Gothic Irtfa'a has flown off the needles

Irtfa'a is finished! Actually, it was finished last week and I had to wait for the floor to clear to have enough room to block it. I love this shawl. The design is just beautiful!! This is my first faroese shaped shawl. How do you pronounce faroese? The pattern was really well written and so easy to follow. But this one was never boring. Those rows got really long, but I never grew tired of knitting them. It's not just the pattern, but I love the yarn too. This is Dream in Color's Baby (lace) yarn in Gothic Rose. It's such a tricky color to photograph. This is what it looks like in direct sunlight. It's really a darker color with very subtle shades here and there.

Those are some detail shots that I took for putting up on ravelry. The bottom edging starts at the very tips of the "wings" and is knitted onto lives stitches until they meet in the center. I wasn't sure about my grafting, but I think it looks alright.

Details:
Pattern: Irtfa'a by Anne Hanson (knitspot)
Yarn: Dream in Color Baby in Gothic Rose(1.75 skeins)
Needles: size 3 Knitpicks Classic Circular for the neck edge and edging, size 4 Knitpicks Options for the rest
Start: January 14, 2008
Finish: January 25, 2008

I've finally gotten around to taking a photo of E's fingerless gloves. She requested ones where the fingers are separate. She says that they're loose, but I did that on purpose. I want these to last a bit and hopefully she'll still like them when they fit how she requested. I followed a generic glove pattern and just didn't finish the fingers. If I were to make these again, I would shorten the thumb and make the cuff longer. Fingerless gloves seems to be my thing right now. Lace is still around, but I need something to do while waiting for the next clues.

I have some fingerless mittens that I made from a pattern in Interweave. I like them, but I wanted another pair that was more snug, had actual fingers, and in thinner yarn. This is what I made! I used one of my favorite stitch patterns and tried to adapt that into a glove. It was working until I hit the fingers. I don't like how the fingers are just plain up there. I'm going to leave this one because I like how this glove fits. The yarn is Wollmeise sockenwolle in Drachenblut. I'm using a size 0 Addi Turbo and it's make a nice, snug, and comfortable fingerless glove. In fact when I was outside taking these pictures, I left this glove on my left hand while taking pictures of the shawl. This hand was nice and warm while my right hand was cold.

Now, I'm off to knit the second glove.