Lipstick on Your Collar

Apr 112011
"Lipstick on Your Collar" beginning closeup

After finishing the second placemat last week, I have decided instead of doing the rest of them just yet, to start on a project I’m very much excited about.  I’ve started work on the “Lipstick on Your Collar” pattern from Doris Chan’s Amazing Crochet Lace.  It’s a very nice loosely-worked tank top with ‘mini-sleeves’, and a detachable intricate lace collar.  I am having to try to alter the pattern a bit; the largest size offered is still several inches too small for me based on finished bust size.

It’s a really lovely pattern, but even more exciting than that, is the absolutely lovely yarn I’m using.  It’s called Ruca, by Araucania yarns – it’s a lovely celery color, super soft and silky-smooth, and it’s made from sugar cane!  It untwists into its individual strands very easily, but despite that, it’s one of the loveliest yarns I think I’ve ever worked with.  Just a joy!

 

"Lipstick on Your Collar" by Doris Chan

 

"Lipstick on Your Collar" beginning closeup

"Lipstick on Your Collar" beginning closeup

"Lipstick on Your Collar" beginning

 

 

First Placemat Finished

Mar 042011
The first complete Blue/Cream Table Lace placemat

Well, I finally managed to finish the first of the placemats last night.  It looks quite lovely, though it has a ruffle on the outer edge, which I am not sure if it needs to be blocked to get rid of it, or if the pattern should be modified.  In either case, I will make one more just like it, then I will do a set of four with a slightly smaller hook, either an H or maybe even a G, and decide whether to follow the pattern exactly or modify slightly.  I think that in row 9, if I did only 2 dc in each of the end spaces, that would fix the problem without significantly impacting the rest of the design.

 

In any case, here is the finished placemat:

 

The first complete Blue/Cream Table Lace placemat

Placemats

Mar 022011

For months now, I’ve wanted to find some (machine washable) oval placemats for our table.  It’s a small oval-shaped table, so big square placemats like we have right now do not fit well – on the long side, they’re ‘okay’, but on the short/rounded side, they do not fit and hang off the edges.

I searched stores in vain, before finally going “DUH!”, and found a nice pattern on Ravelry.  Ours will be made out of cotton, natural/cream colored in the center, with a variegated light/medium blue and cream around the edge.

I have the center of the first one almost done; I hope to finish it by tonight.

 

Welcome

Mar 012011

Welcome web travelers!  This blog will be my repository of all things fiber – yarn (both stash and wanted!), projects in the works and (hopefully!) completed, and patterns.  It will, of course, function hand-in-hand with my Ravelry page.

I look forward to sharing my delight in the fiber arts with you soon!