Another shawl!
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knittingpixThis one is called "198 Yards of Heaven". I, erm, was dared to make it. I dared kniteracy to make one over the weekend; then I realised I'd just been given some wool of about the right weight for one, and printed off the pattern and tucked them away together, and then she dared me back. I finished mine at 2.30pm yesterday, having cast on late Friday afternoon; she had a few more things to concentrate on over the weekend, but will almost certainly have finished it by tomorrow.
This is what it looked like on Saturday afternoon.
And this is what it looks like now, being blocked!
The yarn is Rowan Classic Soft Lux, in a sage green, with metallic Lurex bits in it. I actually needed more than the 198 yards the pattern 'requires', as bothkniteracy and I agreed that to make it a better size, a third full repeat of the pattern would be good. I had two full balls of the yarn (at 137 yards each), and part of a third one; I've used most of it! I'm quite pleased - there are a couple of mistakes, but this is the first fully-lace project I've done.
kniteracy to make one over the weekend; then I realised I'd just been given some wool of about the right weight for one, and printed off the pattern and tucked them away together, and then she dared me back. I finished mine at 2.30pm yesterday, having cast on late Friday afternoon; she had a few more things to concentrate on over the weekend, but will almost certainly have finished it by tomorrow.This is what it looked like on Saturday afternoon.
And this is what it looks like now, being blocked!
The yarn is Rowan Classic Soft Lux, in a sage green, with metallic Lurex bits in it. I actually needed more than the 198 yards the pattern 'requires', as both
kniteracy and I agreed that to make it a better size, a third full repeat of the pattern would be good. I had two full balls of the yarn (at 137 yards each), and part of a third one; I've used most of it! I'm quite pleased - there are a couple of mistakes, but this is the first fully-lace project I've done.
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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.