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Making the Saphira Lace Shawl again!
I don't have the most faith in my yarn choice here. It's a 70%/30% alpaca/silk blend. Alpaca doesn't always hold its shape the best so I am hoping the silk helps in that regard. I dyed this yarn myself with Jacquard's hot fuchsia dye. And I've finally learned how to spell fuchsia. The yarn felted but to be fair I had to boil it 3 times to get the dye to stop bleeding. Silk blends just bleed a lot in my experience. I had to soak it in a citric acid bath for like two days before heating it a third time in order to get it to slow down on the bleeding. Still bleeds a tiny bit but I gave up. I figure it's fine since I'm not going to be wearing it over white. I don't have any white clothes. Most of my shirts are black. It'll be fine.
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So I'm going to be ordering yarn for this soon. But I don't know what color to get.
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So I FINALLY finished the catching butterflies shawl. And this absolute ASSHOLE fought me every step of the way!
The beginning was nice enough, but when I started the beaded lace trim...
I could use any hook I had, because the hook that would catch the yarn would fit through the beads. So I had to pull a wire through, "thread" a bead on it and pull it over the yarn. And the hole was TIGHT! one time it even ripped the yarn
And fixing it was hard, because the super wash bullshit made it SO slippery. I managed, but I it won't survive forever.
Then I needed 482 beads. But could only buy 240 in the shop. AND 40 WERE MISSING.
I ordered 360 more and thought that is the end of it (it wasn't, but we are getting there)
AND THEN 4 ROWS BEFORE THE BIND OF I LOST YARN CHICKEN ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?
I was lucky I still had some of the same yarn type. So I could overdye it black and do a black border
I thought that was the last struggle. What can go wrong so close to the finishing line??
I was out of beads... AGAIN
TECHNICALLY I bought 600 beads... 482 are needed. I only managed to finish halve the picot bond of with beads. Because I'm NOT ordering more. Who ever is in charge of "Rico design" can kiss my ass.
And then I almost lost yarn chicken again. But only almost. This absolute rabid garment is done now and only needs blocking
(I can't really block it. I don't have proper blocking equipment, but maybe I'll order some now.)
I think I never was so close to rage quit a project as with this shawl.
After blocking I'll see if I keep it or gift it away. If the look of it canceles out all the frustration it is now embedded with
(at least the yarn is fucking gorgeous)
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Shetland Lace Class
The knitter's guild had Lauren Nelkin, a knitting pattern designer who also teaches knitting classes, host a series of classes this weekend, and I was fortunate enough to be able to snag a spot that had opened up for her class on Shetland lace knitting this morning! These are the swatches I made of the bead stitch and bird's eye stitch, though I mostly worked on the bird's eye stitch at home. There's also a sample of a lace edging that's quite a bit bigger repeat, and a bit more intimidating, that I'll attempt to swatch up later.
#crafts#description in alt text#knitting#knitblr#shetland lace#lace rot#you can also possibly spy a repeat of birds eye lace in the bead stitch swatch#this is because i attempted it in class but dropped a stitch and couldn't find it to pick it up#so instead i just bound off and tried again on a new swatch#Lauren discouraged using stitch markers to mark our repeats because some of the decrease were across the stitch marker#so i wasn't using them in class but very very much should have been#so it was infinitely easier to keep track of the pattern when i got home and added stitch markers to the second swatch
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I’m so happy with this gradient it’s soooooo smooth. This shawl is a real challenge to knit both because of the structure of this yarn and the actual pattern itself is written in a way that’s really frustrating, but at least it’s beautiful enough to only be slightly extremely annoying.
#knitting#knitblr#lace rot#wip#lace shawl#project: shawl 10#i'm officially into the Slog Zone. every row takes between 15 and 30 minutes and they're only going to get longer from here.#When this chart ends it'll be 580 ish stitches per row and i'm NOT excited for it <3#I also had to rechart both the current chart and the last chart in stitchfiddle just to make them like. visible.#like i had to print them out across two different pieces of paper make them visible the last chart is just shy of 100 stitches wide#thankfully this one is really to understand once i got in the groove i didn't even have to look at the chart#but because of how the chart is like. laid out? it's really hard to understand from just looking at the page i had to knit it.#also sorry for the scrunkly photo but this boy is already too big for my 50 inch needles. He's going to be scrunched until i cast off lmao.
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Next project already cast on and working through!
I'm making the First Leaves baby blanket for my sister, the first of two blankets I'll be making. And it has a lovely little leaf lace detail with the seed (or moss) stitch, which is working up beautifully.
I've finished the second of seven sections (the fourth and central will by far take the longest), and I'm looking forward to seeing how quickly I can finish this one!
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lace picture dump
here's my second (then pictured complete with first) third and fourth pieces of bobbin lace from this year (technically I made one other thing before this but years ago)
(The first three are the whole stitch then half stitch bookworms and the torchon ground bookmark from Dye & Thunder's beginners book; the fourth is a sampler of cloth stitch, half stitch, and whole stitch/cloth stitch and twist from an IOLI Introduction to Bobbin Lace book.)
