Does anyone here do knitted lace? I have a whole lot of UFOs, but since I moved have not had the inclination to pick them up. On the other hand, it's been even longer since I knitted, I thought I'd start working on next Christmas.
Catherine ==Not nuts, just a little eccentric==
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I believe Dr. Brat - aka Elizabeth - does knitted lace. She's been a bit spare on the ground though since the new term started.
Pah. New term hasn't started yet. Thursday. I'm spare on the ground since the computer was moved to the third floor as part of my office repainting and it's effing freezing up here. Poor hands can only take so much.
I have lace weight yarns and lace patterns, but have only undertaken one piece and it spends more time as a ball of yarn than anything else. I find with lace that if you make a mistake, you have to rip it out. At least that's the case for me so far, anyway. That said, I'm working on a small scarf and happy to be doing so until I get the hang of things. It's just a traditional feather and fan, but I have a tendency to pick up stitches as a I go and that's not good.
I definitely like the look of lace patterns, but find that they require much more attention than my normal scarves, so they just don't get as much time, since most of my knitting happens as a result of multi-tasking.
Elizabeth (brrrrrrrrr)
Oh dear! I feel a swoom coming on lol
I have one bit of advice for anyone that wants to do knitted lace. Be prepared to count stitches. If not every line you must count every few lines or you will get lost and you will have to rip.
It's very easy to pick up stitches, or forget a yarn over.
Just in case I didn't say it loud enough--Be prepared to count your stitches a lot.
Lucille
I have done lace knitting before, so I know all about the stitch counting! My Mom started a christening gown for my sisters babies, and after a couple of inches decided I was the family knitter, so I took over. I must try to find a photograph, as the result was stunning! It was done with Shetland wool... probably 1 ply, but I'm sure it was about a quarter ply! :-)
I've been surfing, looking for nice scarf or stole patterns, but most of them are with thicker wool, or uninteresting patterns. I was hoping someone knew of some interesting patterns. THEN I'll start looking for the wool.
Catherine
You might want to ask on RCTY. There are lots of lace knitters there and they're sure to be able to provide you with exactly what you're looking for. I searched high and low for an aran knitted baby set and could find nothing. Immediately upon asking someone there (I wish I could remember who it was) led me to exactly what I was looking for.
Lucille
Ah, now that I *can* help with. I got the following for Christmas:
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