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Posted by fiberlicious on April 19, 2007, 9:54 pm
> I tried my first lace project several months after I began knitting a couple
> of years ago. I didn't enjoy it. Maybe it was the yarn (50/50
> acrylic/mohair), maybe the pattern, maybe because I didn't really know what
> I was doing (are those ssk stitches slipped purl- or knit-wise?). It made
> me decidedly anti-lace. But it seems the online knitting community has been
> all abuzz with lace projects for the past year or so. After struggling with
> a serious case of knitter's block I decided to try my hand at it again.
> With some leftover Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock yarn and knitty's Branching
> Out pattern in hand, I took a deep breath and cast on.
>
> And now I GET it. I'm having a blast! After a couple of repeats I even
> [gulp] decided to try it using the chart. That made it faster and more fun!
>
> I know lace doesn't get pretty until it's blocked and I am really looking
> forward to finishing it up so I can see how it turns out. I used the yarn
> to make socks for my mom last Christmas so if it comes out nice I will give
> her the scarf for Mother's Day.
>
> Anyway, I knew you guys would understand my excitement. And thank you for
> passing on the lace bug!
>
> Hope everyone's having a nice week,
> LauraJ
In case that was a serious (as opposed to rhetorical) question: In an
ssk one slips as if to knit. The "rule" is that you slip to knit if
the stitch will immediately be reworked (as in an ssk), slip to purl
if you will be moving on after you slip.
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