Ivy Leaf Lace swatch
Ivy Leaf lace
It's not a camera trick, the swatch is wider on the bottom than it is on the top. It started on AddiTurbo 3.25mm and ended on 3.0mm needles. I like the tighter gauge better. Not only did I experiment with gauge and pattern, I also got to see what an errant dropped stitch looked like. Do you see it? It's not good. But it's just a swatch, right?
I've been thinking about the shawl design--rectangular, with a seed st or garter st border, starting and ending with the ivy leaf lace with perhaps a narrow panel in the center. The center section would be a nice visual break between the opposing leaf panels and if I threw in a few extra rows of st st at the transitions, it'll make grafting much easier.
An IM brainstorm session with Spinnity turned up a couple of ideas for the center--either a Celtic knot design or a trellis sounds good to me. Back to the stitch pattern books.
5 Comments:
Nice choice for the Tencel. It's going to be beautiful.
~ Christina
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Christina, at 8/10/2005 8:41 PM
Here is the celtic knot pattern that got me thinking about making a sweater.
The lace leaf is lovely. I don't see the errant dropped stitch though.
By
Abigail, at 8/10/2005 8:41 PM
That lace stitch is stunning.
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Ilona, at 8/11/2005 12:23 PM
BTW - forgot to mention to you that they're organizing a Knitting at the Movies event up here in Portland and they're calling it Knit Flix. :-D
By
Ilona, at 8/11/2005 3:53 PM
Another great leaf pattern. Can't wait to see the full size wip.
By
HoJo, at 8/12/2005 8:02 AM
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