first mystery stole

I am in a group called secretofthestoleⁱⁱ and we just started to make swatches but the KAL will officially start on January 2008. So if you are interested, sign up so you can prepare for the KAL.

The project ask for a lace weight yarn, but I don't have access to that kind of yarn here in Saudi, so instead I used Scheepjes Invicta Extra a fingering yarn and 2 mm needle, though I am thinking of using 2.5 so to make it more lacey, and here's the result.

Smystery stole_swatch, originally uploaded by life as a stitcher.

I also don't have a blocking wire or whatever you call it for blocking knitted lace, so I used 2mm dpns instead, it may serve the purpose for the meantime, i.e. I will have to think if other ways to use for blocking, I might ask DH to bring to some hardware/electrical store to look for wire. But that's too early to think about, first will need to focus on my project resolution/knitting 7 crochet resolution. I can't wait to start doing the KAL, and I find using chart is more easy than reading written instructions. I'm a chart-instruction person!

So that I can be able to finish the KAL, join other CAL/KAL, and might even test some patterns to some friends. :) Not to mention doing some scouting for crochet and knitting books.

I'll post another project hopefully before the year ends. It's a scarf from Sharr using this yarn, and I test the pattern for her. Though I haven't gotten the chance to ask Sharr if I can post the scarf I made.

neveda nice, originally uploaded by life as a stitcher.