Lace Trim Preview

I've done about 14 inches of lace trim for Mallow and spent a bit of time trying to figure out how to attach it to the body with slip stitch. I think I have it correct now!

Edited to add: Oops...I've changed it to this:

Better! I think. It's hard to tell!!

Fast Knitting

I cast on my Louisa Harding shrug on Sunday and have made good progress so far. I love size 9 needles! The flotsam yarn is enjoyable to work with too.



Next, I have to work on the lace trim for the body and sleeves. It is worked separately and then slip stitched onto the main pieces.

(Edited to add: The pattern is "Mallow" from Swallowtail by Louisa Harding. Book cover and pattern collection is shown here.)

Update to Today's Earlier Post

I went back to the Louisa Harding wall at The Knitting Corner this afternoon to get Debby a spare ball of kimono ribbon, but also to look for a few more things for me that I'd mentioned I was thinking about in the earlier post.

First, I changed out the glisten yarn with another kimono ribbon in a complimentary color. The difference in width won't be a problem for a shawl. So, here's the current selection for my version of Periwinkle.

The lonely sari ribbon now has company...enough yarns to do another Periwinkle. I am not sure whether to use the gray fauve shown in the group shot...

or this blue one. I'm leaning toward the gray for now. I guess I could end up using the blue as well, if I alternated it with the rows that would be done in gray.

Amazingly, I found just the right amount of flotsam for the shrug in Swallowtail that caught my eye. It was exactly the color I was looking for and on sale for 40% off! What luck!

The shrug shown in Swallowtail.

I have ended up with one ball of glisten without a project in mind, so I'll have to look for ideas for it on Ravelry. Maybe I can use it for a trim on something eventually. Any ideas?

Haven't I done well shopping? And everything is arranged in little 'kits' except for the glisten and maybe the blue fauve.