I've
been investigating transfer lace on my knitting machine and making time to
understand how the machine works. Having spent several days on this I am now in
a position where I can develop my own lace where there are several stitch
movements before you even knit a row. This is called fashioned lace as you’ll
know if you are a machine knitter- if a hand lace knitter its lace like feather and fan.
So I decided to knit another lace cowl- thicker than the last fine one but not very thick. I choose a 4 ply acrylic so I could steam press the cowl so it has a good drape.
I
called the pattern I did horseshoe lace and having worked out how to hand tool
it, I decided or use a punchcard although
I was a little anxious about having 3 stitches on a needle in the pattern. I've
devised a custom cast off to mirror the curves that develop at the cast on edge
during knitting.So I decided to knit another lace cowl- thicker than the last fine one but not very thick. I choose a 4 ply acrylic so I could steam press the cowl so it has a good drape.
The key to a good result is to take it slowly and check each transfer carefully.
Success first time and another cowl for the cream jumper, both of which I love.
I've added a little custom button modification to help stabilise it as I move.
This confirms, to me, taking time over the planning, making and finishing and attention to detail.
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