Well, um, yeah, if I'm on your friends list on Ravelry, you might have noticed that I have hijacked your friend activity tab with the millions of lace stoles I have added to my queue in a rather short space of time. Uh, sorry about that! But I slogged my way through all the suggestions at Yarn Floozies and wanted to mark the ones I was interested in. I guess I could have favorited them instead of queued them... but, I used my queue for patterns and my favorites for specific projects I like.
So much for not doing exhaustive research!
I did however avoid going through the list at Loves to Bike and Knit... although I'm sure most of them are repeats. I'm in Lace Stole Overload right now. How does one pick one over another?
I might have found the perfect yarn though... Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb which I saw at Purl today. Yup, I went to Purl. I had to pick up more blanket yarn for our group project. (We all ran out about 3/4 of the way through each of our last squares.) I also picked up some more Lorna's Laces for my lala scarf because I really think I'm going to need it, but I won't wind it into a ball until I run out, just in case I have enough already and I could return this skein.
They had a shawl knitted up in Lacey Lamb that was... just beautiful. Floaty. And it comes in a color very similar to what I had in mind (mauve 258). And now I'm thinking that I would really like to knit my cousin-in-law a wedding shawl, even if she doesn't actually wear it at the wedding. I think a white lace shawl would suit her beautifully. But two lace projects this summer will probably drive me completely nuts. Do you think my mother-in-law will accept a felted bowl instead? JUST KIDDING!!!! Maybe I should start on my 16 year old niece's 21st birthday present while I'm at it!!!!!
By the way, I had to physically restrain myself for buying any other yarn. I haven't actually been to many yarn stores but I just love that place. I find it so beautiful and inspiring, and today it wasn't that crowded for a change. The only thing is that looking at all these stoles, there are so many choices for laceweight yarn... I'm not 100% convinced on Lacey Lamb yet, although it has the distinct benefit of having been seen, by me, knit up, in person.
Anyway, my new favorite potential for a stole is... Eunny Jang's Print O' The Wave Stole which is tremendously popular - 457 projects on ravelry (her 4th most popular pattern). It was the one I found the most projects of it that I thought were just stunning. You can check out my favorites if you're a ravelry member. Otherwise, you'll have to wait for a future post as I am EXHAUSTED!!!!
I think you should make a print o the waves stole. It is a beautiful pattern and you seem to be in love with it based on how many favorites you saved.
Posted by: Lauren | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 11:59 AM
If you haven't noticed the favorites on ravelry separates patterns from individual projects that you favorite so that you can keep track of it all. Plus you can tag favorites so that if you know you have marked something but can't find in the mass amount of things you have queued or favorited. You just type in a tag that you entered and discover just the right pattern. I got tired of adding to my queue and not being able to search it. The new favorites helped me out.
Posted by: chrispy | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 01:59 PM