Monday, January 19, 2009

Moving forward, Stitch by Stitch

The Isobel Scarf is not a difficult lace pattern.
It is actually well behaved and even asks permission before leaving the table.

So why have I not finished it yet?

While the pattern is a model lace pattern, the yarn is the rebellious, pouty sister.

The silk yarn is moody and sometime does not want to make a stitch. If you attempt to make her, she throws a temper tantrum and you end up having to frog back the row to figure out where the missing stitch is, only to find out no stitch is missing but rather that the silk is hiding stitches.
Rather than politely ask to be excused from the table, like the lace pattern, the silk yarn slowly slides down her chair until she can escape under the table.
The lace pattern keeps her appearance neat, while the silk yarn pulls her own hair until there are knots.
The silk even tried to get the lace in trouble. There is two missing rows several repeats back. The lace has a increase/decrease row paired with a purl row. There are three pairs that make up a set, or half the repeat. The change being that one set is increase/decrease and the other set is decrease/increase. I have a spot where there is only two repeats in the set. Overall, hardly noticeable to the credit of the lace pattern.

Thus, I am about halfway. I am really guessing on the progress as there is no specific amount of rows. The only trick is to leave enough yarn for fringe.

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