In more positive news I've finished the first repeat of the centre of the Wedding Ring Shawl.
I was quite chuffed until I did the foolish thing of calculating the total number of stitches in the shawl.
My rough math says it's over 313,000 stitches. So, my first repeat (16,926 stitches) is about 5% of the total shawl.
Phew.
I'm knitting the shawl with a cashmere silk blend gossamer yarn that is thread-like thin from Heirloom Knitting. It's gorgeously soft and my only (slight) quibble is that it is a bit splitty sometimes. I was amazed that yarn that thin could split - but it can!
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It is my understanding that you have to freeze the little fellows [& potential offspring], then let them thaw, and then freeze them again. I learned this from a very old SpinOff Magazine and I always do it...otherwise the eggs survive.
Beautiful shawl work. All your stuff is lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful lace!! Thanks for the link to the yarn, I was looking for more lace yarn and wondering where to get it :)
eeps! moths! i'm so sorry to hear of the infestation. so glad to hear it's under control.
the beginnings of the shawl is just ethereal. i love how delicate it looks. :)
Moths!! Argh! The horrible things ruined several favourite dresses a few years ago.
Your lace is stunning.
am glad you seem to have the moths under control... and the wedding ring shawl is looking good, although it's fatal to count stitches!
So sorry to hear about the moths. I just came from a workshop with Judith Mackenzie - forget the freezer. Freezing will kill moths but will not kill eggs or larvae (which do the real damage). Within two minutes of coming out of freezing temps, the larvae come out of hibernation and start eating. Only two things that will work: (1) dry cleaning, or (2) pest strips from the feed store placed on top of the fiber in airtight storage so that the vapors sink through the fibers.
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