I am almost finished my Aestlight Shawl, I’m busy with the lace edging at the moment, it’s amazing knitting the lace perpendicular to the shawl edge, so clever…Once I am finished I will block it so that it lies flat. I do love this shawl and hopefully, I’ll be able to show you photos of the finished item next week:)
This week so far I have made my own natural general cleaner for our home from a book called Make Your Place and soon I want to attempt to make soap, if anyone has any recipe suggestions, I would love to hear them:)
Irises are appearing all over the garden at the moment, attracting plenty of bees to pollinate our fruit trees.
I am linking up with Ginny’s Yarn Along today.
Have a peaceful day,
Linda
The shawl is looking really beautiful 🙂 The edging construction sounds really interesting too
that shawl is stunning. and so lovely as it looks like the iris! i have just started taking a beekeeping class, so hopefully by next year the bees i spot in our yard will be from our hive!
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jen
That is a beautiful piece of work. Really gorgeous, and I don’t use that word lightly. But then, I’d expect that of you –
That is really a neat method for adding an edging to a piece. I suppose you could use this method for all kinds of lace or other edges to the shawl.
Love the colors of your shawl.
I’m all lost with blocking knitted items.
The same author from that book has a nice fanzine on making soap, I haven’t try it yet, but it was very well explained.
http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/raleigh_briggs
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dear linda,
it matches your iris’s, it’s so completely lovely. the construction does look interesting, i have the pattern saved so i can try it too.
and i love your stitch marker counter thing.
Is it just coincidence that the flower matches the shawl? Both are lovely.
Beautiful knitting. I think DTE is the best blog for soap making.
My two very favourite colours – purples and greens!! This shawl is so so pretty and you are an awesomely clever knitter, Linda!!
Looking forward to see the finished product!
Oh! I love the colors of your shawl 🙂 So you are nearly done? How wonderful!
Linda for the soap go to Rhonda’s tutorial on her blog to get started and my favourite recipe is this one from Linda Woodrow that I use for everything including washing my hair. Wish I could knit like you!
http://down—to—earth.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-make-cold-pressed-soap.html
http://witcheskitchen.com.au/making-soap-in-time-for-christmas/
I love the way that the flower colors perfectly match the yarn colors!
I can’t wait to see it blocked, it is going to be gorgeous!!!!
the colours are beautiful, looking forward to seeing the the whole shawl 🙂
I am totally in love with your shawl, too!
And Irises. My favourite flower ~ look at those delicate petals and that intensely beautiful colour!
Oh, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
Your shawl is beautiful — I added the pattern to my queue! I love the colors, too.
Great colors and the pattern really brings them out!
Your shawl is lovely!!
There is a great-looking soap recipe in the 4th issue of Craftsanity mag. I downloaded the PDF version; it’s only $5 and you get several crafty projects in addition to the soap (lotion, cooking recipes, knitting, crocheting, sewing). 🙂
Happy Friday!!
Jess
So beautiful – I love how the colors and stitchwork are all coming together.
What a lovely shawl!
Really beautiful shawl, and I especially love your little stitch counter!
The shawl is stunning. I love the colors and the adorable stitch marker.
Really like your color choices vs just a plain color…..cute stitch marker.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!!
Wow, that is an amazing shawl!
(You still have dandelions in your yard! That’s amazing for October!)
Your blog is always so inspiring, wish I could quit my dayjob to have more time to do all the things I WANT to do. I want to paint more and relearn to knit and make soap! Hope yours turns out well!