Done! More or Less…
1 ball Trendsetter Dune, Color 30
Sz 13 US needles, CO 11 sts
Done, done, done! I actually completed the knitting on Tuesday at knitting tea, but didn’t have time to take photos and post until now 
I don’t think it is quite finished yet. I’d like to weave some nice bias silk ribbon in similarly verigated colors through the openwork. However, it doesn’t seem that nice ribbon is very readily available here in Ft. Collins and I’m a bit scared to order on-line for fear that it won’t actually blend in with the scarf and that sort of ribbon is not cheap! But, we’ll see. I haven’t exhausted all the places to check here in town yet, but I must pace myself. Plus, I don’t even know what/who the scarf is for. If it’s just for me or someone else… LOL!
This easy, but great looking pattern has had my mind spinning in the last several days of ideas for other scarves and such. So I headed to good old HobLob for some less expensive yarns to play with. I’m planning on one for me I think and another as a RAK and yet one more just to use up some yarn I had bought for one project that ended up not working to the right gauge. I think they all will be variations on this same stitch pattern. They go quite fast if that is what you are focusing on. And, frankly I’ve had such bad luck with the two new socks I wanted to start that I think I’ll focus on the scarves for a bit here and let my frustration tolerance build back up, LOL! I’ll probably have pics of those purchases tomorrow…
Handmade Lace & Patterns by Annette Feldman and
A Gathering of Lace by Meg Swanson
This openwork pattern also has given me the courage to finally delve into knitted lace (not quite ready to tackle a whole new hobby like the tatting or the hairpin lace just yet). So, to whet my appetite I checked out a couple of books from the library. One is older and includes crochet, hairpin lace and tatting in addition to knitting, but the projects are really cool and timeless I think. The other is much more contemporary but the projects are even more elegant and gorgeous (though that might be due to color photography and glossy pages vs. matter page with screened black and white photos).
Then to not leave my other creative pursuits to dry up and whither away (I haven’t done collage or bookbinding in at least a few weeks) I picked up a couple books. Probably 6 months ago or so we went to this amazing exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and there were a couple of pieces by Paul Klee that had really attracted me, so I checked out a couple of books with his artwork in it so I can become more familiar with his art and perhaps a bit of his process.
The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee in the New World
& Paul Klee by Jean-Louis Ferrier
