Finally Some Lace On the Way
It’s been WAY too long since I’ve picked up a lace project…Hiawatha scarred me a bit - lol…so, I finally decided to take the plunge and start on the Frost, Flowers and Leaves Shawl from A Gathering of Lace Book. I’ve loved this shawl since I purchased the book 3 years ago but never had the “gumption” to actually give it a go. Becky and I decided to go for it - we haven’t knit a shawl together since the STS which was quite a while ago.
The cast-on was HORRENDOUS - it was a circular cast-on (that part was ok) but then you had to transfer 8 lonely stitches onto four dpns and I’m using Zephyr Wool/Silk blend lace yarn which is beautiful but VERY slippery - I thought I was about to lose my mind trying to manipulate those 2 sts per dpn - it was insane. So, Becky suggested I knit flat for the first 16 rows then seam up - that was the ticket for me! Thank GOD.
This is the progress so far, hard to really see anything since it’s all bunched up now on size 20″ circulars:
It’s a fun knit now that I’m past the eye-twitching start…but I anticipate this will be a “long” knit…will need something smaller to finish inbetween for sure.
Karen said:
Oh I love that pattern in the book. I have been craving some lace knitting myself lately.
Beck said:
Its looking good Esther. Did you seam the little section yet? Or are you waiting for the finishing stages to do that??
Esther said:
I’m going to wait until the piece is finished before I seam that little section - figured it might be better to that way?
Wanda said:
Wow, look at you go, that’s pretty cool the new shawl.