Rockwell Yarn
Lorna's Laces Rockwell colorway
I started knitting again around the the time I moved to Chicago, over 4 years ago. My very first luxury yarn purchase was some Lorna’s Laces Lion and Lamb in Uptown. Then, like now, the purple, pink, and electric blue were a bit of a fashion stretch for me; the name of the yarn is what made me buy it, for how better to commemorate moving to a new city than embracing one’s new neighborhood?
I made Knitty’s Clapotis. It was was one of my first non-scarf projects, so it had a few mistakes. I loved it anyway.
A few years later I moved to a new apartment, and to celebrate I acquired some Shepherd’s Sport in Irving Park. It then became a lovely Forest Canpoy Shawl. It was my first triangle shawl and has been my most blocking-intensive lace to date. It is a wonderful scarf during the transitional weather of Spring and Fall in Chicago.
There is one more apartment that hasn’t been commemorated, for there is no Lincoln Square colorway. I figured that I would just be patient and bide my time, and eventually I would be rewarded.
Imagine my pleasure when I discovered that Lorna’s Laces is now making a Rockwell colorway! I know, it’s not an official Chicago Community Area, but it is the name of an L stop, and I’m willing to celebrate my Chicago knitting in many ways.
Now I just need to decide what to knit!
