This is what is on my needles right now. I just received a shipment of Ling from Laura at the Unique Sheep. It’s part of their new Gradience collection, which in this case means that I received six 1-oz skeins in various shades of blue. The colourway is Illulissat, and ranges from a dark blue to a very light blue mixed with white. The skeins are numbered, and I chose to start at the dark end of the scale (#6) and work outwards towards the light. The yarn is lovely, really. I can’t show you any pictures of the actual shawl that is on my needles, since it’s part of the Norn series. The design was completed some time ago, but I was waiting for the perfect yarn, and here it is. So now my needles are burning as I’m working my way through the pattern.
From what I understand, the Unique Sheep offers three different laceweight yarns – Ling (merino/silk), Eos (merino/tussah silk) and Ostara (cotton) which all knit up to the same gauge. I’ve worked with Eos before, and both Eos and Ling are quite nice, but of course the drape and the feel of the fabric is different.
I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that I often have multiple projects on the go in the same colour. So let me introduce you to my second current project……
This is a lace scarf using some brand new yarn from FibroFibers. In fact, it is so brand new that it is not even available yet. Jen will be offering some Tussah lace-weight yarn, and sent me a sample. The colour is a cornflower blue (no idea what it will actually be called), and it is gorgeous. I couldn’t wait to cast-on, and I’m using the sample for a small lace scarf. The tussah silk has a small “halo” to it, and the halo combined with the sky blue colour made me think of angels. So here is a small section of my scarf with little angels spreading their wings.
And just so you don’t think I’m blind to all colours but blue, here’s the yarn for the third thing I’m working on. This is Nightfall from FibroFibers. It’s a fingering weight 100% merino, and this particular skein is in Ivy. The yarn changes colour from Ivy to black. The plan is to start from the dark centre of the skein and work myself towards the lighter colours.
I had a lovely visit to Turtlepurl‘s studio last week. As it turns out, she is located in the Ottawa area – just across the river, on the Quebec side. It’s a little less than one hour’s drive from my house, assuming you don’t go during rush hour.
Turtlepurl showed me around, and we had a wonderful time looking at all her amazing yarns and thinking up projects for them. My hands down favourite was the Satin Toes. It’s a fingering weight merino/tencel blend. The tencel makes it so shiny – similar to a silk blend – and also very strong. She has lots of different colours, and it was very hard to choose, but I ended up with two skeins of this silver gray colour. This yarn will be perfect for one of my upcoming lace shawls.
I also managed to get two skeins of Pillow Talk – a light fingering MCN in “Love Me” which I am planning to use for a sweater for my daughter. I think the colour will suit her perfectly. I actually have a great idea already for what to knit her, but with the heatwave we’ve been having recently (+30C and clear blue skies) I don’t think there’s any rush. She won’t be able to wear it until the fall anyway.
Last, but certainly not least, I got a set of stitch-markers. These stitch-markers are really cool. They are called thick-and-thin stitch-markers, and have a small loop on one side and a large loop on the other side. The small side fits up to 3.5 mm needles, and the large side up to 8 mm needles. The loops are also soft, which I really like. It makes them so much easier to manage on the needles. They have already been put to good use on my latest project.
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