Waaaaaaaaaant!

[kniteracy]

So I'm looking around for wool (I know, I know!), because I don't have enough of any one colour to make the Heere be Dragone shawl, and the most of the online retailers I know are only carrying the very expensive Rowan Kidsilk Haze in solid colours. All of the other beautiful (and equally expensive!) imported lace yarns are in various variegates. One store had some mint green on sale, but really: who wants a mint green dragon shawl?

And then, I stumbled across Heirloom Knitting. mokatiki, I forbid you to look at this site! You will break out in hives and whimper!

TONS of lace wool. NOT expensive. I could make this shawl for as little as £14 in materials if I were willing to go with white/ecru, about £16 if I go with some deliciously yummy looking merino lace wool from Jamiesons. I thought I was looking at £50-60 worth of materials to make this, and that I was going to have to put it off for a looong time.

And they take PayPal!

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

The whole page is fabulous.

What colour should I make it in? :-D

Comments

[stevieannie.livejournal.com]

A deep forest green. Then you should leave it lying somewhere near me whilst your attention is elsewhere.... ;-)

That's a *gorgeous* pattern!

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go with the emerald green from this line. (http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/cart/ordermerino_lace.php) Materials (plus another colour I just liked) will cost under £20.

[mokatiki.livejournal.com]

*foolishly looks at the website*

Wow, Want!

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I did warn you....

But the good news is, it's really very reasonable, much more reasonable than Rowan Kidsilk Haze, which seems to be what everybody is doing lace patterns in now, and they have cool books.

[asknosecrets.livejournal.com]

Oh wow.

And I say silver. *Nods*

[telynor.livejournal.com]

As noted above, I'm going to go for green. I think silver is a great colour, but it doesn't look good on *me*. :D

[asknosecrets.livejournal.com]

*Nods* Fair enough - I love green, but when you said not mint green, I didn't know if it was mint you were dodging, or green.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Definitely mint. It was this one.... (http://www.getknitted.com/acatalog/LaceWeightMohair.html)

[plaid-dragon.livejournal.com]

That is a gorgeous shawl. I adore the dragon. Purple! Or burgandy.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I had a hard time choosing between the purple, the dark blue, and the emerald green on this page. (http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/cart/ordermerino_lace.php) In the end I went for the green, but I think I'll second guess it three or four times. Alas, it's not like I can just make three or four so I'll have them in various colours-- I expect this project to take awhile.

[plaid-dragon.livejournal.com]

Hard to get a proper idea of colours on a screen but they all look lovely. I think the emerald green would be my pick out of those too, much as I love purple.

[xap]

I think the Jamieson's L35 is a rich midnight blue (at least on this monitor) - that would be quite lovely :) L63 & L17 are nice too...
*sigh* enjoy :)

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I thought seriously about the dark blue, but ended up going with the emerald green (http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/cart/ordermerino_lace.php) from this page.

[xap]

oooh - didn't look at that page before. That's a lovely choice too :)

[janciega.livejournal.com]

I can't say enough good things about Sharon Miller and the Heirloom Knitting folks. I haven't ordered yarn from them (the $ sux big time now), but I've ordered patterns and had great service to the U.S.

I have the Pegasus shawl pattern from the folks who did the Dragone pattern. I lurve me some dragons, but the shawl looked a little too pointy at the bottom for my taste. YMMV, of course. :)

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I can't find the pattern for the Pegasus at Goddess Knits, but I like the pointiness, myself.

[janciega.livejournal.com]

The Pegasus is actually called "Flight of Fantasy." It's a Sharon Winsauer pattern, and is available as a PDF download at her Etsy shop, here:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7027533

No affiliation, just love lace. :)

[telynor.livejournal.com]

WOW that is pretty!

Do you think it would be easier, or more difficult, than the dragon one?

I don't have much experience with lace, but you know how I like to jump in with both feet!

[janciega.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I haven't actually seen the Dragone pattern IRL, so I can't compare them directly.

The Pegasus has some unusual sts. The background st is what she calls "make 2 from 2", where you yo, then k2tog through the front and back of the next 2 sts, and you drop the yo on the return row.

I think it would be a challenging pattern, but if you pay attention, give yourself plenty of time, and use lifelines* regularly, it should be do-able.

*I'm too lazy to use lifelines. But then, I'm a very experienced tink-er. :)

[allisona.livejournal.com]

That is a -gorgeous- pattern!! It should be green or copper.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Green it is! Emerald green. (http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/cart/ordermerino_lace.php)

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Oooh! So pretty!