Having decided to abandon my comfort zone and buy some yarn I would never normally work with in the form of the Arizona Dreams kit from Colinette, I decided to go the whole hog and knit it using a stitch that I would usually never consider – a form of broomstick lace.
First, though, I had to spend a couple of hours winding the hanks into balls, using my antique swift and the 1970s ball winder kindly given to me by my friend Susan a year or so ago:
And so on to the knitting – no broomstick is needed for the broomstick lace, but it does require wrapping the yarn round the needle multiple times in some rows and then some jiggery-pokery in the subsequent row to end up with some fancy loops. It takes ages to do. Intervening rows are simply knitted and so are super-quick.
I have to confess I’m really pleased with the way it’s turning out… trying something different CAN be a good thing.
The Snail of Happiness 
nanacathy2
/ March 30, 2016What gorgeous rich colours. Going to be wonderful!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 30, 2016And they have so many other lovely colour combinations too…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 30, 2016I’m delighted with it
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Kitty
/ March 30, 2016I have to say it’s looking very impressive!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 30, 2016I think with the fabulous yarn you could do almost anything with it and it would look good
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Kitty
/ March 30, 2016I disagree, you’ve the talent to MAKE it look beautiful.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 30, 2016Thank you
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thecontentedcrafter
/ March 30, 2016I went looking for that colour selection I love it so much and they didn’t have it on the website any more. I’ve been studying broomstick lace recently too – our minds are obviously in the Vulcan Mind-Meld! 🙂 It is looking wonderful and if I was one who got green with envy, I would be green with envy at your colours and your beautiful stitching!! Yay for doing something different!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 30, 2016There web site doesn’t seem to be working properly – I ended up contacting them by e-mail to sort out my order. The full range of colours available for the kit is here: https://www.colinette.com/pages/arizona-dreams-color-chart.html
I could sit and drool over them for ages… I rather like the Mountain Hues combination … so much loveliness
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thecontentedcrafter
/ March 30, 2016Thank you – I’ve just drooled and have NO idea which colour combination to buy, there are so many wonderful ones!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2016I know… my initial reaction was ‘one of each’!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ March 31, 2016If only!! 😀
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katechiconi
/ March 30, 2016Wow, that’s an impressive result and looks incredibly complicated. You’ve got to love a process which produces that effect for not quite as much energy outlay as it would suggest! And yes, the colours really are wonderful, one of my favourite combinations…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 31, 2016I’m very pleased with it… and I’m starting to come to terms with the strange stitches now!
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davidprosser
/ March 31, 2016It’s looking tremendous and I put tat down to your skill as well as the glorious colours. That does look quite a complicated stitch pattern though.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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insearchofitall
/ April 1, 2016I didn’t realize how much I loved that color combination until just now. Wonderful.
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Lisa K. Diamond, DNP-FNP-C
/ April 1, 2016Gorgeous colors. Have fun with it.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ April 1, 2016It’s growing slowly now…
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ April 2, 2016Oooh, looking good! I’d never normally choose yarns like these either, but your photos are giving me second thoughts! Happy knitting!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ April 2, 2016I don’t think I’d ever be a complete convert, but it’s good to be working with something different for a change.
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