Bright Arrows

I started swatching for this stole soon after Christmas, and began knitting on the first of the year. This is knit in 900 yards of Pales merino lace from Gaia's Colour. It's a fun and easy knit. I wrote the pattern for the Imbolc installment of the Shabbats yarn/fibre club.

If you go to the web site you can read about Brigid, the goddess whose name means Bright Arrows. I tried to incorporate some of the ideas in that description into the design. There are a couple of fun touches, including a cable that is easy to do without a needle and a set of three Vikkel Braids separating the main body from the edging. It was such a fun process. And I know I would not have come up with this design had it not been for that information. The yarn was telling me something else, but when I read about Brigid everything fell into place.

Here's an Ishbel I finished recently. The photo doesn't show off the yarn at all, I'm afraid. It's Wollmeise 100% merino sock in Admiral, a nice dark dark blue that leans to black. This turned out to be a nice sized shawl. I worked the large size stockinette section, then the lace section for the small size.

Here's the hat Sophia made for me for Christmas. I gave her some graph paper and she came up with her own chart and knit from that. It's the same pattern as the Danish Earflap hat I posted about a few weeks ago. She did a great job, and the hat is so warm, I wear it all the time. More pictures below.
And here's the blanket the kids and I made for their grandma. Sophia did most of the crocheting around the edges of the diamonds and joining, and I did the edging around the outside. I wove most of the diamonds, Sophia wove a few, and the kids all needle felted designs on the diamonds. This was such a fun project!