Try not to pick something too complicated for your first attempt - I started out on the Express Lane socks, but was a bit daunted by them at first; then I did a Damson last October/November, realised how easy that was and made three more in about a week each. And then finished the socks in a couple of weeks, too. I'm now making Ysolda Teague's Ishbel shawl for the Ravelympics!
ALL lace is nothing more, usually, than yarn-overs and various decreases. And most designs have a 'repeat' which is usually over not very many stitches - that shawl has an 11-stitch repeat, so you never have to count very high, and you can put in markers on the needles to help. I'm making Hex, from the Fall 2009 Knitty, which has a 22-stitch repeat, but the most I have to count to *ever* is nine! A lot of rows are (say) Knit 3, YO, SSK, Knit 5, K2tog, YO ... knit to the next marker, and repeat.
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Date: 2010-02-14 07:32 pm (UTC)Try not to pick something too complicated for your first attempt - I started out on the Express Lane socks, but was a bit daunted by them at first; then I did a Damson last October/November, realised how easy that was and made three more in about a week each. And then finished the socks in a couple of weeks, too. I'm now making Ysolda Teague's Ishbel shawl for the Ravelympics!
ALL lace is nothing more, usually, than yarn-overs and various decreases. And most designs have a 'repeat' which is usually over not very many stitches - that shawl has an 11-stitch repeat, so you never have to count very high, and you can put in markers on the needles to help. I'm making Hex, from the Fall 2009 Knitty, which has a 22-stitch repeat, but the most I have to count to *ever* is nine! A lot of rows are (say) Knit 3, YO, SSK, Knit 5, K2tog, YO ... knit to the next marker, and repeat.