Lace Party Aug 13 to Aug 28 WIP and Hawaii with Babalou

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Babalou

Discussion Starter · Aug 13, 2016

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Greetings Lace Party-ers and guests. A note to the newcomers: the Lace Party grew out of a workshop hosted by Dragonflylace (a/k/a DFL). The workshop is still here on KP. Everyone is welcome to join us as often as you like at the Lace Party. We share our daily goings-on and, of course, our knitting projects. We do love to see photos, finished projects or WIPs. If you have a question, just ask; someone is sure to answer. Every two weeks, on a pre-arranged schedule, someone hosts a new Lace Party. Sometimes we work on the same project, but we always share whatever we are working on, lace or not. We hope you will join us.

You are invited to join us in knitting lace and sharing your projects. We enjoy pictures, seeing progress Our main requirement is mutual respect for everyone.

This session we are working on WIPs and seeing pictures from my trip to Hawaii. I think we all have things we are trying to finish.

In February, my DH and I decided to spend a month on the big island of Kona in Hawaii. He is an outside kind of guy and feels trapped in the winter. We managed it by inviting our very close friends to spend part of the month with us. My DH is the seeker of great places to stay and found an oceanfront condo for us in Kailua-Kona. One evening I was catching up on the phone with my wonderful friend, Kathleen, in Houston. We decided to have a real girly conversation with wine. As the conversation went on, she asked what trips we were planning. Eventually, I blurted out "you should come for a week!" It took her about 10 seconds to say, "are you kidding me?" And the rest is history.

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run4fittness

· #581 · Aug 22, 2016

tamarque said:
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I give you credit and appreciation for taking in those left at your doorstep. Do you find homes for them or just keep them.

I find them homes. I know a few farmers who are always looking for barn cats. Plus we have a rescue center here in this very small town.

run4fittness

· #582 · Aug 22, 2016

Normaedern said:
Happy Birthdy, Chris????

From me also!

run4fittness

· #583 · Aug 22, 2016

annweb said:
Beautiful yarn Ronie .
I have now put the Boo Knits Mustard Seed on the boards .It is much brighter than the picture portrays .First Gift scarf version is waiting to be soaked .

How beautiful! Love that color!

triciad19

· #584 · Aug 22, 2016

Happy birthday Chris.

run4fittness

· #585 · Aug 22, 2016

Julie, your WFR is lovely! You pick the best colors.

britgirl

· #586 · Aug 22, 2016

Ann, your shawl looks great.

Sue

annweb said:
Beautiful yarn Ronie .
I have now put the Boo Knits Mustard Seed on the boards .It is much brighter than the picture portrays .First Gift scarf version is waiting to be soaked .

tamarque

· #587 · Aug 22, 2016

linda09 said:
The "A" Team phrase suits well. I think it is one of those patterns which can easily be done in any weight of yarn.
I can see the centre repeats making a great afghan in a heavier yarn. I may have to swatch an aran sample. Oh no! I said the "s" word - not something I do often. :sm05:

Absolutely. And that is exactly what I was doing with the lace & cable pattern in a heavy worsted wt and it lead me to see it in a vest. OTH, I have done 4 or 5 swatches with a yarn used successfully for my gd's sweater in the Spring but cannot seem to make it work for a dress with an open stitch pattern: the yarn has too much texture and sheen to it and now have a lot of this yellow dk wt cotton. Need to completely erase all thoughts and approach with a new mind. Such are our little challenges and successes.

My typical problem: worked this cable and lace swatch in a great deep teal color but only have this one skein. WEBS still has the yarn line but I cannot find the ball label. Usually am very careful to save these wrappers to the point of having multiples of them, but wouldn't you know that with only 1 ball the fool wrapper vanished! Will call WEBS very shortly and see if I can get them to envision what color I have. Their online color renditions are not accurate at all so what's a gal to do? Drive to WEBS? Oh, no. That is dangerous! :sm22: :sm22: :sm22:

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triciad19

· #588 · Aug 22, 2016

Lurker 2 said:
Oh I agree to that! Especially with commissions. I am nearly halfway with the cast off now, Double yay!

It looks good Julie and worked up quick.

tamarque

· #589 · Aug 22, 2016

annweb said:
Beautiful yarn Ronie .
I have now put the Boo Knits Mustard Seed on the boards .It is much brighter than the picture portrays .First Gift scarf version is waiting to be soaked .

Ann--love that yarn colorway. Delicious and the stitch definition is superb

Normaedern

· #590 · Aug 22, 2016

britgirl said:
Although our Newfoundland vacation is over, my thoughts still are in that beautiful country. For some reason it made a tremendous impression on me. Since returning home, I have ordered several books about it. I am amazed that you can buy a used book on Amazon for $0.01! Of course then I had to pay $3.99 for shipping. Still a great bargain, for a book that is like new. So I have been stocking up.

I still have to read up on my camera I got for my birthday just before we went. My SIL helped me download and play with one of my favourites. Here is a whole colony of puffins.

Sue

Puffins are so comical. I love them :sm02: :sm24:

triciad19

· #591 · Aug 22, 2016

annweb said:
Beautiful yarn Ronie .
I have now put the Boo Knits Mustard Seed on the boards .It is much brighter than the picture portrays .First Gift scarf version is waiting to be soaked .

