I started a project in February 2013. I finished it in May. Now I'm blogging the FO in June.
It was going to be Sonnenblume, which has a beautiful lace motif. I got it to the part where the lace was ready to start and left it there for like 2 years, waiting for a time when I'd be ready to decipher the chart and just do it.
I got to a point this spring where I was between projects so I picked it up and looked at the chart again. It has patterning on both sides. The work, where I left off, had more stitches than I can really count. OK, technically I can count that high, but I almost never do. So, anyways, I wasn't even sure if the thing was at the exactly right number of stitches for the pattern.
So I did what any sane person would do. I improvised.
First, I kept knitting with the 4 increases for a while. Until I couldn't stand it anymore.
Then I swatched a couple of simple lace patterns and looked through Ravelry for something pretty and uber-simple. I found Eyelet Lace Shawlette and Black Death and maybe a few others.
The initial pattern for the increases is this:
Row 1: K1 YO K to 1 before center. YO K1 YO K to 1 before end YO K1.
Row 2: K1 P to 1 before edge K1 (the edges might have been purled. Not sure.)
I decided to do:
Row 1: K1 YO *K5 YO* [repeat til 1 before center, fudging as necessary with remainders] YO K1 YO *K5 YO* YO K1
Row 2: K1 P to 1 before edge K1.
When I got to a good number of repeats and the rows were getting really long, I used a picot bind off. The bind off was super tedious. So I took breaks more than I should have - and it turned into a big mess and I broke the yarn when I was trying to figure out what was going on with it.
It was going to be Sonnenblume, which has a beautiful lace motif. I got it to the part where the lace was ready to start and left it there for like 2 years, waiting for a time when I'd be ready to decipher the chart and just do it.
I got to a point this spring where I was between projects so I picked it up and looked at the chart again. It has patterning on both sides. The work, where I left off, had more stitches than I can really count. OK, technically I can count that high, but I almost never do. So, anyways, I wasn't even sure if the thing was at the exactly right number of stitches for the pattern.
So I did what any sane person would do. I improvised.
First, I kept knitting with the 4 increases for a while. Until I couldn't stand it anymore.
Then I swatched a couple of simple lace patterns and looked through Ravelry for something pretty and uber-simple. I found Eyelet Lace Shawlette and Black Death and maybe a few others.
The initial pattern for the increases is this:
Row 1: K1 YO K to 1 before center. YO K1 YO K to 1 before end YO K1.
Row 2: K1 P to 1 before edge K1 (the edges might have been purled. Not sure.)
I decided to do:
Row 1: K1 YO *K5 YO* [repeat til 1 before center, fudging as necessary with remainders] YO K1 YO *K5 YO* YO K1
Row 2: K1 P to 1 before edge K1.
When I got to a good number of repeats and the rows were getting really long, I used a picot bind off. The bind off was super tedious. So I took breaks more than I should have - and it turned into a big mess and I broke the yarn when I was trying to figure out what was going on with it.
Basically, the whole project was fraught with mis-steps and issues all along the way. But, it is pretty and soft and will be a nice thing to have.
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