Lacy Interlude
I am not a morning person, generally speaking. Under most circumstances, if it is before 9 AM, I would usually prefer to be asleep. This is not to say that my world works this way, just that it's my favorite modus operandi. But sometimes my body plays tricks on me and gets me up at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. Normally I would be deeply annoyed with myself (especially since my yarn terrorists decided to "help" me unwind a ball of Lorna's Laces sock yarn), but this Saturday, with the sun shining and a nice breeze blowing through my window, all seemed right with the world.
Not only did I not mind being awake, but I even felt like cleaning off my desk (partially inspired by the fact that the yarn terrorists would not have been able to mount their attack if my desk space wasn't covered with tempting targets). It was during this cleanup that I unearthed the lace diagram for my Filigree Lace Jacket and remembered that the second sleeve cap was just two repeats from completion.
So putting aside my original intention to work on Blueberry Mousse, I finished the sleeve cap for the lace jacket. And realizing that I needed to take drastic measures to ensure that I get this lovely project completed someday (it's sad how long it's been on my "In Progress" list) I actually even took the radical step of casting on for the front right panel and doing the first lace interval.
In yet another attempt to motivate myself to get this project finished, I also took the picture you see above. It looks so close to the finish line all laid out like that! Almost makes me forget about the very significant amount of finishing work that will be required after all the pieces are in place.
Yay! I've been eagerly awaiting the finishing of this lace jacket. It's going to be tres elegante.
The jacket does look amazing all laid out like that. I must say though that in comparison to some of my UFOs you haven't working on this for that long! :-)
The jacket will look fantastic when it's finished, perhaps it's just a case of doing a little often? I should take some of that advice myself and maybe I'd have more FOs! :-)
I had forgotten all about this one. Seeing it again is almost as good as finding a forgotten $5 in my jacket pocket (except that I don't have $5). It's really lovely.
Thanks for the encouragement! I love the lace on this project. Unfortunately, it has been hard for me to work on it for large stretches of time because I don't find the lace pattern that intuitive, and I have to focus on knitting almost exclusively when I am working on it.
However, this week (and until the project is finished) I have promised myself that I will try to complete one pattern interval every night. There are 11-1/2 intervals in the front panel, so maybe by the 24th I will be ready to start the finishing work...
Your lace cardigan is going to be stunning. The color is fantastic. I can't wait to see her completed!
Oh wauw - it looks absolutely gorgeous !!!!
I zhall be stalking it from now on :-)
Vivian