The first week of my winter-break blog tour is over. I'm a bit off on the schedule, but I hope that's not confusing anyone too much. I insanely scheduled the blog tour during my ten-day 20th anniversary Hawaii vacation so, neeless to say, I'm having a bit of conflict of interest? Blog or beach? Blog or snorkling? Blog or another maitai? But this morning I am setting aside a few minutes to blog before we get our rental car and head out for the north shore of Oahu to check out the kind of surf that has given me nightmares since I was a little girl. Sounds like fun, huh? I will not be going in the water today, unless I take a dip in the pool when we get back to the hotel tonight. Wearing my swimsuit all day anyway. Hey, why not? I'm in Hawaii!
Today we'll talk about the Lace Mesh Triangular Shawl designed by
Evelyn Clark. Evelyn is the author of
Knitting Lace Triangles, and she used the design techniques she discusses in her own book to create a beautiful triangular shawl using one of Dorothy Reade's original lace stitches. Evelyn expained a bit of her design proess to me:
Lace Mesh was used for this triangular shawl that is knit from the top down to a scalloped edging. Since the edging can be worked after any 20-row repeat, the size of the shawl can be customized. The sample is knit in lace weight Shetland yarn, creating a versatile accessory for both day and evening wear. This design also could be knit in fingering, sport/DK, and light worsted weight yarns.
I selected Lace Mesh since it works naturally into a triangular shape. The simplicity of the design shows off the beauty of the lace.
No changes were made to Dorothy's charts. But personlly, for a left-leaning decrease, I prefer a modified ssk that I learned from Meg Swansen (sl 1 st knitwise, replace on holding needle, and knit 2 sts together through the back loop).
Here's what's coming next:
Joanne Seiff writes about knitting with qiviut and , to get you excited about the Alaska Cruise and Arctic Lace audio book!
Renee Leverington shares some background information about the beaded lace stole she designed for Sucessful Lace Knitting
Knitting Out Loud - a sneek peak of the Arctic Lace audio book!
Posted by donna at 13:00:24. Filed under: General
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