DENIM SILK LUTEA
Pattern: Lutea Lace-Shoulder Shell, by Angela Hahn, from Interweave Knits Summer ’07
Yarn: Berocco Denim Silk, acquired from an estate sale last summer, just under 800 yards
Needle: US8/5.0mm
Notes: Fast fast knit! From cast-on to weaving in ends, this took me exactly a week. It was also easy and fun, and I think it would be a good pattern for someone looking to get started on making larger garments (as opposed to scarves or socks).
That being said, I’m not sure I’d recommend the Denim Silk for this. (Although seeing how the yarn is discontinued…) I wore this Sunday evening to a barbeque in honor of my grandfather’s birthday, and then Monday evening to my Knit Nite to show it off. By the end of the night it had grown a good twoish inches. It’s in the wash pile now, and once it’s been washed and dried we’ll see where we stand. I’m fully expecting to have to make a drastic intervention so I don’t have a tank that’s down by my knees.
Poor yarn choice aside, this pattern is terrific; simple and summery and fun. I will absolutely make it again.
The flowers behind me in this picture, by the way? Are the roses my one grandfather grew from a clipping from my other grandfather. They are one of my favorite things ever.
I have socks and a scarf and a hat all on the needles, all inching towards completion, and I’m itching to cast on some lace, since Glenna declared this to be a summer of lace shawls. I have a skein of a nice red Malabrigo Lace that wants to become something pretty. It doesn’t want to be too complicated, since it’s going to be taken on some travels. Any ideas for my yarn?