Em had a dance comp all weekend. Wouldn’t you think that 10 hours sitting in a school hall would give you good knittng time?
It doesn’t.
You get all these long breaks with nothing to do, but there’s people every where, and kids running around, and Emily needs help changing, and you’re bored out of your brain, but you still don’t get much knitting done.
I knew I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on lace knitting, so instead of taking the Trellis Scarf, I started a new project. (Any excuse is a good one, right?)
It’s a Cleckheaton Australia pattern, available in this pattern leaflet. I’m using Bendigo Wool Mill’s 5ply Colonial in “Rosebud”.
Now that I’ve started it, I’m wondering what I was thinking. A whole cardigan in 5ply (Sportweight)?
We’ll see how long it takes! This is how much I got done yesterday.
30 Rows. Doesn’t look like it, does it?
I have done some more on the Trellis Scarf.
I’m really enjoying this. It’s a 16 row repeat, and apart from the 7 into 5 clusters, it’s relatively painless. I’m finding the lace easy to read, and the pattern isn’t overly difficult. Here’s a closeup of the pattern, stretched out.
I’m loving the Cherry Tree Hill Possum Lace yarn, too.
Despite the fact that summer is apparently over, the heat is holding on here. It’s currently 36C (97F), so I’m not knitting today!
That scarf is coming along beautifully.
The things we put our Mom’s through.
The Scarf looks great.
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The cardi is going to look lovely. And your blue lace knitting is georgeous.
you’re doing a great job there, Mum! And the knitting looks wonderful such as we have come to expect when we visit these here parts
Ah, the dance comp. The girls’ equivalent of the wrestling tournament: same amount of time in a gym, same amount of boredom interrupted, same uncomfortable seating and crowds and noise, but with less testosterone. Never a lot of knitting, despite what you might expect.
Wrestling season is now over. Ahhh.
The scarf and the cardi, both very pretty! 36C! Hope it cools off for you soon.
Hi Donna!
Love the scarf and have two colorways of the Possom Lace…are you using two strands together? You’ve inspired me to pull out the laceweight for Project Spectrum. 🙂
Oh, I love the cardigan pattern. I am a fan of small needles and small ply wool!!! Love the scarf too!!!
this week perth is having it easy. nice weather with tops around 32 🙂
that scarf is really nice 🙂