Midnight Garden June 1, 2009
As far as lace shawls go, Midnight Garden is about as far as you can get from Domus Aurea. Well, about as far as I’ll probably go, anyway. Midnight Garden is a triangle instead of a rectangle; it’s knit with fingering weight yarn instead of a fine lace weight; when the knitting’s done there are a few stitches to graft together, but no binding off; I designed and knit it in 2½ weeks instead of 7. While all those differences are happening there’s one main similarity: they’re both fairly easy and straightforward knits.
Here are the stats:
- Pattern: Midnight Garden, of my own devising.
- Yarn: Brooks Farm, Acero.
- Needles: Size 6 (4.0 mm).
- Finished size: 80.5 x 40.5 inches (204.5 x 103 cm)
- Elapsed time: April 19, 2009 to May 6, 2009.
- Skills: Lace knitting, chart reading.
- Notes: The hardest part of knitting this shawl is casting on the right number of stitches. After that, it’s smooth sailing. The knitting is fairly simple, the top part is easily memorized, and the wrong side rows are simple, simple, simple.
There are quite a few more pictures over in my pattern shop. You can buy the pattern there, too.
Angelika June 2
Wow, you created another beauty.
amanda June 2
Another very pretty one! I especially like the geometry of the border.
Jean June 3
Yeah - Midnight Garden is released! I am so looking forward to receiving my copy…I absolutely love this….along with the rest of your work :) Congrats on another excellent design.
Marsha June 4
Hi, I am a newbie in your site.And you know from the very first visit to your started loving it. This midnight garden is simply awesome. I really appreciate it for sharing this nice knitting with all of us :)