Remember when I said I'd learned something new?
Lace patterns are written on a grid. (That part, I knew.) For the right side of the work, we knit right to left and read the pattern right to left. For the wrong or back side, we knit right to left and read the pattern left to right and backwards (think black is now white and white is now black). Yeah. That's what I think, too. NUTS!
Knowing that I'd soon finish the red curl, I decided to plan ahead and buy some fiber that could grow up to be another shawl. I contacted Redfish to make sure they would be at WEFF in Torrance, CA. I thought I wanted some more silk/yak like I'd used here.
Lace patterns are written on a grid. (That part, I knew.) For the right side of the work, we knit right to left and read the pattern right to left. For the wrong or back side, we knit right to left and read the pattern left to right and backwards (think black is now white and white is now black). Yeah. That's what I think, too. NUTS!
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| Well, my experiment worked! I was worried my stitches might be a little wonky, but all is well! |
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| The yarn is a lace weight wool, from Anzula (stash busting). The pattern is from the cover of the book, Curls. |
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| But this was even softer! |
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| Times two. I couldn't resist! |
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| And this supported spindle and bowl were just too exquisite to pass up. Shouldn't all spindles look like magic wands? |
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| The base is hand-blown glass. Thank you Mingo and Asho! |
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ReplyDeleteYour shawl is simply beautiful! I have never seen a spindle like that, wow!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a lovely, lovely shawl! I'm impressed, it looks so difficult to knit. Lucky you to have a fiber show to go to, and one can't come home empty handed. That's such a unique spindle, I love the glass addition to it. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI'll be curious to see what you think of those blends when you spin them. I find long and short fibers blended together are difficult, but then I'm the blender so maybe the problem is in the blending and not so much the spinning :)
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