Fiber Dreams

I blocked and measured my swatch when we were in Palm Springs, but it can be hard to tell exactly how big a lace stole will be when everything’s put together. Last night, after I finished the first full repeat of the fern motif, I moved the whole thing onto a piece of yarn. I blocked it out this morning. It’s perfect! Just what I was hoping for. Talk about lacy! And this yarn. If you don’t already have some, and you like cashmere and silk (c’mon, who doesn’t?), you must get yourself some Cecilia from Posh Yarn. Not only is this yarn incredibly soft, fine as gossamer, but the dye job! The color variations are so subtle. They shift with the light, giving the knitting incredible depth. This stuff is so wonderful that I’m already starting to put a plan together for the lovely purple Cecilia that Jacqui gave me. That one will include flowers. With that delicious floral color how could it not?

The most recently newsletter from Berroco arrived early this morning. Most of what I’ve gotten from them recently has been neither so wonderful nor so awful that I bothered to post about it. This time it’s different.

Instead of one free pattern, today they have a nice even dozen of them. But there’s a catch. The sweaters are all tiny. Yup. You guessed it. This year’s Minutia collection: tiny sweaters to knit to put on packages under the tree… or wherever they wind up. These tiny sweaters are adorable. There are cable sweaters, lace sweaters, color work sweaters. Delightful!

I’d love to stay and chat with you some more, but I really must be going. I have charts to work on so that I can continue knitting my lace stole this afternoon…

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