The joy of swapping
Over on the Ravelry Sundara Yarn Love community, there’s a sock/shawl swap going on. It’s really neat: people get paired off, send each other yarn, and use the sent yarn to make something for their partner. One person knits socks, and one knits something lacy. The idea behind it is that knitters seldom have other people knit for them, and some knitters are more inclined towards socks or shawls. I was paired with the very talented Jessica at Show Me Your Knits, who is making me a pair of Cookie’s Nebula socks. I’m really stoked, and will inundate the blog with pictures when they’re done.
In return, I’m knitting a Tudor Grace for her, out of a beautiful skein of Sundara Sock. The colourway is called Naval Officer, and is a beautiful denimy blue with value-based varigation. The pattern is so quick: the lace repeat is only 6 rows, and takes maybe 15 minutes to complete. I’m supposed to knit 43 repeats, but I’m sure I’ll be able to get at least 50 out of this yarn. (And long scarves, in my opinion, are an a priori good.)
Without further ado, I give you some pretty pretty pictures:
