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| Victorian Flower Oracle |
Many apologies for the return to rubbish photos - it is dark, grey and raining today, and the Bloody Vlad turned out to be so large it wouldn't quite fit on the table how I wanted it to.
You can see very clearly that there are no points - when the designer says 'bind off loosely', she means 'bind off like knickers without elastic'. But hey, it still looks fine, a non-knitter would never know.
You might be able to see the beads if you squint and use a magnifying glass ...
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| Detail of the 'wing' |
The yarn - 'Mistoffeles' merino/nylon 3ply sock yarn from Black Cat Fibres was lovely to work with: soft with a very slight stretch, washed and blocked easily (although it bled a little, I forgive it, since this is a vampire shawl it seemed appropriate).
And here is my other creative work for this week, completed at Destructo Boy's Savannah Sharing Day:
Which inexorably reminded me of this:
Hop on over to Tami's Amis - hopefully any music will be less dodgy than my selection remembered from childhood.
