Tuesday

Oo-La-La-Lacy!


I stayed away from lace knitting for many years, mostly because I assumed it would be too complicated to really do well.  But a few months ago, during one of my regular forays into the John Lewis haberdashery department, I found myself lusting over Rowan's beautiful kidsilk haze selection and before I knew it a ball of 'Blushes' was in my basket.  

Upon taking it home and knitting a few rows of simple blanket stitch, I realised that it would be the perfect candidate for my lace-knitting initiation and set about teaching myself the stitches from Debbie Bliss' seminal guide on all things knitterly, How To Knit.  Within the hour I had finished the first two rows of her 'oriental parasol' pattern, and within a month I'd reached the end of the ball.  As I made it so wide it will need another couple of balls to really finish it off, and although it's a bit of a muddled ugly duckling in places [I was obviously oogling James Franco at the time.. obviously], I am very proud of my efforts so far.  

6 comments:

Hello Naka said...

ooh i think lace knitting is so pretty ^^ im just doing beginner lace knitting but i find it so rewarding!

your piece loks amazing!

jess said...

It is so pretty.

Alex said...

THUCK! *picks jaw up off the computer desk*

What?! you made that? that is exquisite... criminey woman!

Winnie said...

I've been wondering how your knitting was going. Pretty!

Caramella said...

Wow that is lovely and intricate! Thank you for stoppin by! Alex is very sweet! Ciao from Italy =)

Sophie (Little Mittens.) said...

I need to learn to do this and make a jumper!! x