August 22, 2003
The Unst Beginnings
I made it through one and a third repeats of 10 in the center pattern of the Unst stole. I am using the same yarn (well, okay, a different ball of it) as Linette, and size 0 needles. You can see that the spider web motif that she used in her sampler is also used in the Unst.
This just gets easier as I go along, although one must be careful to keep accurate count of stitches and rows. Patterning occurs on both right and wrong sides, so there is no rest for the wicked!
Sheila
Posted by at August 22, 2003 08:24 AMOh Sheila, it's absolutely lovely! I agree that the knitting gets easier with time. Somehow your brain shifts into the right gear and gets to know the rhymth of each pattern. I'm so glad to see you're back online.
Posted by: Linette on August 22, 2003 10:02 AMThanks Linette! When I did the swatch I didn't do more than one repeat so I didn't see the full spider web emerge, it's very cool. Do you make up little tunes to go with each row? I find myself doing that, and also I get bored with saying numbers in my head so I substitute a word that sounds similar. Nine -- Wine. Seven - Salmon. Three - Tree. I'm going to be certifiable by the time this is finished!
Posted by: Sheila on August 22, 2003 12:15 PMI get a beat going in my head, and a little chant too, kinda like:
over,together,over,knit... over,together,over,knit...
And DH can't understand why I get upset when he tries to talk to me or tells me to look up at something on the TV screen! Definitely certifiable.
Oh, sigh! You and Linette are driving me crazy with your beautiful lace - oh, and Sam, too - oh, and Caroline - and Vanessa and Laura and . . .
Yeah, I do those rhythmic (never try to spell that word with a headache *g*) lace chants, too.
Posted by: Faylene on August 22, 2003 12:43 PMhey! I wonder if we could group-knit like the Suzuki violin method-- the same pattern in unison... like rowers on those big boats that the Vikings used. I can just see it: "Ready.... and!
Over, Together, Over, Knit!
Over, Together, Over, Five!
And..... Turn!
Knit 6!
Together, Over, Together, Over, Knit, Knit, Knit
Over, Together, Over Together, ThreeTogetherKnit...."
It could be a new Olympic sport, right?
Faylene, you're doing the Princess Shawl. It's we who are in awe of you. And how about that camera?
ROFLOL! Sheila, have you been listening through my windows? Choreographed lace knitting as an Olympic Sport! I love it! Definitely appropriate to the Olympic criteria of "artistic impression" and "technical merit"!
Re camera: I already *told* you that I moved it from the living room into my office, didn't I? What can I say? I'm getting older and moving ever more slowly? ;-)
Posted by: Faylene on August 23, 2003 07:55 AM