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At 6:11am on June 21, 2011, Kris Dickens said…: sorry to bother you but i am working on the bigfoot shawl and on row 30 the written instructions call for k11 and the chart shows k13 which is correct. thank you

At 9:23am on March 24, 2010, Julienne Abrahamson said…: yaaay, my book came in today! I can't wait to get started on some totally awesome shawls!

At 4:26pm on March 11, 2010, Julienne Abrahamson said…: Oh how awesome is that!!! So many people do not put the individual stitch patterns for lace sections (or cable sections, etc) and it can take a bit of time to mish together laces from different places (hahaha, I like that it should be a book "Laces from Different Places"). Anyway, the difficulty shouldn't be a problem, it's all about how lovely it looks!

At 11:49am on March 11, 2010, Irene Soileau said…: I had been admiring the book for a while but my shelves are crowed so waited, but Elann has some so decided it would be nice to have , I love to read, there is not a book that you don't learn something from reading it. Irene

At 10:55am on March 11, 2010, Julienne Abrahamson said…: hmmm, I've already got worsted weight yarn for it, I wonder if there's a way to scale the pattern down any ( I realize I don't have the book yet, but once I pick a project I really just kinda jump right into it, lol). I hope I'm not being a bother with all this, and I could just muddle through on my own, but I really only have a few friends who are knitters (half of which I have found on the knitpicks site) and I don't know if any of them have really extensive lace shawl experience. I did go to your website, and WOW, I am amazed at how much you do! I just gotta know, how do you do so much?!?! You are really one busy lady, and boy oh boy do I love that wrap you just did!

At 9:50pm on March 10, 2010, Julienne Abrahamson said…: Wow, thank you for getting back to me so fast! yes, I had planned on getting your wonderful book before knitpicks's book sale was over, and wouldn't ya know it, when I went looking for it, it was already gone! I think I've almost got my DH convinced to let me get it ( I've never used amazon before and I don't know anything about it, but dagnabbit, I am determined to learn!). I love knitting lace, especially shawls. I usually use worsted weight yarn, but I also love knitting with fingering and lace weights. I shall keep your stitch count warning in mind once I get your book. The lady that the first shawl will be for is indeed a generously-sized woman. I'll be knitting the Ann Arbor shawl in worsted weight yarn for her in white, light purple, and dark purple. I'm sure she'll just adore it!

At 6:49pm on March 10, 2010, Julienne Abrahamson said…: Hi there! I have only been on the knitpicks site for a few months and have only just a week ago discovered your book on ravelry. I was looking for a certain kind of shawl pattern, namely a circular-ish lace pattern without the "spine" that you so often come across. When I found not just one but SEVERAL patterns from your book had just what I was looking for, I was ecstatic! I just love your amazingly gorgeous shawls and scarves! I am hoping to be able to buy the book soon, but I had one question for you first. Most of the patterns I saw were about elbow-length and I was wanting to know if there is any way to make them about a foot or a foot and a half longer (yes, I am insane, but I just LOVE really long shawls).

At 5:14am on May 21, 2009, Bonnie said…: Hi Alison: You have given me some good choices. The more I see the Julia the more I think the yarn will work with this pattern. But combining the Michelle and the Constance is an intriging idea too. ( I have done both of these shawls and love the results. Oh decisions, decisions. Thanks though so much for your input and support. Bonnie

At 4:26pm on May 20, 2009, Alison Jeppson Hyde said…: Thank you! And yes, I think all three of those would work nicely. Or you could do a combination of them to mix things up if you want, like doing the Julia in the yoke, the Michelle in the body, and the Constance for a bottom edging.

That's a really fine laceweight, though, and you need a fair number of stitches for that one. Also, I would start at, say, row 2 on most of the patterns so that the neckline comes out wide enough in that finer yarn. Keep in mind the shawl will be narrower around than mine that were done in fingering weight. That doesn't mean it won't work; I did a Bigfoot in a baby alpaca/silk 875 yards/100g (so, still a thicker yarn than yours) and a friend who's about twice my weight loved it. On her, it was a shawlette that didn't quite meet in front, (I had used the cast-on count in the book), on me, it came to my waist and met in front just fine.

I just finished a shawl using two strands together of very fine laceweights. Together, they were the equivalent of fingering weight, and yet the effect was lighter and more ethereal.

At 3:30pm on May 20, 2009, Bonnie said…: Thanks Alison. Sorry I did not give you more info on the yarn. It is Mountain Colors" Winter Lace" "Crazy Woman" approx 100 gram skein, 7-8 st/inch. If you can find it, you will see that it has a very involved color pattern. Beautiful but many colors.

Are you saying that either the Constance or the Michelle will work with this multi color yarn. Or, should I really make the Julia to display the many colors rather than the lace pattern.

I know any shawl that I do from your book will be beautiful. I just love and adore this book and the patterns that you have created. Thank you so much for having written it. It is a treasured book in my knitting library. Bonnie