How to take your knitting from ordinary to stunning
Barbara Abbey's Knitting Lace
Lace knitting isn't the sort of thing most of us pick up to do while participating in meetings or watching the children. However, if you can find a few minutes for yourself, you'll discover a fascinating marvel of a world in the lacey rhythms of opening space, closing it, moving it forward, pulling it back. For me, the patterns in lace never become quite so obvious as they do in color pattern knitting, but that's what I find enticing about it -- each combination of stitches is at once new and very well known. My hands learn the patterns, but disdain leaving my head very far behind.
And, a little bit of lace added to summery sleeveless shells, cozy shawls or even sewn on to dresses and blouses changes a garment that is simply lovely to one that is sumptuously elegant. It's amazing what lace can do!
Barbara Abbey's collection is my favorite lace resource -- she gives us over 100 edgings (enough for my lifetime) and several doilies.
There's a secret about the doilies that I have to share with you: If doilies aren't your thing (they are not mine), just get some lightweight yarn (anything from lace weight to DK), some large needles that please you, and knit the doily pattern. What you'll get is a beautiful shawl! Try it, you'll love it!