Lady Eleanor
Hello everyone! I am new to this knit-along blog, but I have finished the Lady Eleanor, and wanted to share some pictures as well as the edging I went with for finishing.
First of all, here's Lady E in all her splendor:
Knit with Noro Kureyon, 13 skeins (I wanted it longer), in color #138. The colors are a bit more muted in real-life. I also wanted a unique fringe of some sort, and I didn't want tassels or pompoms or anything "loose". In looking at the entrelac, and how it seems to weave under & over, I thought: "I-cord!" and proceeded to make 28 little strands of i-cord, tacking them at the points, overlapping them & tacking at the overlap & weaving in a bunch of ends. It's not exceptionally precise, or blocked even, but I like how it looked. There are a couple more pictures over on my Flickr account, you can click through to that via the photos.
Close-up of the i-cord:
My next project from the book is Vintage Velvet - I started it last Monday, and basically couldn't put the scarf down - so now, the knitting's done! I need to felt it and it will be finished. I used 6 skeins of Touch Me in yummy purple.
Sorry for the long post, but it's nice to be here & I look forward to seeing & making more from this book!
Jennifer in Kansas City (PlazaJen)
First of all, here's Lady E in all her splendor:
Knit with Noro Kureyon, 13 skeins (I wanted it longer), in color #138. The colors are a bit more muted in real-life. I also wanted a unique fringe of some sort, and I didn't want tassels or pompoms or anything "loose". In looking at the entrelac, and how it seems to weave under & over, I thought: "I-cord!" and proceeded to make 28 little strands of i-cord, tacking them at the points, overlapping them & tacking at the overlap & weaving in a bunch of ends. It's not exceptionally precise, or blocked even, but I like how it looked. There are a couple more pictures over on my Flickr account, you can click through to that via the photos.
Close-up of the i-cord:
My next project from the book is Vintage Velvet - I started it last Monday, and basically couldn't put the scarf down - so now, the knitting's done! I need to felt it and it will be finished. I used 6 skeins of Touch Me in yummy purple.
Sorry for the long post, but it's nice to be here & I look forward to seeing & making more from this book!
Jennifer in Kansas City (PlazaJen)
Labels: Lady Eleanor
6 Comments:
At 4:19 AM,
Daisy said…
Wow, that looks amazing!
At 9:49 AM,
jen said…
Beautiful job! I love the cheery bright colors of that colorway.
At 3:45 PM,
verlit said…
Great idea with I-cord, I love it!
At 7:20 PM,
Francesca said…
That is a truly beautiful piece of work. All hail the Lady Eleanor. Well done. I'm inspired.
At 1:01 PM,
PlazaJen said…
I used 8's instead of the 10's or 10.5's. I wanted a denser fabric, and I liked the gauge (I'm a loose knitter!)
And knitting this wrap gave me the idea to go up in needle size, knit entrelac squares out of Noro, barely felt them & have some gorgeous pillows! I got some green-based Noro for that.... sigh. So many projects! This work thing really, really gets in the way.
At 8:30 AM,
PutYourFlareOn said…
The colors are amazing! Bravo!
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