No one, not even I, believed for one second this blog would stop showing off my knitting. I knitted like a fiend while listening to all that Georgette Heyer and here's a gallery of the outcome. This fall is all about capelets! Top to bottom photos: The Woods Out Back (i.e. Fall itself), Elderberry Capelet, Ladies' Swamp Mist Capelet, Lichen Capelet, and Ladies' Gothic Capelet. Here's what I really need: more yarn! Oh, wait — I was cooped up inside for five weeks with a computer and a PayPal account and colorful offerings by Elvincraft, so look what happened:
My favorite is this Wild Tussah Silk (see Ladies' Gothic Capelet above for the lovely drape) in Early Autumn Hazlewood and Camisole Dawn, both custom dyes by Kate Duncan. The silk has the most unbelievably luxurious texture knitted up, heavy yet light like vintage lingerie. It's a pain in the ass to wind, since the slubs which give it so much character make it snag like fun, but my All-Powerful Reeling Machine and I finally managed:
1 eye(s):
Oooooh! They are astoundingly beautiful! So perfect for autumn!
The yarn ... works of art all by themselves as well.
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