Starting to Make Some Sense
I don't want to get too carried away, but some of this fine lace knitting is starting to make some sense.
First off - I've just completed Row 5 of the center panel, which makes me two rows further along today than I was yesterday:
About this I am victorious. I must have re-knit sections of Row 4 like 25 times, only to discover that I somehow - imagine how this could happen with single ply teeney yarn because I have no idea - split the yarn in one stitch. Once I figured that out (which fortunately was closer to the end of the row so I didn't have too much to keep tinking back), I was good to go.
I then had to re-start Row 5 like 10 times, because I. Can't. Count. Once I counted correctly, it all worked out - hardly a miracle, but I'm still celebrating over here.
But I now know why the Shetland lace ladies use the long needles and the waist belt - they stretch out their work as they go so they can see what they're doing! I can't tell you how many times I had to stretch out the section I was puzzling over just so I could see what was happening. It all otherwise folds in on itself (even things in the above picture are still pretty coiled, and I smoothed them out a bit before asking them to SAY CHEESE).
What I also learned in my reading - since this is garter lace, the final product is essentially reversible! And - no purling, for those of you who don't like to purl.
I'm probably going to stop there for today in order to let my confidence continue to bloom. After all, SRS #2 and baby mitts still need some attention!
First off - I've just completed Row 5 of the center panel, which makes me two rows further along today than I was yesterday:
About this I am victorious. I must have re-knit sections of Row 4 like 25 times, only to discover that I somehow - imagine how this could happen with single ply teeney yarn because I have no idea - split the yarn in one stitch. Once I figured that out (which fortunately was closer to the end of the row so I didn't have too much to keep tinking back), I was good to go.
I then had to re-start Row 5 like 10 times, because I. Can't. Count. Once I counted correctly, it all worked out - hardly a miracle, but I'm still celebrating over here.
But I now know why the Shetland lace ladies use the long needles and the waist belt - they stretch out their work as they go so they can see what they're doing! I can't tell you how many times I had to stretch out the section I was puzzling over just so I could see what was happening. It all otherwise folds in on itself (even things in the above picture are still pretty coiled, and I smoothed them out a bit before asking them to SAY CHEESE).
What I also learned in my reading - since this is garter lace, the final product is essentially reversible! And - no purling, for those of you who don't like to purl.
I'm probably going to stop there for today in order to let my confidence continue to bloom. After all, SRS #2 and baby mitts still need some attention!
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