Septmeber 12
I just want to share one of the projects that I had to get finished before going full steam ahead with 24/7. It is the lace wimple I was knitting for my mom. It is from Fiddlesticks and one of the greatest things about it is that it was so nearly the perfect amount of yarn for the pattern. It used one skein of Ella Rae’s Lace Merino.
In the photo you can see how little was left over. My mom had picked out the yarn about a year ago and I am finally getting it knit for her July birthday- what I was in the Netherlands then. The pattern called for using a laceweight yarn doubled but the fabric was too dense for me so I went single and got gauge. I really like how the lace pattern and the dye pattern on the yarn complement one another. It has a rocky granite look to it- yet it is a delicate lace. I love when the pattern and the yarn synchronize.
What is a wimple? It is from the Middle Ages as I recall. It is also the name of the part of a nun’s traditional clothing. It is put on under the headdress. The lacier bit at the bottom goes around the shoulders and you frame the face with the upper opening. My mom, who is rather frugal with the heating wanted something to wear while she sat in bed and read at night. I put pieces of paper in the middle to show off the lace pattern.
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