Lace Knitting
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As Usual Lace Yarn Is The Answer!
So, last weekend as I was waiting for Sarah to be ready to cast on The Triangle Thing That Needs A Better Name, I read an email notice about Vogue Knitting LIVE! New York saying that Stephen West was going… Continue reading
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In Which I Am Too Smart For My Own Good
Knitting from someone else’s pattern is always an education. Currently, I am being schooled by Vicki Square’s “Lace Back Top” (VogueKnitting Spring/Summer 2012). This is a birthday request present for Sarah. It is just the kind of thing she will… Continue reading
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Let The Knitting Begin!
Without getting into all the controversy over internet knitting events and the Olympics (esp. the Ravelry situation), I will say that Sarah & I have an Olympic Games-related knitting project going. And we call it our “Synchronized Knitting (whether or… Continue reading
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May Shawl — Done!
I spent the afternoon of my birthday (Sunday) finishing my Triangular Summer Shawl (Nancy Bush design from Knitted Lace of Estonia) and am delighted with it. It is hard not to love a lace shawl — especially once it is… Continue reading
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Lesson Learned — Again!
How many times must I learn: check the errata for any published pattern? This time, my lesson took about 2 1/2 hours of bewildered fussing. It was my Lily of the Valley lace shawl — newly ressurrected and steaming along… Continue reading
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Bit By The Lace Shawl Bug — Again!
It always happens this time of year (um, and sometimes at other times of the year, but definitely and without fail at this time of year). Lace shawls!!! I love lace shawls. I love lace weight yarn. I love… Continue reading
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THE GULL PI SHAWL IS DONE!
This is a red-letter day of mega celebration for me! A lace shawl is always a major achievement for a knitter – particularly a large shawl with a lot of pattern work. But my personal especial triumph here is that… Continue reading
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Milanese Lace
I have been having a heck of a time with the Milanese Lace in my Butterfly Q’mitl. Ridiculously so – really, I knit lace from charts all the time and I should not be messing it up this much! Mostly,… Continue reading
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Beginning The Lace Stole
The Lace Stole is begun! I have worked 6 pattern rows – each stitch the size of a fly’s leg draped over the needle – and the knitted fabric stretches out to nearly half-an-inch (it is usually wrapped around the… Continue reading
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Lace Preparation
I have been preparing to begin knitting a Shetland style lace stole. It is a process! The yarn is fine – I believe is qualifies as “cobweb.” And the patterns are intricate. So, I have been swatching. And practicing. And… Continue reading
Warty Bobbles 