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Posted by on September 24, 2007, 2:05 am
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> >I knitted a lace and bead scarf of my own design to give to mum for
> > her birthday. Photos here:
> >http://vintagepurls.net.nz/2007/09/23/39/
> > It's the only knitting I've done of late and I had to work hard to
> > meet my deadline, I've had a few days off the knitting now and despite
> > having some (read: quite a few) other projects on the needles, I feel
> > an overwhelming urge to start something new. Must resist, must finish
> > already started projects.
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> > I got some lovely silk from Colourmart recently: it's singing a siren
> > song to me. If you haven't heard about Colourmart then I'd recommend
> > having a look at their website:
> >http://www.colourmart.com/
> > It's potluck what's available but the prices are good and I was
> > impressed with the speed of delivery to me given I'm in an out of the
> > way place. (Standard disclaimer about being unaffiliated with said
> > company etc.)
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> > VP
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> I left you a comment on your site, as well, but I have to say I think this
> is simply beautiful. I really love the scallop border and I the beading is
> a subtle and lovely detail. The few times I've attempted lace-type
> stitches, I either end up with too many stitches after a couple of pattern
> rows or too few. I guess I'm not cut out for lace stitches. :-)
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> Your mom is one lucky woman!
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Karlisa We All can make lace ,, try to start with a `plain` one and
slowly graduate to more complex ones ,,, my forst was easy ,,, i
knitted 3 st. than loop on needle , 2 togeher, than 5knit ,, all purl
rows are purled , than on row 3 i made the 2 togher over the middle
stich of the previous 5 ,,,,, that was my first lace like st,,,,,
mirjam
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