Now I'm back at work after my July vacation. I soft started by reading though my mails and listening to office gossips. Do I feel rested after a month of vacation? Well, life with small childrens is really never relaxing. However, end of July we had a bit more than a week of beautiful weather and we came out on small bicykle outings and I could try out my new bicykle, since a few weeks as well as the new children seats. Also we've taken the children to a nearby childrens pond a lot so they could enjoy swimming.

There's been a little time also for knitting which have resulted in a great shawlscarf from the book Victorian Lace Today (it's the 'Scarf with the Clarence Border from Weldon´s, 1886'). I used a bit more than one skeins of Malabrigo Lace in the gorgous colour Vaa. It fits suprisingly well with my new bag from yorktown road

I followed the pattern but I had to do at least twice as many repeats of the mid section in order to achieve a satisfying length. When I was knitting the end border (using the knitted-on-border method, according to the books pattern) in the heat in middle of the day on the balcony I noticed a weak side of Malabrigo yarn when used with this pattern. A slight felting occured which isn't very noticable though. However for the end board knitting part of the pattern I recommend to knit when a bit chillier.
4 comments:
It's beautiful! Interesting about the Malabrigo :)
Thank you jillian! Regarding the felting tendency of the Malabrigo yarn I wasn't actually suprprised by it. I'm thinking that the super fluffiness and ultra coziness of the yarn just must imply some kind of sensitiviness. I should have thouht about it before bringing it out in the heat - I guess my brain was a bit felted too by the heat... ;)
Den är jättefin din jobbscarf. Jag har tittat på mönstret flera gånger men än så länge inte kommit till skott. Nu kanske...
boel: Taaack, jag gillar den verkligen och rekommenderar mönstret! Håller redan på att planera nästa scarf, men kanske i silke den här gången. Eller så blir silke, men liknande mönster i samma bok. Får se...
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