Crazy, I know, a lace shawl in a week, but here it is...
Fine, it’s been more like 10 days, but that’s still pretty fast. I think I’ve discovered the secret to lace knitting – Don’t Look Back. If I don’t have enough stitches I just pick one up; too many and I k2tog. Tinking lace is just about as fun as the wax based method of personal epilation and in both cases I usually just end up making the situation worse. When knitting lace it’s best to just embrace your mistakes and soldier on, rather than obsessing about the finer details. (Some may argue that the whole point of lace is the finer details, but those people also have alphabetized spice racks.)
If I can find some pins I'll be blocking tonight and have FO photos tomorrow.
7 comments:
good point on the "not looking back" way of things. i'm the type that just puts in a lifeline every repeat so that i at least don't have to rip back very far if i have to!
Um, yeah, I definitely look back. If I'm one st off, I'll check every single st until I figure out where my mistake is. And no, I don't have an alphabetized spice rack! This is normal, right?
Now get blocking! It'll take a couple hours to dry, and, oh, it'll look so beautiful once it's all stretched out. :)
10 days!! That's awesome! God, that's way faster than me--please tell me you didn't add any rows!
Also impressed with the speed of your blogging. Arrgh, must do that...
Lace shawl in 10 days? Impressive. Look forward to the post-blocking photos.
Holy smokes, you are fast! Isn't is funny how people admire how complicated lace is, but it's really not that difficult. Just a lot of YO's and k2tog's. Can't wait to see it live!!
How satisfied you must feel with the speedy knitting of the shawl, can't wait to see it blocked.
OK, that's amazing. 10 days? Really? Hmmm. Is there a swallowtail in my future?
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