Thursday, August 25, 2011

Introducing Trousseau

Well, the Secret Project is finally finished and off to its destination. I'll be sure to let you know when it's available for viewing. Hopefully soon.

Lots of progress to be seen on the Howth Vest. It is delightful to knit and is growing pretty well, despite the fine-ish needles.

Of course with a mere 3 WIPS on the needles (or is it more?) I had the itch for something new.

Introducing
Trousseau by Carol Feller. I'm in need of something very special to knit for a friend and this just took my breath away.




Some big decisions were to be made tho'.

Starting with which yarn? You won't be shocked to hear that I already have rather a wide choice of yarn to consider, but having seen this lovely Storm Cloud* in Drops Delight a while back, this was an easy decision to make.



Next question(s): Big Shawl? Little Shawl? Single stranded? Double stranded? Poached or fried? (OK, so the last one has more to do with the fish than the knitting, but the decision had to be made all the same.)

Swatching** quickly brought me to the perfect choice.





*Ravelry link, but you can still view the pattern without a login


**more on swatching in another post. I have things to say.



2 comments:

Sinéad said...

Oh what a gorgeous pattern! I look forward to seeing the progress pics!

Alisha said...

Beautiful !! I can't hardly wait until I can knit something like this.