Podcast Episode 59: Lace Tips and Tricks

Don't be intimidated by lace knitting - pull out your pointiest needles and take things one stitch at a time.

Books in Book Review

Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmerman

Folk Shawls by Cheryl Oberle

Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby

Lace Style by Pam Allen & Ann Budd

Additional Lace Tutorials

Chart Reading - Lace Charts

Blocking - Lace

Lace Borders

Lace Increases and Decreases

Lace Lifeline

What’s On My Needles

It's been such a busy week! Miriam Tegels, the World's Fastest Knitter according to the Guiness Book of World Records, has been visiting from Holland. We've been traveling all over NW Oregon, knitting and chatting.

To keep up with my knitting progress during the week, be sure to check out my personal blog.

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Music used in this Podcast
Introduction: A Sunken Ship Irony – Reflection at Sundown [http://spotlessrecords.com/asunkenshipirony/]
Book Review: Jim Ronayne – The Three Brethren [http://www.jimronayne.co.uk/]
What’s On My Needles: Beyond The Pale – The Music Plays Me [http://www.beyond-the-pale.com/]
Ending: Jim Ronayne – Thoughts Of You [http://www.jimronayne.co.uk/]

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Comment by Bobbie Kolehouse on September 17, 2009 at 7:10pm: Just listened to this podcast and after finishing my first lace shawl and was knew exactly what you felt about the ssk (and loved that tip), dull ends, and loosing the YO under a marker, ripping out, counting, knitting, going backwards again and then trying over and over. I found even the purl side can be easy to loose them. I'm going to try using more markers. Thanks for the tips!

Comment by Kelley Petkun on September 12, 2008 at 5:46pm: Hi Mona Lis,

Well, the Stonington Shawl is still a work in progress. The basic pattern is in The Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann. I am making the center square and side trapezoids in simple garter stitch. My plan is to us the shell border from Barbara Walker stitch dictionary. It will be knit on sideways. That is usually the way borders are knit onto lace shawls. If this is your first shawl, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the original border that Elizabeth put on her Stonington shawl.

Hugs,
Kelley

Comment by Mona Lis on September 3, 2008 at 10:32am: Question for Kelly. Very interested in the Stonington Shawl with Shell border described on podcast #59. I called customer service and was given the name of the books containing the patterns mentioned. I purchased "Knitting Workshop" by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and "Treasury of Knitted Patterns" by Barbara Walker, but still am not able to visualize the finished project or determine which border you actually used and how it was attached to the shawl. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. (Any chance of a picture of the shawl you created??} Thanks for your help, Mona Lis

Comment by jennygirl on August 10, 2008 at 2:10pm: You are not alone in obsessing about travel knitting. I have a trip to Hawaii in November and the flight alone is about 24 hrs. round trip. What do I bring and how much? At least two projects coming and going so I don't get bored. Oh the things we knitters must consider.
Great podcast and I'll remember these tips for when I finally try lace knitting.