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Mar. 26th, 2009 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merchimerchA while ago I went to a knitting convention with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kethryvis and splurged on some lace weight 70% merino wool/30% possum yarn (that's right -- possum). It has been the most pleasant thing that I have ever knit with and gave me a chance to try a new lace stitch -- vine stitch.
My new awesome possum scarf is blocking on a towel on my living room floor and it makes me squee with joy to see a project this fun to the very end. Even my cats are being reverent (so far) and going around it.
I've already ordered more possum yarn....I'm such a dork.
kethryvis and splurged on some lace weight 70% merino wool/30% possum yarn (that's right -- possum). It has been the most pleasant thing that I have ever knit with and gave me a chance to try a new lace stitch -- vine stitch. My new awesome possum scarf is blocking on a towel on my living room floor and it makes me squee with joy to see a project this fun to the very end. Even my cats are being reverent (so far) and going around it.
I've already ordered more possum yarn....I'm such a dork.
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Vine stitch
Date: 2009-03-27 01:25 pm (UTC)You are so good to actually block - I'm too impatient - I steam and wear! But I think possum, and vine stitch deserve the royal treatment for sure.
I'm using a silk-cashmere for my lace shawl and using size 1 needles because the yarn has no bloom and lots of drape.
What size needles did you use? Can you work up the possum with a pretty open fabric? Does it bloom like mohair?
Pix soon, please!!!!