It's getting cold here so I've taken up knitting again, and rather than sticking to boring old garter stitch I thought I'd try lace knitting.I found this gorgeous yarn in 'vintage hues' down at the local Kmart and bought 5 rolls; isn't it beautiful? The lace pattern would probably stand out more in solid-coloured yarn but it turned out to be a good choice because it disguises all the mistakes I made as I was learning how to slip stitches, knit two together, yarn forward and pass slipped stitch over!
Just don't look too closely at the part that's draped over my shoulder - that's where I started from, and after unravelling it three times I just forged ahead and let the mistakes add to the 'uniqueness' of the piece. I figured it out in the end, with the help of KnittingHelp.com, a very handy knitting website with free videos of every stitch you could possibly need to know.
I'm so impressed with the result I'm going to knit a lace wrap next, although it's 121 stitches wide and I started last night, so it could be next winter before I get to wear it!
