In between the Christmas knitting I am managing to sneak in some time to work on my Dark Ice Cowl. I decided to go for this pattern, not the Smoke Ring with Lace Edging as I had originally planned, as the latter would have required some reworking of the pattern, and at the moment all I really want to do is fairly mindless knitting. Life is busy enough at this time of year!
I am using Cherry Hill Suri Lace Alpaca with dark grey beads (hence the name Dark Ice). It’s a little fiddly if I happen to hit a bead row whilst on the train, but other than that, this is a fun, easy pattern to make.
I’m looking forward to spending Christmas week finishing off a couple of projects; after that we are going away for a week over new year, so I may have to plan one or two new projects to take with me for the long plane journeys!
Ooh, that is really elegant and pretty. I love it!
Beautiful! And doesn’t your candle holder wear it well?
it’s lovely! the colors are very you. have a great trip.
colours are lovely – it’s very ephemeral and romantic (but a little gothic too!!!!)
perfect for travel knitting
its so beautiful! i always admired that pattern…
two very nice projects to finish off
Very nice. The beads work in really well with that yarn.
Gorgeous!
Can’t blame you on your easy knitting as it is heavenly! Enjoy!
That is gorgeous – I love the beads!
Very pretty, love the beads throughout.
oh it’s looking fantastic. Gorgeous. I think I am going to put beading on my list of new things to try in 09.
That is really beautiful! I love the beads, something I haven’t yet tried.
It’s gorgeous! I love the colours and the beads. I’ve got this pattern in my queue but was waiting for the right yarn (I hadn’t considered the Suri Alpaca, but it looks very soft). Your candle holder is very stylish, by the way.
oooo, that’s beautiful!