Super Sekkrit September Knit Revealed
Oct. 25th, 2013 05:24 pmIn September I set about a very hard project for me. I would knit a super sekkrit project that I wasn't keeping secret/sekkrit from people I knew in person -- it was for one of my online friends. Therefore, I had to maintain absolute radio silence about my project not only throughout its creation but also until I finally sent it off to the wonderful ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jjhunter in October.
Oh, the suspense. How would jj like it? Was I using the right colors? I sent a mysterious email inquiring about jjhunter's favorite colors (and the air speed velocity of a coconut bearing swallow, to throw her off the scent :P ).
In the end, I just had to trust my instincts and luck. She was fortunately very detailed and liked several colors, which let me play with color. She also sent an example of a green she liked, and Lo, I had a yarn in that very color in my stash.
And of course, because this was for a very dear friend, there had to be handspun worked into the shawl to give it extra texture and squishiness and warmth and love.
I resorted to showing my progress to the dear people at my local yarn store, as I couldn't share with my dreamwidth circle.
Until now.
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In addition to the Super Sekkrit September Shawl (and, you know, preparing for the holidays and the guild show) I'm now scheduled to work on a collaborative project. It involves Alpacas as a general theme.
( 1 more photo behind the cut )
I am so excite. Now if maybe my body would give me a break and stop hurting, that would be great.
jjhunter in October.Oh, the suspense. How would jj like it? Was I using the right colors? I sent a mysterious email inquiring about jjhunter's favorite colors (and the air speed velocity of a coconut bearing swallow, to throw her off the scent :P ).
In the end, I just had to trust my instincts and luck. She was fortunately very detailed and liked several colors, which let me play with color. She also sent an example of a green she liked, and Lo, I had a yarn in that very color in my stash.
And of course, because this was for a very dear friend, there had to be handspun worked into the shawl to give it extra texture and squishiness and warmth and love.
I resorted to showing my progress to the dear people at my local yarn store, as I couldn't share with my dreamwidth circle.
Until now.
( 1 )
In addition to the Super Sekkrit September Shawl (and, you know, preparing for the holidays and the guild show) I'm now scheduled to work on a collaborative project. It involves Alpacas as a general theme.
( 1 more photo behind the cut )
I am so excite. Now if maybe my body would give me a break and stop hurting, that would be great.
