On the needles

This is the first of my very long series of WIPs. Lutea lace-shoulder shell by Angela Hahn.
I'm using my only three skeins of Rosarios4's Biobamboo and fearing it couldn't be enough I decided to make a provisional cast on and knit from right below the armholes up. Now the first two skeins are all used up … and all my fears have vanished!
I altered the lace stitch pattern by using a double centered decrease instad of the two different methods suggested for the right and left shoulder.
This bamboo yarn is a dream to handle and to wear because is much smoother than silk.

The second, Ishbel by Isolda Teague, is a real "must have", so popular among ravelers that I had to try it. I'm knitting the large version and I think that it will grow even larger because I'm going to cast off only when I'll run short of yarn ... and I still have 7 skeins in my stash!
The pattern is well written and this knit runs on the needles so I can't wait to see the final result! Yarn is a gift my friend Sabine sent me during SP11, and I think is perfect for this project.

The third is still in a very early stage and actually is waiting to take off, but I bet I'll have a lot of knitting fun with the Swallowtail lace shawl.

Last but not least I've got a lot of mini-projects in progress for Cuore di Maglia....

That's all for now, hope tomorrow I don't have to add anything to this list!

Un saluto speciale a Startare!

Stavolta ho dato la precedenza alla parte più difficile, non sto a ripetere le parole ed i links.
Ho tantissimi lavori in corso, forse non ne ho mai avuti così tanti.
Il top marrone è fatto con un filato strepitoso, bambù biologico, più liscio e morbido della seta, un vero piacere da lavorare e da indossare.Quando passo a lavorare lo scialle blu la differenza di morbidezza è abissale!
Lo scialle blu è un modello che ha spopolato su Ravelry e che lavorerò fino a portarlo alle dimensioni di una coperta (o quasi), perchè devo azzerare la scorta che ho di questo filato.
Ho appena iniziato uno scialle piccolo e intricato ed ho tanti piccoli lavoretti in corso per Cuore di Maglia. Prima o poi ne uscirò ...