Lace knitalong?

[synecdochic]

Would anybody be interested in a lace shawl knitalong ala dwsockclub? I've been bitten by the lace bug lately ...

There are a whole lot of shawls in my Rav favorites, but here are some of the ones I'm thinking about:

Trevi
Blosson
Tongues of Fire
Seraphim Shawl

The Seraphim Shawl is probably going to win, but if people were interested in a KAL, I'd totally be up for any of the four.

(I am also actually considering, God help me, trying to figure out a way to chart the full DW logo, site name included, into a lace chart, and then knit a square blanket/shawl with the site logo/name on all four edges. This would be because I am crazy.)

Comments

[uninvitedcat]

I'm potentially interested. However, the Argus shawlette is my first ever KAL, *and* my first ever lacework project. So it may not be worth waiting for me!

[ct]

If you're trying to chart lace, you might want to try to find a copy of Creating Original Hand-knitted Lace by Margaret Stove. It has a lot of useful advice and how-to information. I got it to help me with my own crazy idea for a lace project: a stargate shawl.

Anyway, whether I'd participate in a KAL would depend on when it starts. Right now I have too many other projects on the needles, but right now I also have a lot of free time in which to finish projects, so... maybe?

[synecdochic]

Ooooh, thank you for the book rec! *puts it on list*

[anatsuno]

oh man where has BLOSSOM been all my life? I love tiny repeats lace, it gives an allover textural / airy look I can't get enough of.

I have a shawl (not lace - Citron) on the needles at the mo (it'll be the third shawl I knit FOR MYSELF this winter, haha) and then I srsly need to get cranking on a baby blanket before my BFF pops, but... I am tempted anyway.

[synecdochic]

I'm kind of having a lace period. Aside from the Dreamwidth lace project, there are a few other motifs I'm considering (you will grok what I mean when I say that I am considering knitting a shawl inspired by jdn's tattoos), and I want to get some more experience knitting other people's patterns before I start designing my own!

(At least it's not Noro scarves. I am drowning in the damn things, and still have yarn for another 6 or so.)

[anatsuno]

I GROK. and I look at your adorable craziness askance. <3

[synecdochic]

The impulse comes from a throwaway line in one of my WIPs, where Cammie has designed (and knit) a shawl for that very purpose.

I keep telling her she is not allowed to take over my knitting ...

[havocthecat]

I wish I had time for a KAL. But good luck!

[firecat]

I love Tongues of Fire. But I'm already not finishing the shawl I'm working on now. :-(

[aedifica]

I'm enjoying the one in knitting right now, but I don't think I'd have time to do them often. (This one is exciting because it's the first time I've done lace!)

The DW logo would be cool, in a knitting- and DW-obsessed sort of way. :>

[squirelawrence]

Shouldn't, probably. . . but yeah, interested. I like the Seraphim Shawl, but I might be tempted to try the Icarus Shawl by the same designer. Given that I haven't done anything of that complexity and sheer bloody size, I might be quite mad, too.

Probably wouldn't try knitting the DW logo. . . but if you manage to design the shawl with the gate addresses in it - or Cammie's Return to Sender socks, I'd give it a go!

[beachlass]

I confess I have a semi-abandoned Icarus shawl on needles.

[squirelawrence]

I should probably go through my works-in-progress and honestly evaluate which. . . aren't actually in progress. *sigh* On the other hand, the spinning class I took actually motivated me to learn to spin yarn, so I'm hoping a lace KAL might do the same.

[silverceri]

Personally I like either of the last two, but it would depend when it starts. I already have Adamas on the needles, and it is not coming along quickly...

[aunty_marion]

Alas, I too can't do anything if it's not a free pattern. I'm utterly skint. And also, I have a Hex shawl (from Fall 2009 Knitty) on the needles, and only half-way done, among other projects such as Knitty's Sunday Swing socks (under half of one done so far...), I'm doing a Dalek Knit-Along (the Extermiknit! pattern), I've got a Moebius Scarf commission half-done, and then I need to think about three other commissions on the waiting list...

[minxy]

I have laceweight yarn, I have needles, I am totally intimidated by actually casting on a stole. I would love to do it, and group support might get me there.

I'd sign up!

[minxy]

especially if we knit the Trevi. That is just stunning, and one of the more beautiful geometric patterns I've seen.

[laughingrat]

I bet yes. We've also got an Argus Shawlette knitalong going right now--started Monday. :) That's a pretty, and fairly straightforward (so far), lace pattern.

EDIT: Also, Seraphim is a great pattern. That was my first lace shawl. :-D Miriam Felton's patterns are written really well!

[indywind]

Oooh, I like the Seraphim shawl. Trying to stick to free patterns, though. Also, I've got to finish the various commissions I'd promised first, in good conscience. Also also, I seem to be in a stranded/doubleknit colorwork phase right now. I am forcibly restraining myself from DW-logo scarves and hats.

[ames]

I would be all about the Seraphim, if it wasn't a triangular shawl. But I am totally going "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH" for the Tongues of Fire. YUM.

[hoarmurath]

If it's free, I am in.