My daughter Kay just graduated form nursing school! I am so proud of her. She worked very hard to complete one of the toughest nursing programs around. Congratulations Kay!
She will be a great nurse. She is so patient and kind. Her heart is so big and she is very conscientious and considerate. I know she will be a great comfort to many.
Here she is wearing her graduation present.
Pattern: North Roë
Yarn: 1 skein (880 yards) of Mama E's C*EYE*BER Fiber Lace Cake in Rainforest colorway, a gift fom my friend Ronni.
The pattern is primarily in French with English translations. Thankfully, it is charted since the directions are a little bit confusing. I ended up working more repeats of chart 1 and fewer repeats of chart 2 than the pattern calls for due to my confusion. Despite that the pattern is easy to knit and very pretty.
The tip of the shawl. Click on any image to see a larger version.
Edge detail showing charts 2 & 3.
An arty shot of the shadow cast by the shawl.
In this post you get two finished objects! Quite a feat for my lately. I have been suffering from a big bout of startitis.
At CNCH I spun up almost an ounce of lace weight camel-silk (50/50) in the natural camel color. I wanted to test it as a lace yarn so I decide to make a mini shawl. I have no idea what the yardage was as I forgot to count it.
Pattern: Adamas Shawl by Miriam Felton
It is a lovely pattern. I would definitely knit it again in a full version. This one has just 4 repeats of chart 2 instead of the 14 repeats called for in the pattern.
It is large enough for a doll or maybe to wear as a head scarf.
I have been very busy with Tactile work too. The big project lately has been dyeing. Reds have been intriguing me.
This picture isn't perfect for representing the colors. They are not quite this washed out. It is 1.85 pounds of mixed wool blend that as in the stash for a long time. I tossed it in a big pot with some lac, cochineal, and madder.
The madder is an orange red, cochineal is a pinkish red, and lac is a purple red. I love the blend of colors that came out of the pot. I deliberately left white spots so the final yarn would have more shades and hues. Any ideas on what I can make with 1.85 pounds of wool? Sweater?
This pot was just a test for the four fleeces I dyed to be made into Sincere Sheep roving.
Three bags full. Ready to be dropped off at the mill for processing. One will be a warm yellow, one peachy pink, and one will be purple. There will be another fleece in red, but it wasn't quite ready. More details on the fleece dyeing on the Tactile blog.
Congratulations! She is so beautiful, too! Love the shawls and the upcoming yarn.
Posted by: Katie K | May 25, 2008 at 06:35 PM
Woot!! Go, Kay!!!
Posted by: AuntieAnn | May 25, 2008 at 09:38 PM
She's beautiful and so is the shawl! From one nurse to another -- I wish her well in her career.
Posted by: Robin | May 26, 2008 at 08:38 AM
Congratulations to Kay and to you! And the shawl looks divine.
Posted by: knitoneone | May 26, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Congratulations to Kay! :)
Posted by: aija | May 27, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Your earlier post brought tears to my eyes! Congratulations Kay, and congratulations to you too!
Posted by: elizabeth | May 27, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Congrats to Kay and what beautiful shawls!
Posted by: lynne s of oz | May 29, 2008 at 03:13 PM
Congratulations to Kay! What a lovely gift.
Posted by: jessie | May 31, 2008 at 06:14 AM
CONGRATULATIONS! Beautiful shawl for a beautiful daughter, and you are rightfully proud.
Posted by: Abby Franquemont | June 02, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Congrats to Kay. The shawl is lovely
Posted by: Phyllis | June 03, 2008 at 12:58 PM
What lovely shawls! What a good idea to knit only 4 repeats to make the shawl smaller...maybe I could do that for my daughter...she wants a shawl, but she is only 7. Maybe I could knit it with some leftover yarn, too.
Ang
Posted by: angelarae | June 08, 2008 at 04:39 AM