This picture really doesn't do the colour of this yarn justice...(and of course you can't feel the fantastic texture either). Trust me, it's gorgeous.
I visited the newest yarn store in town for the first time last week...and as always I couldn't resist the purchase of yarn (yarn stores are inherently dangerous for people like me). Usually I just buy stash yarn, and then later despair that I only bought one skein and can't really do anything with it except ogle to colour and fondle the texture (the combination of these two factors is usually what makes a yarn irresistible to me). This time however, I found a lovely yarn (Malabrigo lace merino) and determined that I would actually buy enough to make something with it. So, after much hemming and hawing I think this yarn is destined for this lovely shawl. Ambitious for me, as I am new to lace knitting, but I like trial by fire knitting projects!!!
I bought this single skein of gorgeous JitterBug yarn in Toronto two years ago. It has been languishing in my stash for want of a loverly pattern. Since it is only one skein I have finally decided that I am going to knit a pair of socks with it. I love knitting socks, mainly because I love to knit in the round. I am torn between two patterns at the moment however; Azure or Interlocking Leaves. I love the idea of knitting whales tails into a sock, especially one that is this colour. It also might be nice to knit something that is not lace (I am a little worried about being laced-out). However, I think the Interlocking Leaves is a much prettier pattern. I am worried about the variegated colour washing out the delicate lace pattern. There is nothing worse than a beautiful lace pattern that you can only see with a microscope because of the excessively variegated colour of the yarn (terrible!!)
I have been drooling over this yarn since I bought it (at the same time/place as the JitterBug). It is a fabulous colour of Handmaiden's SeaSilk blend. This yarn is partially made out of seaweed, and it even faintly smells like the sea (to me anyway). Again, I only bought one skein because this yarn is very expensive, and have despaired of finding a pattern worthy of it's loveliness (no socks for this yarn!!!!) When looking for shawl patterns for the Malabrigo, I stumbled across this peacock lace pattern shawl that is made with one skein of Handmaiden's SeaSilk!! Perfect!!I may actually start this one before the Malabrigo shawl, because to be honest, I have absolutely no idea how a shawl is constructed. Instructions just don't make sense to me. I am sure I will figure it out, but since this peacock shawl is simply repeats of the same lace pattern and the Malabrigo is repeats of a whole bunch of different lace patterns, I think I will start with this one and see how it goes. Like I said...trial by fire!!
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