Sandi Wiseheart of Knitting Daily has challenged us all to make 2008 the Year of Knitting Fearlessly. To whit, I signed up for Make 1 Yarn Studio's Year of Lace.
Which terrifies me.
But, kind of like a rollercoaster ride gets the jimmys jammin', this fear is propelling me towards heretofore Undiscovered Country - Knitting Lace.
I used to associate it with doilies, and doilies with frilly frimpy stuff you can't touch for fear of breakage and someone's wrath, and so I have eschewed this realm of the Fibre Universe.
And now I realize I'm really missing out on some good fun.
And at the Stich 'n Bitch last night, I suddenly spied some (naturally, gorgeous and expensive) beautiful, lovely Claudia Handpainted Silk laceweight in Exactly My Colours.
And me, who needs very little justification to purchase nearly anything that sets my heart aflutter (which this did, mightily, and nearly displacing my newly-loved Sanctuary on sale stash) decided to plunge in and buy my very first Laceweight yarn.
It holds a lot of promise, and in so committing my weekly Yarn Allowance. Promise, in more ways than one. It means I'm promising myself to be Fearless. And do more than pet this lovely skein of silkenness.
Damn. That means I'm gonna have to go get some decent lace needles. I don't dare put anything less than satiny smooth next to this gossamer goodness...
Which then might mean I will have to do Something With Them. Fear, begone!
2 comments:
Welcome to the wonderfully addictive world of Lace Knitting. Friends have suggested that an Intervention might be necessary but I keep telling them it's just because they haven't tried lace knitting yet.
Ooooh...thanks, I think. I used to just stay towards the chunky yarn, and have gradually moved towards finer and finer yarns, and am just captivated at the look and feel of threads making floaty beautiful garments, and ME making them!
Thoughts on best needles?
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