I've gotten into the habit of knitting gifts for a bunch of friends turning 40 and at the start of October I remembered that Miss F was one of the soon-to-be-4o crowd. Gah! Since her birthday is this week (but her party was yesterday) I had to get a move on! I thought a lace scarf would be do-able in a month (and fits in with the Long Lacy Summer) and since Miss F is a bit sensitive to wool, I decided on lovely Handmaiden Seasilk. And when I found a colour called Topaz, which just happens to be the birthstone for November, I figured it was perfect!
Details
Pattern: Andrea Reversible Lace Scarf - from the Knitting Pattern a Day calendar for 2008 (one of the few decent patterns!!). I made the scarf 3 pattern repeats wide, plus 6 garter stitches on either side - so 48 stitches all up.
Yarn: Handmaiden Seasilk - 1 x 100g skein in Topaz
Sticks: 3.5mm KnitPicks Harmony Options
Time: October 8 2008 - November 5 2008 - pretty good effort I thought!
What I learnt: Seasilk grows a lot on blocking! Pre-blocked, the scarf was 143cm/56" long by 14cm/5.5" wide. Post-blocking it was 175.5cm/69" by 22cm/8.75". Wow! I did block it pretty severely but I'm so pleased with how it turned out.
And I think Miss F is too!
30 comments:
I remember our discussions about whether or not you could get this done in time - you made it! And it's amazingly beautiful. It looks SO LONG!
Well done. Great, great gift.
I think it's absolutely stunning. I'm fascinated by the idea of seasilk!
What a fascinating pattern, with the reversibility 'n' all.
Beautiful knitting. Gorgeous gift.
oh that is lovely, and so beautifully symbolic as well. a very thoughtful gift!
It's beautiful! What a gorgeous present for your friend. I love how long, yet light, it looks.
Absolutle stunning! Both pattern and yarn colour :-)
I thought it was amazing when I saw it last night. You truly are a legend. Have a great birthday tomorrow Rose Red. Birthday hugs about to be... Snoozen
Thats beautiful. Seasilk is a yarn I would like to try one day.
Oh, wow! Can I be 40 again?! As soon as I saw this, I wanted to grab my needles and cast on. It is gorgeous!!! And can I tell you that I've been scouring the dollar stores for those blocks. Such a smarty-pants idea!
Oh how clever to have lace that works on both sides!! I agree that your blocking blocks are fabulous!!Such a wonderful scarf.
Gorgeous!!
What a difference between blocked and unblocked!
And apparently the verification word thinks it was fab, too: fabadvol
I have that pattern a day calendar and most of the patterns are unbelievable. That was one of the pretty ones and it looks lovely.
So beautiful, RoseRed. The colour is superb, and I particularly like the way the pattern is framed by garter stitch.
Oh, she'll LOVE it! And I am so with you on that calendar! It's funny, I JUST saw the Andrea scarf (I was a little late keeping it up to date because, let's be honest, WHY?!) and was like, Hm... I actually like this one!
I hope your birthday is fibrously beautiful
=jen
Gorgeous color and pattern. What a wonderful 40th present. I wish I had knitterly friends like you close by.
Just beautiful!!!
Alesha
Simply beautiful and the colour is just perfect.
this is beautiful. I am always amazed at the transformation lace takes once blocked - you're lucky you had the room to spread it out!
I am envious of the evenness of your knitting. My garterstitch edges are always so untidy.
A little birdy told me you're, um... 21, was it? Yeah, that's it. Happy, happy birthday!
So so so lovely - and a very very happy birthday to you - enjoy yourself ridiculously much! Haqve a champers for me - after all - isn't life fun in your twenties! ;)
My security word is midefzin - which sounds like a new headache pill - or possibly a weight loss drug!
How thoughtful! And I love how you put so much thought into it, from the yarn to the color. Fabulous job!
So beautifully soft,intricate and simply exquisite. Perfect colour.
Very touched Wicked J.
A big thanks for hosting my do and the brekkie on Sunday too.
Hope you got the birthday message I left for you yesterday.
Look out for the postman tomorrow.
So beautifully soft,intricate and simply exquisite. Perfect colour.
Very touched Wicked J.
A big thanks for hosting my do and the brekkie on Sunday too.
Hope you got the birthday message I left for you yesterday.
Look out for the postman tomorrow.
Tres belle!
Wow - it's really long but it's gorgeous & I love the color. Great job & such a great friend.
Happy Birthday! I hope that shoes feature large in the gift zone.
I love this scarf. Where' syou get your blocking wires from?
Gawgeous!!!
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