Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Learning something new.........

Hey, I know this is knitting and I already know how to do that! But, I am knitting a circular shawl and it is a lace pattern that is not for the feint of heart! I have tried to knit with this spider web thin yarn before and it has beat me every time. (Ripping out is tough enough without having to go blind also!) But I have succumbed to the siren call once again because of a recent posts on a friend's blog plus an ad from KnitPicks, one of my favorite yarn catalogs. I had to give it a try! I ordered the pattern (it is an instant download-if I had waited the courage might have waned!) and pulled the yarn out of its banishment and I began. I did have to rip out several times and found that I could not get it going in the middle of Bill's stories so I found a place to hide and pulled off a couple of inches! I did not do a victory dance , though, because I am familiar with the treachery of lace knitting and sure enough I ripped just as much as I knit the following day. I really needed some wooden needles to begin with because the metal double pointed needles were miserable but I did persevere....I could hear my Mom saying, "The first rows of any project are the toughest!" I finally began to see a pattern emerging and it even looked like the pattern! I am still leery of any friendship with this lace yet but it is starting to look like its supposed to so I am commited now! I do not look like I am enjoying myself because everytime Bill walked by and saw me knitting he asked if I was mad at something! Huh!

3 comments:

  1. Looking lovely so far!

    I hope you make peace with it this go-round, but not just for entirely unselfish reasons...! :)

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  2. Wow! Most impressive. Now, that is real lace.

    I enlarged the photo to get a closer look at the lace, and . . . . . is that the pattern page I see? Is there no chart? Oh, wait, can there even be a chart if it's circular?

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  3. No,there is no chart, it is just words.. which is not my favorite way to knit but the repeats are short and easy to remember each row- gratefully!

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