is by Meg Swanson. I used my own hand spun fine merino yarn in a wonderful deep gold colour.
The knitting is all finished, now I just have to apply myself and get it blocked., I don't know why I just don't do it...but here it sits.
The garden shot for today was taken this morning and shows my Grevillea victoriae in bloom. This shrub from Australia is amazing since I just moved it this summer....still alive and kicking after all that stress.
2 comments:
That lace pattern is beautiful, indeed. And you're right, that shot of the loom is always pleasing.
Your double diamonds are simply lovely! That knitted circular shawl is crying out to be blocked.... and be shown again in all its glory! (poor thing laying there like a big wrinkle)
:) Susan
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