Ta dah! It's done! This is Ice Queen, with beads and picot edging and everything! And even better, the weather is cooling down so I should be able to wear it soon :)
I'm pretty pleased because for the first time ever the provisional cast on WORKED - I was able to easily unravel the cast on edge, and it left proper live stitches - i can't of course remember what I did, so this may be a one off, but hopefully something will have sunk in and I can get it right again!
A new painting has been sketched out - my first attempt at painting fair isle, wish me luck! I'm featuring the Tam that I knit for my SIL Deb's birthday earlier this month.
And something that I just love - the lace shadows that are cast on my window sills ... they always make me smile.
That is stunning. Go you! I can't wait to see it in action.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW! The ice queen cometh! All hail to the ice queen!
ReplyDeleteIce queen is stunning, beads and all. I am SO impressed!
ReplyDeleteLots of good luck on the picture. That, plus your skill, artistic gifts, and years of experience, should make for a splendid painting.
yay for you! It's beautiful. Well done on the prov. cast on. On the jacket, I had to snip mine out so you did something very right!
ReplyDeleteNew paints *cheers*
And lace shadows are delicate and pretty, aren't they?
Beautiful!! I always have trouble with the Provisional Cast on. I saw it on Knitty Gritty and I think I will use muh bigger wool and hook, and then I can really see the bumps on the back. I'm like Bells, always cutting mine out!!!
ReplyDeleteThe lace is lovely - both the ice queen and the shadows!
ReplyDeleteNew painting - yippee! Fair isle will be a challenge I think but I'm sure you are up to it - I reckon if you can do lace, you can do fair isle!
I love the light through lace curtains. There is something calming and peaceful about it. I can picture my grandmother sitting by a lace curtained window in the sun and it makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteYour Ice Queen is beautiful! I always have to pick out the provisional cast on. Maybe there's a secret I just don't know.
All sorts of brilliant, too. Well done. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat lacy stuff! : ) That lace curtain and window sill would make a nice painting! Add a cup of tea and a skein of yarn (what colors? pale blue? canary yellow? pastel purple?).
ReplyDeleteYeah, lovely lace. I really like Ice Queen, but I'm ready to think SUMMER.
ReplyDeleteNow if spring would just meander in!