Does one stitch make a difference ? While I am knitting I have this discussion with myself many times. The answer of this rhetoric question is of course - yes and no. But the decision you make, may change the character of your project. I have done this shawl twice. The pattern tells you to decrease two stitches on each row; one in the edge and one in the middle. This discussion is about the center decrease. The top shawl's decrease row says: "Knit to center stitch, knit center stitch, knit two together". The bottom shawl´s decrease row says:"Knit to center stitch, knit two together" I like the soft transition of the first one longing to expand the center area as they do on the Faeroe Islands´ shawls. But I am so pleased with the stringent and sharp back line of the old Danish shawl. If you look close enough you can see how the owner has mended her shawl in the neck with sloppy stitches.
I love this shawl!
ReplyDeleteI have printed your instructions and the instructions for the lace border and I am terrified (I just completed my first pair of socks to give you an idea of my level of expertise) Thank you so much for making english instructions. Wish me luck.
Thank you ,Martha. Knitting socks is a complicated affair and it shows me, you have the knitting mojo to work corners and turns. The point of the center border is turned almost as you turn the heel of a sock. I have written every row of the turn just as it was a food recipe. Read and knit.I wish you luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks~ I have begun~using an interesting yarn that I have in my collection -a combination of 20 percent cotton and 80 percent wool. It has a really interesting texture-kind of ropy but still soft enough? and knits up a little bigger. It is from Green Mountain Spinnery.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds really good.I am always looking for wool/cotton blends myself. Perfect for Danish summer.
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ReplyDeleteI thought it will be a good summer wrap!
I have begun the edge.....I will put your blog on mine so others may see.
Thanks, you are very kind. And I will order a skein from Green Mountain spinnery.
ReplyDeleteif you look on my blog I posted the edge that I began . I am very slow. But you can see the yarn holds a pattern very well. Does that make sense? It is well defined. That sounds more official.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely it it!
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