I tackled lace knitting once before and started off really well, but then made a huge mistake and couldn't find it. I had had to undo it and I never had the courage to picked it back up again. To be honest, I love the way lace knitting looks and obviously the skill, time and effort that goes into it is just amaing, but I really LOVE plain knitting, the simplicity and rustic look to it (and the fact I can do it while watching Corrie!!). Sometimes I wonder along with many other things (make up, jewellery, a hairdoo) in knitting, less is more....
Anyway...We were given a pattern called The Ulladulla Easy Lace Scarf which you can find on www.ravelry.com . I chose some Knit Picks lace weight yarn that I had given to me in Monday knit groups secret Santa last Christmas. It's a lovely green colour which is great for me as I ALWAYS choose purples so it's nice to have a different colour for a change.
I forgotten that I'd taken a pic of it when I received it at Christmas so here it is....
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So I cast on...
all 41 stitches and it appeared to all be going ok...
then I had to knit a few rows....
still no problem....
then I started the pattern and amazingly I didn't seem to do anything wrong.
I don't really know how it happened but it did and it actually looks like a lovely piece of knitting. I can't photo it yet as it's no where near finished and you can't show the pattern off. I tried taking a photo of it and it just looks like a big block of green.
So all in all I really enjoyed the lace class and would recommend any of you to go on the next one. I think it gave me the confidence to try more lace knits and I will be finishing off this scarf and maybe do another one at some point.
A massive thank you to Denise and Jeanette for giving me the confidence to go to the class and to start lace knitting.
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