Then the beginning of my first attempt at Armenian needle lace, based on a video tutorial by BecomeInspired on youtube. (This is size 5 DMC perle cotton in shade 742). It's not basically difficult to do but I think you have learn to judge the loop sizing. I've worked further on this since and it eventually got a bit ruffly. (I'm pretty sure it should be more visible if you click on the picture)
Finally, an attempt at the primary motif in the Cherry Blossom shawl from Tomoko Morimoto's New Tatting, but it isn't planar (doesn't lie flat). I mostly blame this on having no idea how to upsize the thread space measurements given from "silk thread" (??) to size 10 crochet cotton since for some reason I like the idea of this in the yellow/white mix that is Aunt Lydia's "mimosa"
#bobbin lace#lace brain rot!#needle lace#Armenian needle lace#lace rot#tatting#as previously seen on the hubris craft discord#yes I like yellow.#yes I also like purple although I think of it as my grandma's color and to some extent my mom's#the bobbin lace is all Size 8 DMC perle cotton but I don't have the shade numbers or names to hands#... although JoAnn where I got it seems to only stock a limited palette so you could probably figure them out#I forget whether the whitish one is ecru or like ...natural? but it's not white white#although the rainbow-ish sampler is sort of visually deceptive.#it actually has the GBV bit but then fuschia light pink and then off white for ROY respectively#my library has new tatting; it's not mine
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the problem with being a very accomplished lace knitter is that when you get to the point where nieblings are your idea of relaxation you will have a hell of a time trying to find something to challenge you
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I have changed my mind. I no longer aspire to making another ring shawl. I’m going to do a Shetland lace blouse instead.
#I mean I'm lying here#I didn't have the yarn for a ring shawl anyhow#it's just that now I know what to do with the fine yarn I have#I can still track down and buy yarn for another ring shawl#lace rot#Knitting#lace knitting#make it and wear it#I need to find someone to make this for
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Sprang instalment 2: warping and basic stitches (and a reference book)
Time to put those looms to use! :)
Below the cut are links to videos I liked for each warping and weaving style, and a book recommendation at the end. All of these linked youtube channels have tons of videos, so if you aren't vibing with a particular video style you can likely find the same technique taught by one of the other artists.
Warping the loom
There are two ways to warp a loom: flat warp (aka figure eight), or circular warp. Flat warping creates a piece of fabric up to the length of the loom, with looped string at the ends. Circular warping creates a length of fabric that twice the length of the loom, and has cut string at the ends.
Flat warping
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Setting up a two-colour figure eight warp. Not totally necessary, but might be nice for practising the stitches
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Circular warping
Check out the first three videos on this playlist
Basic stitches
The basic stitches in sprang are interlinking, interlacing, and intertwining. Descriptions and examples of each of these stitches can be found on Solrhizaarts.com
Interlinking
Introduction of interlinking and the fabric structure it creates
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Interlinking tutorial
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Interlacing
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Clearer video but no voiceover
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Intertwining
Basic Intertwining
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Reference book
For a great reference book check out The Techniques of Sprang by Peter Collingwood. It goes into detail on on the techniques we're learning, plus it has a brief history of the craft and timeline of archaeological finds related to sprang. (Read it for free on Open Library at the link below.) Thanks @blatantescapism for the book recommendation :)
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thinking about knitting an heirloom wedding shawl just for fun
#knitting#knitblr#lace rot#i have the yarn for it already.#…i should probably finish my other knitting projects#*my other shawl projects#but i’ve misplaced my bead hook and don’t know where it is#and i need it for those projects#bones.txt
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So I’m finally deciding to succumb to lace rot. Only problem is, I’m not sure where to start. Does anyone have lace beginner-friendly pattern recommendations? I’ve been knitting for nearly 12 years now but lace still manages to scare me silly.
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My summer cardigan, finished in time for summer this year!
I used this pattern, but with linen yarn, and I used the same lace pattern from the bottom for the sleeves. I had to drop two needle sizes, so I'll probably never be able to comfortably wear it closed, but it's not supposed to be. I just wanted a light summer top layer that looked nice and breathed.
Gonna put it through the wash a few times to soften it up (in Japan laundry machines use cold water, and everything is line dried. Perfect for linen), and I look forward to wearing it!
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I can do one more row of beaded pattern, then I have to buy new beads.
But I'm extremely happy with how the colors compliment each other
Ideally I want to get it done before we meet for the birthday meal!
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Wait, you coined lace rot? That’s AWESOME. This phrase is so useful and accurately describes my brain becoming a yarn spider.
I made a joke about lace rot taking my soul or something like two years ago but to be fair, it's just a play on the phrase "brain rot" that I'm sure other people have made before. But my mutuals and I started joking about it and it spread much further than I expected. So I think it's less "coined" and more "popularized" cuz anyone could have made that joke
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Shawl 14 (Pattern | Yarn)
I've finally hit the 3/4ths mark for the border of my evenstar!!
It's not getting any less boring but I gotta crack on with it, it's starting to warm up here and just having this thing on my lap is Extremely warm. I'm so ready to see it blocked out, it's going to be Gorg.
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