Retro FO: Seamesh Wrap

Thank goodness for photogenic friends! Nadia looks gorgeous in every photo I've ever taken of her and it finally occurred to me to take advantage of this in order to show off my knitwear. This photo was actually taken back in June 2009 in the park across from the Purple Purl on WWKIP day. Jacquie was visiting, I had taken some time off work to hang with her and we spent a glorious day basking in the sun and knitting. I pulled out this lovely wrap to keep my shoulders warm in case of spring chill, something I barely needed as it turned out. At least it did inspire me to finally to a FO photo shoot with it. Aren't these shots of Nadia wearing my Seamesh wrap glorious?

But the FO itself is actually much much older than June '09. This project is BR (Before Ravelry) and I had to dig out my old knitting notebook to find the details on this one. Some hunting through my email and flickr accounts turned up just a few WIP photos and a few email chains with people who test knit this for me in the fall of 2007 and early 2008. Turns out I actually started this in August 2006!

I actually made this pattern up based on a lace pattern from one of the Barbara Walker books called checkerboard mesh. I even charted it and had some friends test knit it... and then promptly did nothing else with it. Almost four years later here I am blogging about it, and it turns out someone beat me to publishing this pattern. So, if you are interested in making this (or something very much like it) check out Shelby (non-ravelry link) by Deborah B Miller.

Needles & Yarn
I knit this on 3.75mm (US 5) Lantern Mood Destiny Circulars in ebony. The yarn is Handmaiden Sea Silk, a luscious silk/sea cell blend that I bought at Gaspereau Valley Fibres in June 2006 on a visit to the in-laws.
Timeline
According to my handwritten notes, this was cast-on on August 17. I never made of note of when it was finished, but I remember wearing it that winter as a scarf (I'm crazy, I know) so it must have been completed in only a few months.

























