The lace tonal tee that I was working on for a KAL with the Artyarns group on Ravelry is complete.  I actually have had it done for a few weeks but had to block it – which I did last week and I wore it to church this past Sunday.  Also, it has been too hot here to wear it until this past weekend when it really cooled down here in Texas.

I am really proud of knitting this lace tee – sweater.  I believe this is one of the most intricate lace projects I have ever done.  The whole sweater is knit on circular knitting needles and knit in the round so there is no seaming .  The project was part of a KAL – knit along – in a group on Ravelry for Aryarns.  I think the only way to get the pattern right now is to do the KAL.    The link to the KAL is:   http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lace-tonal-tee-knitalong

The above photo gives you a close up view of the lace pattern.  The pattern is suppose to have more of a sleeve with the diamond border but I ran out of yarn and hated to have to order one more skein just for a few more rows.  So, I just finished the sleeve with a round of knit and then the bind off for a small cap sleeve.  I think it turned out fine.

The Regal Silk yarn from Artyarns that this is made with is a lovely yarn to knit with.  The project is actually suppose to be knit with various skeins in a tonal color scheme but I already had this color in Parrot so I decide to just use it.  Also, less weaving in of ends after the project is done since I didn’t do all of the color changes.

I plan to knit another one of these in the future.  I think I will make it a little shorter though and not do an extra round of the middle diamonds as called for in the pattern.  This is more of a tunic length for me.  Also, I learned that the 100 percent silk yarn is very stretchy.  Since this was my first time using this yarn or making this type of sweater I didn’t realize it was going to “grow” as you put it on.  That’s okay though.  I like how it looked with my tiered skirt that I made a few months ago and I think it will also look great with some leggings in one of the colors.

I hope everyone is having a good week.  I am currently working on some new crochet and knitting pattern designs.  Fall is in the air here in Texas and scarf, shawl and sweater season is soon to be here.

Take care,

Kimberlee