knitting challenges

All it took was finishing this one small lace project so quickly to have me thinking about what other lace projects I have in my queue. Butterfly was the winner, mainly because I’ve wanted to knit this dress since I first saw the pattern in 2007. Unless I’m having a very girly summer this year it’s unlikely I’ll be wearing a lace dress very often, but it’s such a pleasure to knit so far that I’m not overly concerned with whether it will go to waste hanging in some dark cupboard.

Looking at the charts I felt like I was in for a frustrating time, trying to keep track and memorise a complicated pattern, while working with lace weight yarn on larger needles – something I generally don’t like much at all, I like my lace on 2mm needles or a size equally ridiculous. On closer inspection this pattern is so simple that baring some other project catching my eye, Butterfly will be finished within the month.

And now it’s time to get back to it :)