River

A couple of weeks back I took a long train trip.

This is how I spent the time.

Project: River
Designer: Sharon Miller
Source: Rowan 38 (although it has also been published for free here)
Measurements: 47cm x 133cm
Needles: 6.5mm bamboo circulars
Yarn details:

• Novita Rose Mohair
• 65% acrylic 35% mohair
• 50gr = 190m
• colour #010
• about 125gr used

This worked up quickly and I was surprised to find that it was done within a few days. I really shouldn't have been so surprised - those 6.5mm needles felt like broom handles!

A very nice, easy and intuitive pattern. There's no chart, but it didn't take me long to draw up a small one, more as a guide than anything else, as after a while it's quite easy to read the lace as you're going and predict what to do from there. Blocking consisted of flattening it out on the rug and then giving it a light spray. Too easy! This would be a really good first lace project and also a last-minute gift idea. Hmmm, Christmas is coming...

My first time with the Rose Mohair and no complaints here. It's soft and fluffy (word of advice: don't wear black pants while using this stuff) and my finished River is warm and cuddly against my neck. And I'll be needing to use it soon, as winter is well and truly on the way, my friends - there was ice on the car windscreen over the weekend. Yep.


I am all too aware of the fact that I have made many lacy shawls and stoles in recent times, and I promised myself that the next project after this one would not be a member of the same family. So there's a hat just about ready to come off the needles, and a pair of gloves coming along nicely.