I work in my local gym, which would be a more interesting job if people in my hometown ever wanted to work out. I spend most of my day checking in the few members that actually show up and taking phone payments for memberships that are never actually used.
While this is sometimes mind-numbing, I recently realized that I could use this time productively; by knitting. My supervisor doesn't care what I do as long as I answer phones and smile at the members when they come in. So, I've taken this opportunity to begin my first real lace project: Elizabeth Freeman's Aeolian.
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| Behold, the brilliant photographic lighting of my workplace. |
One: It's made with Knit Pick's Gloss lace yarn, which is lace weight. All of the other lace I've knit has been fingering weight at the lightest and there's a definite difference in terms of pattern and texture. Also size: when I next knit something sport weight or above, my hands will feel tiny.
Two: It's a shawl. I always associate "real" lace with shawls. Shawls are big enough to be really complex and intricate. Even though I've knit lace before, it never felt like lace. Which might be because I've been addicted to blocking before/after photos on Ravelry.
Technically it's a shawlette, I suppose. The shawl size is huge and somewhat impractical for my fast paced life of sitting around waiting for the fall semester to begin and then the sitting around in class and sitting around writing papers. It will get ruined with all the action going on.
So far, I've worked four and a half repeats of the Yucca pattern. I'm going for six and then two Agave (including the final) and then the edging. A lifeline will probably be used at the edge, depending on how much yarn I have left at that point. I'm liking the pattern so far. I've only had to tink back to a mistake twice.
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