I’ve ended up with two lace projects, both in Kidsilk Haze, on my needles. (Good thing I have too many needles.) No sooner did I cast on the Lady’s Circular Cape from VLT – which is proving to be an addictive knit – than the KSH for the Lace Cardigan in VK arrived. So, I cast it on, as well. Since I’m in the midst of a revision that is bending my brain (all good) I’m getting lots of knitting done as I think.

Here’s my progress so far on the Lady’s Circular Cape from Victorian Lace Today. (Which is a truly amazing book.) This one is cast on at the neck, then you work back and forth to the hem. At the end, you knit an edging around the whole thing. The colour of this one is Black Currant and it’s a very deep purple. I’ve worked about 25 rows of the pattern – of course, it’s lace so it looks like a lump right now. The little bits of sock yarn are my stitch markers – they indicate the pattern repeats:The other project is a Lace Cardigan from the current issue of Vogue Knitting. This one is knit outward from the centre back in a pentagon. I’ve used the colour Trance, which is a smokey blue. I’ve done about 30 rows from the first chart and again, it looks like a lump.So tell me – what’s on your needles?