Le Scarf...

...is finished! Hooray! I'm done with the green lace scarf I started like two weeks ago. I feel like I can breathe again. Scarves take a kind of mental endurance to complete. Even with something like lace, where every few rows you have to focus, it can get pretty dull very fast. It's painful to sit for hours knitting acre after acre, and feeling like you're not getting anywhere. Talk about mental anguish! At least now I've opened up my horizons again, and taken out a new lease on life. (Am I getting a little dramatic here?).

I love this scarf, don't get me wrong. I will be sad when a lucky guy or gal snaps that up, but it was exhausting to make.

As always, contact me at sweet-avocado@hotmail.com for questions or orders, and check out my etsy store for the latest and greatest!

Kid Mohair is Awesome

I've been working all week on a fan and feather pattern scarf made out of kid mohair (Alchemy Promise), and boy is it a wonderful material to work with. Nevermind that the overdyed yarn is making my fingers blue, this stuff makes the squishiest, softest fabric I've ever had the opportunity to create. Although the yarn is a lace weight, it's really fuzzy and produces a buky fabric. I've been working in 8 size needles, and the scarf is working up faster than I could image lace working up!


And here's a closeup of the eyelets:

Watch for this item coming up in my Etsy store! As always, contact me at sweet-avocado@hotmail.com if you have questions, concerns, or would like to make a custom order. If you are in the New York metropolitan area, I can do a pick up for you. Remember that I also teach knitting lessons around the city. Please contact me if you are interested. Rates start at $30/hour.