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Shopping List for September Bits of Lace project

Posted on August 29, 2012 by jackiees

Our upcoming September project for Bits of Lace 2012 showcases a dainty saw-toothed lace edging that you can use to decorate a plain fabric-center doily. This Lace-edged Doily  will look amazing anywhere you want a mini-covering under something to protect furniture … Continue reading →

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How you slip does matter

Posted on August 20, 2012 by jackiees

This month’s project for the lace-edged towel has a selvedge stitch along the straight edge that is inelastic, maximizes durability, and a nubby texture for easy attaching to the towel: Inelastic: because the lace edging will be sewn to a … Continue reading →

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The Shape of Things to Come

Posted on August 19, 2012 by jackiees

Not all lace edgings produce a straight beginning (cast on) edge and ending (bound off) edge. How do you know which category a lace edging falls into? My own preferences in design aesthetics when choosing lace edgings for towels is to use an … Continue reading →

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SSP (Slip Slip Purl) Technique

Posted on August 14, 2012 by jackiees

In the August project for Spiraling Diamonds Lace-edged Towel, the Knitted Lace areas of the lace edging stitch pattern necessitate ssp decreases on the Wrong Side rows that will mirror the ssk decreases on Right Side rows. The ssp decrease … Continue reading →

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Wrong Side Decreases in Knitted Lace

Posted on August 14, 2012 by jackiees

In last week’s Lace Knitting vs. Knitted Lace, we learned that Knitted Lace has patterning on every row, i.e. it is a knitted fabric where the yarn over holes are made on every row. In both Lace Knitting and Knitted Lace, the yarn … Continue reading →

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Lace Knitting vs. Knitted Lace

Posted on August 7, 2012 by jackiees

Lace edgings often are reversible. Or at least pleasingly reversible, since they quite often are attached in ways that can be seen from both sides. As a corollary, these lace edgings have patterning on both sides. i.e. There is no … Continue reading →

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August project: Spiraling Diamonds Lace-edged Towel

Posted on August 1, 2012 by jackiees

Are you ready for this month’s Bits of Lace project? It is the Spiraling Diamonds Lace-edged Towel. We will be knitting a lace edging to turn an ordinary towel into something extraordinary. I’m excited about it and hope you will … Continue reading →

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