I've had the darkest gray for some time now, but yesterday I received 2 hanks of the lightest gray, plus some sock weight yarn in case I decide to make the elbow-length gloves that are being designed to go with this cape. I've got the yarn in center pull balls, now, and I've decided how I'm going to make my hood. The edge facing will be in the dark gray, which I've started, and the hood will be in the palest gray, with the colors going darker as I go down the cape. There is an I-cord edging on the facing which I'm planning on doing in the pale gray of the hood - gotta make sure I keep enough of the pale gray to do that. :)
As soon as I get the facing done, I'll post a picture of it.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Elbow gloves ........
Well, our Meggie just informed us that there will be yet another accessory for our capes ... elbow length gloves, done in a fingering weight wool. On size 1 needles. With buttons all the way up the arm ..........
I hate knitting gloves .... I can never get the fingers right. But I think I'm going to have to give them a try again. Perhaps I am finally a good enough knitter to get them right.
And my dyer tells me that she will have all my yarn done & ready to send out by this weekend! Finally!! I'm so excited at the thought that next week I'll be able to start my cape!!
I hate knitting gloves .... I can never get the fingers right. But I think I'm going to have to give them a try again. Perhaps I am finally a good enough knitter to get them right.
And my dyer tells me that she will have all my yarn done & ready to send out by this weekend! Finally!! I'm so excited at the thought that next week I'll be able to start my cape!!
Monday, January 31, 2011
The hood ....
Ah, our Meggie likes to make us look at ourselves and make choices, she does! The hood has two styles - one is knit with boxes and has a seamed back. The other option is plain .... in front. But the back features an angel, a protector. Will have to choose just one .... which one? I am leaning towards the angel. Meggie is honoring her own parents with this angel but mine would honor my mother.
I'm thinking it will have to be the angel ........
I'm thinking it will have to be the angel ........
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Other Celtic Journeys.......
Not all of those knitting this cape will be doing online journals. However, some will be. I have listed those who are sharing this journey by journaling online in the side bar.
If you want to read the story of how this cape came to be, then you'll want to read 'A Year of Meaning, History and Thought'. This journals the thoughts and feelings of the designer, Meagheen Ryan. Born in Ireland, educated in the United States, Meggie's own story is as fascinating as the story of her family. It is, however, her story to tell.
My yarn is not here yet, and we've already gotten all the parts of the hood pattern as well as the pattern for the socks. I'm getting antsy waiting for my yarn to arrive!
If you want to read the story of how this cape came to be, then you'll want to read 'A Year of Meaning, History and Thought'. This journals the thoughts and feelings of the designer, Meagheen Ryan. Born in Ireland, educated in the United States, Meggie's own story is as fascinating as the story of her family. It is, however, her story to tell.
My yarn is not here yet, and we've already gotten all the parts of the hood pattern as well as the pattern for the socks. I'm getting antsy waiting for my yarn to arrive!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The beginning of a cape ....... looking back
Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 ......
Such excitement last fall! Meggie asked who might be interested in knitting a Celtic cape. Well! ::grins:: I guess I ran my mouth a bit on some of my other groups and pulled a bunch of new folks over to knit what will become an heirloom cape.
Few of us have ever done a project of this size and complexity. I've done sweaters, from newborn all the way to 'king-size' adult size!, pillows, throws, and even twin-size afghans (knitted in blocks, then sewn together) - nothing I've done before has been anything like this project. And socks! LOTS of socks!
The cape will be knitted in a single piece, starting at the front of the hood and proceeding down to the finger-tip length hem. It will have Celtic knots and the Ogham alphabet amongst the design elements.
After talking to Meggie, my cape will done in grays, to echo the color of the stone Celtic crosses which inspired part of the design. Which is a surprising color choice for me - I love colors, saturated colors, not neutrals! But the gray will go with all the colors I love and not make me look like a clown when I wear it. And I want this cape to be something I can wear all the time, not just for 'special occasions'.
My yarn is being hand-dyed for me by another friend (I've found so many friends since I joined Ravelry!) Originally, I asked her to dye all of it a 'silvery charcoal gray' - a very vague color description! When the first two skeins came out of the dye pot and dried, they were much darker and closer to charcoal than we had discussed, so another conversation ensued and she is now working on doing the rest of the yarn in a series of graduated grays. This is going to make the knitting of my cape quite interesting, beyond the adventures I can see ahead of me with the patterning.
Yet another new friend sent me the circular needles we're told we will need for this cape - there will be far too many stitches when we get to the cape itself to be knitted on straight needles, so I will be forced to use the circulars that I do not like.
Right now, I (im)patiently await my yarn, which my dyer tells me is drying ....... I want it here so I can fondle it, play with it, pet it and decide if I want to start with the darkest shade or the lightest shade .... and to see what all the shades actually are!
Some of the others already have their yarn and have started (and even finished!) the hood of the cape ..... I want to start mine!
Such excitement last fall! Meggie asked who might be interested in knitting a Celtic cape. Well! ::grins:: I guess I ran my mouth a bit on some of my other groups and pulled a bunch of new folks over to knit what will become an heirloom cape.
Few of us have ever done a project of this size and complexity. I've done sweaters, from newborn all the way to 'king-size' adult size!, pillows, throws, and even twin-size afghans (knitted in blocks, then sewn together) - nothing I've done before has been anything like this project. And socks! LOTS of socks!
The cape will be knitted in a single piece, starting at the front of the hood and proceeding down to the finger-tip length hem. It will have Celtic knots and the Ogham alphabet amongst the design elements.
After talking to Meggie, my cape will done in grays, to echo the color of the stone Celtic crosses which inspired part of the design. Which is a surprising color choice for me - I love colors, saturated colors, not neutrals! But the gray will go with all the colors I love and not make me look like a clown when I wear it. And I want this cape to be something I can wear all the time, not just for 'special occasions'.
My yarn is being hand-dyed for me by another friend (I've found so many friends since I joined Ravelry!) Originally, I asked her to dye all of it a 'silvery charcoal gray' - a very vague color description! When the first two skeins came out of the dye pot and dried, they were much darker and closer to charcoal than we had discussed, so another conversation ensued and she is now working on doing the rest of the yarn in a series of graduated grays. This is going to make the knitting of my cape quite interesting, beyond the adventures I can see ahead of me with the patterning.
Yet another new friend sent me the circular needles we're told we will need for this cape - there will be far too many stitches when we get to the cape itself to be knitted on straight needles, so I will be forced to use the circulars that I do not like.
Right now, I (im)patiently await my yarn, which my dyer tells me is drying ....... I want it here so I can fondle it, play with it, pet it and decide if I want to start with the darkest shade or the lightest shade .... and to see what all the shades actually are!
Some of the others already have their yarn and have started (and even finished!) the hood of the cape ..... I want to start mine!
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