Very pretty. I love the edging.

tamarque

· #592 · Aug 22, 2016

Sue--how special to see that Puffin colony up close and personal. They always strike me as some kind of special bird and would have loved to see them, too. Your pics of the sun rise and your gd are wonderful. You really seem to be an early morning, sunrise gal. It is such a wonderful time of the day. I am sure those morning walks with gd will remain with her as special memories. And yes, it seems contradictory to spend more on the shipping than the cost of the book. Have done that a few times myself, but they are always good deals, especially if they are knitting books. Nice to have you back.

JanetLee--glad to know you have resources for the kitty rescues.

Ronie--that was a great yarn buy from Craftsy. It will be such a pleasure to knit with it.

My first order just arrived. That was very quick. It is from Alpaca Direct and consists of 100% pima cotton yarn in 4 colors. Looks like I will make me a summer tank top.

Belle1

· #593 · Aug 22, 2016

annweb said:
Beautiful yarn Ronie .
I have now put the Boo Knits Mustard Seed on the boards .It is much brighter than the picture portrays .First Gift scarf version is waiting to be soaked .

Really good looking. Looking forward to seeing the next one....

Belle1

· #594 · Aug 22, 2016

britgirl said:
I am so totally behind with this party. We got back from the Outer Banks on Saturday and am still recovering. Feel like I am in need of a vacation to get over the last one. I did enjoy it. Can I say it was relaxing despite being busy. Had some wonderful early morning walks on the beach at sunrise with my six year old GD, Alexandra. We just talked picked up shells and just enjoyed each other's company.

Sue

Wonderful times.

annweb

· #595 · Aug 22, 2016

You are all so kind with your compliments ,thank you .
Welcome "home "Sue .The pics are great .Good to have time with GD .
Having knitted Mustard Seed so quickly I am now without any knitting .Next clue for the BON a few days away .I think you and I are in the same thinking mode Tanya .
I am wondering if DFL actually spotted that link you posted .

Belle1

· #596 · Aug 22, 2016

Seems like the last couple of weeks I've been in and out, but more OUT then in. Goodness, my head is spinning and I can't remember who posted what. All I can recall are a number of beautiful pieces, gorgeous photos (all making me wish I was there to see for myself), frustration with rodents and slugs, and a promise to provide a recipe for the pear/almond tart I made for last week's get together. So if I didn't specifically respond with praise for all the gorgeous things, please forgive me and know that I've been enjoying all the sharings. Here is the recipe that I promised. Since the published work provides the metric as well as American measurements, I thought that would be good to include here. This makes a wonderful, light tart. Yummy....

Pear & Almond Cream Tart – taken from 500 Greatest-Ever Cake Recipes, Martha Day, editor.

Note: Tart can be made with nectarines, peaches, apricots or apples.

Serves: 6

Need:
350 g/12 oz shortcrust or sweet shortcrust pastry
3 firm pears
Lemon juice
15 ml/1 tbsp peach brandy or cold water
16 ml/4 tbsp peach jam, sieved

For Filling:
90 g/3.5 oz/ generous ½ cup blanched whole almonds
50 g/2 oz/ 4 tbsp caster sugar
65 g/2.5 oz/5 tbsp butter
1 egg, plus 1 egg white
Few drops almond essence

1. Roll out pastry and use t6o line 23 cm/9in flan tin. Chill. For the filling, put the almonds and sugar in food processor or blender and pulse until finely ground but not pasty. Add the butter and process until creamy, then add the egg, egg white and almond essence and mix well.

2. Preheat a baking sheet in oven at 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Peel the pears, halve them, remove the cores and rub with lemon juice. Put the pear halves, cut side down on a board and slice thinly crossways, keeping the slices together.

3. Pour filling into the pastry case. Slide a palette knife under one pear half and press the top to fan out the slices. Transfer to the tart, placing the fruit on the filling like spokes of a wheel.

4. Bake tart on the baking sheet for 50-55 minutes, until the filing is set and well browned. Cook on wire rack.

5. Head brandy or water with jam. Brush over the top of the hot tart to glaze. Serve at room temperature.

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Bonnie7591

· #597 · Aug 22, 2016

tamarque said:
I think their price is $10 each, but still pricey.

That would be USD, our $ is only .75 of yours now, that's why it came up $13 for me.

tamarque

· #598 · Aug 22, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
That would be USD, our $ is only .75 of yours now, that's why it came up $13 for me.

Certainly understand your reluctance to spend that kind of money. However, as someone who has written up her own patterns, some of them are very time consuming to do. Big conflict for designers who want to sell.

Bonnie7591

· #599 · Aug 22, 2016

Annweb, that's shawl is beautiful

Sue, lovely photo & cute GD.

Happy Birthday, Chris.

That yarn form crafty s beautiful, I'm glad you didn't post sooner or I might have been tempted to break my yarn buying fast???? Such pretty color combos.
Well, need to get off here & get my crabapple jelly made. I think the last of the juice should be dripped out by now.

Lurker 2

· #600 · Aug 22, 2016

run4fittness said:
Julie, your WFR is lovely! You pick the best colors.

Thank you JanetLee! Colour is very close to my heart- as a painter, they all have their place, although some I never wear. Love to paint with them though.

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