So, a while back I submitted a pattern to magknits, which was accepted for the October issue. The pattern itself was the result of one of those “Oh, shiny! Oh, soft!” purchases, leading to the, “Mmm, soft. Mmm, shiny. Mmm… what the hell do I do with this now?” aftermath. In this case, the trigger was the Debbie Bliss pure silk that had just come out.

Here it is, and months later, I’m still pleased with the patterns (though not so much with the pictures).

On a vaguely related note, Purlescence are running a series of competitions. I’m debating putting the shrug I made for Madam A up for the “Cindarella” one, since it was designed to go over a pretty dress, and is both sparkly and soft. I did finish it, by the way, but didn’t get around to taking any pictures before handing it over. Fingers crossed I’ll get some pics from Madam A later.

It did work out rather well, in the end– it fit, the sleeves looked good. I did end up doing (and then redoing looser) some single-chain crochet around the edge in the frosty wool, which worked well as an accent, but wasn’t so much it irritated.