norahsknits

I recently visited Purl Soho in NYC with my sister. She purchased a skein of Purl's silk yarn, which I agreed to knit up for her. We were actually in Little Italy/Chinatown, and realized that we were also close to 459 Broome St., so we walked over. I'm using a new-to-me lace pattern called Ostrich Plumes, which I saw in a recent knitting magazine. (Actually, I've seen it before but never tried it.) The pattern is a variation on the Old Shale pattern, which I use a lot in both knit and crochet. The difference is that the patterning is reversed every 12 rows. I will be edging this with crochet when the knitting is finished. Edit: photo of the finished scarf with crocheted edging is at the end of this post.  Also pictured below is a view of a scarf and a shawl in another new pattern, which I found in a Japanese knitting pattern book (recent purchase). Interestingly, this same pattern is shown in patterns in several recent knitting magazines that I have seen, so I'm not

I'm thinking that I will put some of my hand-crocheted handbags in the Weavers Guild of St. Louis sale this year, in October. The bags are lined and most have magnetic snap closures. These were all made in recent weeks. The dark green button on the blue, turquoise and black bag is a vintage button given to me by someone in a knitting group I used to go to. The dark green, red and black bag is not completely finished yet - I'm waiting for an order of magnetic snaps to come in before sewing in the lining - that's why you can see a speck of lining and can maybe see a pin.