Cast On – Hanami!

Yesiree, I’ve cast on for Hanami! (The yarn is Jaggerspun Zephyr in Aegean Sea) I’ve liked this design for a long time. Even after browsing through the numerous wrap patterns on Ravelry, I find this the most modern and wearable lace wrap design so far. The simple rectangular stole design is great, no complicated edgings or need for provisional cast-ons. I’m quite attracted to Icarus, Leaf-Lace Shawl and Shetland Triangle, but I really can’t see myself wearing a triangular shawl! It is still much too “granny”-associated. Maybe Icarus in a jewel tone would be nice for a formal occasion, but I don’t have anything suitably grand coming up in the near future! Btw, here’s a close-up of the critically-acclaimed Addi Lace Circular Needle. This one’s a 3.00mm:

Very slick tips, and light too. I like that the cord doesn’t retain kinks – well it does for a while after first taking it out of the package, but it relaxes soon after. Nice! I’m still not used to the slipperiness though, I’m kinda missing my bamboo Clovers in the same size. Will give it a good try though, hopefully I can start taking advantage of the smoothness to knit faster!

The other night I had a dream that a friend of mine was getting married, and she was wearing two lace shawls she had knitted herself over her wedding dress. One was blue, the other a summery yellow, but oddly enough, it looked nice! Maybe cos it was a dream and surreal things seem normal in dreams. But… there’s an idea! Ha!

On the topic of significant relationships, I recently told my boyfriend happily that I would knit a sweater for him if he was posted overseas for a goodly length of time, since I saw a couple of attractive designs on brooklyntweed’s blog. He jokingly said that he might freeze to death before I get it to him in time! Humph. Oh well, Kessa has assured me that the going is quite slow when one has just started knitting, hopefully my speed of knitting will pick up in time and I can realize the sweater idea!

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