handmade by stefanie

This week's FO is pretty spectacular: my Lace Leaf Edge Shawl in Lhasa Wilderness Yarn (say that five times fast)! This shawl was designed by Jen Lucas , who actually lives in the Chicagoland area as well, and it appeared in the Knit Accessories 2014 issue of Love of Knitting . When I saw that it specified one of my favorite yarns from Bijou Basin Ranch, Lhasa Wilderness, I had to put it in my queue! It's knit top-down, and then the lace edging is worked across the live stitches. It took a long time - I think I spent at least a week on the edging along - but you know what? I'd prefer that to binding off a billion stitches any day! Also, the lace pattern was fairly easy to memorize and became pretty addictive the more I worked it! The wingspan is pretty impressive - longer than my built-in bookcase - and the fabric drapes fantastically! I used the Natural Brown color of Lhasa Wilderness (which is also known as Sassenach from the  Outlandish  series), and I cannot ...

It's been a while since I posted a WIP Wednesday - but don't worry, the disappearance of this weekly feature was only temporary! At the moment, I have just two projects on the needles, and best of all...they are both for ME! The first is something I started in December, about 5 seconds after finishing my last holiday gift project: The pattern is the Lace Leaf Edge shawl by Jen Lucas which appeared in the Knit Accessories 2014 issue of Love of Knitting; I'm using the yarn called for in the pattern ( Lhasa Wilderness from Bijou Basin Ranch) in the Sassenach colorway. It's at the extremely hard-to-photograph stage since I've finished knitting the body of the shawl, and am now working across allllll of those stitches to create the lace border. I have a ways to go, but the chart is starting to go faster for me! My next WIP was started during my trip to Kansas City last week - my first sweater of 2015! I'm really hoping that this year will truly be the Year of...