July 29, 2006

It Will Soon Be Over

I keep repeating those words. The heat will soon be over. Icarus will soon be done. I really feel sorry for all the LYS's. This summer has been awful. Even yarn mad me, have problems focusing on knitting when the evenings have been so relentless.

But.. the Rowanette Heath and Home exchange thingy must be done... so I ignored my sweaty fingers and the hairy yarn and just kept going, even it it was only 3-4 rows, I made sure that those rows were done.

The good news is, Icarus, nearly done. I cast off about 25% of the edging, but it is taking forever.



Finally, 2 days later, it came off the needles. It's all bumpy and the stitches very uneven




All the lacy bits are closed and bunchy.







After a soak and all pinned out, icarus is starting to look a wee bit more interesting.



but I think I had to repin a few bits and pieces to make sure that it's all even.



I'm going to go and unpin her tonight and see how she looks. The best bit about lace knitting is the blocking, the whole things transforms before your eyes one it's blocked.

Posted by atu at July 29, 2006 05:19 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Just out of curiosity, Polly, do you use pins on all the edges, or string or wires arcross the top? You seem to get very good results, however you do it.

Posted by: Beth S. at August 1, 2006 03:38 PM

Okay so now I want to knit one too, see what you have done ;-) There goes my resolution to stay clear of shawls and stoles for the foreseeable future !! Sigh...

Posted by: Jacinta at July 30, 2006 09:31 AM

Icarus is beautiful. I am looking longingly at my HipKnits shawl kit but I know that I'm going to be working on my silk shawl instead.

I just finished (yes, in this heat) your French market bag - it turned out great. Thanks.

Posted by: mrspao at July 30, 2006 08:49 AM

It looks amazing!

Posted by: Michelle at July 29, 2006 10:44 PM

Your Icarus is beautiful, Polly. I've finished mine too, and I'm pleased with it. I'm thinking of doing another one in KSH, but only once the weather gets cooler!

Posted by: Helen Lockhart at July 29, 2006 08:25 PM

Your Icarus looks wonderful! I might even feel inspired to pull mine out of the UFO basket. My stitches look very uneven, too. I'm hoping that the magic of blocking will help, if I ever have an attention span long enough to finish it. Right now it's just too HOT!!!

Posted by: Carrie at July 29, 2006 07:34 PM

The Icarus is beautiful. I have plans to knit it. I know what you mean about the blocking. I tried to explain it to someone and could only come up with "magic" to describe what happens.

Posted by: Sarah at July 29, 2006 06:02 PM

It sure looks lovely! Personally I'm also longing for colder nights. Just waiting to start a Birch shawl in kidsilk haze.

Posted by: Annelie at July 29, 2006 05:50 PM