Recently in Lace Camisole Category

I finished the lace camisole! I love it! Here are the front, back and detail shots:

And of course, me in it:

Pattern: Lace Camisole from Vintage Knits by Sarah Dallas
Yarn: Patons Grace in #60008 Natural

I decided to do this all in cream. I had pink and green cotton but somehow they weren't the same tone for the cream; they were less pastel-ly and more neon-like. I think I made the right choice. It took a while to do the lace trim, and I noticed this extra eyelet (aagh!) just before I was to block the front, so I frogged back to that row. The narrow ribbon holds the lace trim up, although it still curls quite a bit. I'll have to starch or iron the trim, perhaps that will take care of that problem.

Becky asked whether this came from Sarah Dallas' book or Rowan 35. This came from Sarah Dallas' Vintage Knits, which I absolutely love! I don't have the current Rowan magazine, but judging by the picture, they look the same. The lace trim might be slightly different.

BF hasn't seen this yet, I think I'll wear it tonight when we go out! Probably with a strapless bra; those eyelets shift around when I move!

We got back from Utah late Tuesday night, so yesterday was your typical lazy day. We unpacked, I worked for a bit, and then we tried to recover from the long drive. We did a lot of climbing, a few great hikes to viewpoints where you could see the entire Nebo mountain range and all the little towns and farms dotting the landscape, and ate like the starved and hungry climbing savages that we were. I pulled the tendon in my left ring finger on our 4th day of climbing, so I wasn't able to climb--or knit--on the last day. Photos from Maple Canyon are now posted in my photolog.

I made progress on the back of the lace camisole, about 6" worth. I knitted on the 10-hour drive North, and then for a few days at camp. It's sadly rumpled from being in the bottom of my backpack, and there are two lines that are visible in the knitting where I stopped on each day. All it needs is a good blocking, though. I should be able to finish the back by tomorrow, as the pulled tendon doesn't hurt as much anymore.

Jenifleur and Laura of JenLa have put together a California Knit Bloggers ring. Very kewl. It's great that they're putting together the Cali community. I've been to 3 yarn shops so far and I'm still looking for a place close by where I can feel comfortable, hang out and do the s&b.

In between design deadlines and conference calls, I knit the ribbing. In between packing clothes and climbing gear, and packing the kitchen and food boxes, I started knitting the body. I like this cami already! I may have used a too-small needle for the ribbing, but I didn't have time to buy another needle. I really like mercerized cotton for the sheen and the way the colors come out so... yummy. Bright. Voluptuous (the color. Me, definitely not). Luminous. The artist boyfriend even commented on it. His current fixation in his painting is light, so he's really into how it affects colors. He likes this current project too.

We're leaving early this morning, coming back Tuesday night. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!

I joined Laurin's knit-along. I've been wanting to knit the Lace Camisole from Sarah Dallas' Vintage Knits for a while; I even had the perfect yarn for it: Patons Grace in Natural. I just had to finish my other projects. Looking through the 2004 Knit-alongs List (see sidebar under "knit-alongs"), I found hers, so here I am. I'll probably take this along on the camping/climbing trip.