Long Overdue
I’ve been working on something for a friend for an embarrassingly long time now. Not for the friend, but for her mom, who is seriously ill.
I’d decided on a shawlette, as she had plenty of hats. First I was going to use some Shetland fingering weight that I’d just finished; just the right amount for a Holden, and it looked like a pretty fast knit. But the yarn might have been too much for her mom, who has been going through chemotherapy and is currently pretty delicate. So…
There was a silk hankie that I’d bought a while back that needed to be spun. So I started spindle spinning. Ridiculously slow, but the yarn was coming out okay. I’d spin a spindle full, wind it off and ply it on my hummingbird spindle, then knit straight off the spindle to save time. This took a hell of a lot longer than I’d planned.
Even with spinning to fingering weight, there wasn’t quite enough to finish. So I bound off with some bamboo/silk that I’d used for Anabel’s socks. Plus I had to leave out the final repeat of the lace pattern, which makes it about an inch or two smaller.
That’s beautiful and is filled with such love to be wrapped in.
Very pretty! I’m about to cast on for Holden, it’s beautiful.