Queen Anne's Lace: Progress? Nah.
Much to my shock, I've been spending a bit of time every day knitting on this:
and if I keep this up, I'll eventually finish the damn thing.
I do believe that when it's done I'll enjoy wearing it -- otherwise I'd can the project -- but I can only work on it in certain moods. Detachment, apparently. Ennui.
But why? Why is this project so exasperating? It's just a Fair Isle. It's not particularly difficult, or particularly easy. True, the color changes are a bit subtle (read "impossible to detect"), but I've enjoyed working subtle Fair Isle projects before.
I think.
Let's go see...
Ok, well, maybe not. The first one wasn't that subtle. The second was fairly dramatic. The third will put your eyes out. Guess that explains why I'm bored with "Queen Anne's Lace."
I'm also perturbed by the fact that I can't find a finished version anywhere on the net to show you. The Starmores haven't rereleased the materials in the new Virtual Yarns. Back in April, Gail was a bit into the second repeat of the 44-row main pattern. But she said then that she didn't know if she'd ever get done, and it's hard to see progress. And she'd picked the thing up after letting it lay for a while. Even Wendy -- Wendy! -- hasn't done a "Queen Anne's Lace." In fact, if you google for "starmore queen anne's lace" mostly what you find on the net is two pages of me bitching and moaning. This causes me to wonder about the feasibility of the project. I know it got finished once, at least, cause there's a picture of it in Stillwater. But that may be the only extant finished "Queen Anne's Lace" sweater.
So. No picture of the future project to show you. But maybe either Gail or I will get the thing done someday and you can see the brilliance of the excellent color scheme, wherein the marled yarn, with its grey and cream, stands for the interplay of light created by the delicate flowers that create the stunning beauty that is Queen Anne's Lace itself.
Till then, here's a picture of the real thing, to hold you. Me and Gail are gonna be wearing sweaters that look JUST like that, some day. When we get around to it.
and if I keep this up, I'll eventually finish the damn thing.
I do believe that when it's done I'll enjoy wearing it -- otherwise I'd can the project -- but I can only work on it in certain moods. Detachment, apparently. Ennui.
But why? Why is this project so exasperating? It's just a Fair Isle. It's not particularly difficult, or particularly easy. True, the color changes are a bit subtle (read "impossible to detect"), but I've enjoyed working subtle Fair Isle projects before.
I think.
Let's go see...
Ok, well, maybe not. The first one wasn't that subtle. The second was fairly dramatic. The third will put your eyes out. Guess that explains why I'm bored with "Queen Anne's Lace."
I'm also perturbed by the fact that I can't find a finished version anywhere on the net to show you. The Starmores haven't rereleased the materials in the new Virtual Yarns. Back in April, Gail was a bit into the second repeat of the 44-row main pattern. But she said then that she didn't know if she'd ever get done, and it's hard to see progress. And she'd picked the thing up after letting it lay for a while. Even Wendy -- Wendy! -- hasn't done a "Queen Anne's Lace." In fact, if you google for "starmore queen anne's lace" mostly what you find on the net is two pages of me bitching and moaning. This causes me to wonder about the feasibility of the project. I know it got finished once, at least, cause there's a picture of it in Stillwater. But that may be the only extant finished "Queen Anne's Lace" sweater.
So. No picture of the future project to show you. But maybe either Gail or I will get the thing done someday and you can see the brilliance of the excellent color scheme, wherein the marled yarn, with its grey and cream, stands for the interplay of light created by the delicate flowers that create the stunning beauty that is Queen Anne's Lace itself.
Till then, here's a picture of the real thing, to hold you. Me and Gail are gonna be wearing sweaters that look JUST like that, some day. When we get around to it.
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