June 13, 2004
Keeps Them From Escaping
OK, there are still three rows to knit, plus the bind off row. Two color garter stitch knit back and forth is dreadfully slow.
Does anyone have any good tricks for me to use on the rest of this? Also, I'd like an opinion from anyone who has one on doing the armhole borders: DPN's? Or use the "two socks-two circs" method? I'm leaning towards two circs.
While I was walking home earlier this evening, partly thinking about my budding stranded sweater design (think Kaffe Fasset, think all-over design, think rosette cathedral window), I was also thinking about the lace bridal shawl I am contemplating/planning for my sister. I am thinking, mostly because I can't find any patterns I think are wholly suitable, of designing my own pattern. But I have almost no lace knitting experience. So I'm thinking I ought to do a "practice" lace piece. Two ideas are either the Kimono Shawl or the Sampler Shawl from Cheryl Oberle's "Folk Shawls" book. Anyone out there in Blogdom have a better suggestion or a great suggestion for a bridal shawl? The two things I know for sure about the bridal shawl is that it will actually be a stole -- meaning a rectangle rather than a circle or triangle -- and that my mother thinks it should be fairly cobwebby.
So the bottom line is, I need your advice, oh my dear readers!
Posted by Jon at June 13, 2004 02:02 AMSince you're planning to do a stole, you have pretty much unlimited choices in terms of which stitches to use. You might look at Walker's two treasuries; one I would recommend is in the second one, and is called Japanese feather. It is fairly lacey (but not cobwebby) and creates a lovely scalloped edge as you knit -- and it's easy.
There's a picture of it here: http://swordqueen.tripod.com/armory/id11.html
(I admit a bit of a selfish motive here; I've done a swatch of it and have been thinking of making a stole like you describe, so I'm hoping you'll be my guinea pig! :) )
Posted by: Rana at June 14, 2004 06:03 PM