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My Favorite Knit!
Happy #needleworkmonday, one and all! This is the Miller's Daughter's Shawl, one of the most challenging and more rewarding knits I've made. It's knit up in The Yarn Collective's Portland Lace, in the colorways of On The Sidewalk (dark grey), Sheepish (light grey) and Saturday Knit( pink), one skein of each.
There are so many things I love about this pattern! The design is so fresh and modern; it combines lace and colorwork and pattern in a way that's not overwhelming or old-fashioned. I love the look of lace, but it can so easily go into grandma territory. Melanie Berg (Mairlynd on Ravelry) designed this pattern and many others that are all cool, modern uses of color and texture. She's one of my favorite designers!
The pop of color, the beautiful diamond lacework, the playfulness of the shawl--it's just too good! I wear it all the time and am already picking out my future shawls. If you're interested in seeing more of Melanie Berg's designs, check out her Ravelry page.
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I'd love to know more about cast ons (and bind offs) and which ones are suitable for which types of project. Thanks!
ps love the shawl!
This sounds like a fantastic idea, @colleenthurber! I know the community will love what you do. Beautiful scarf, by the way! Happy #NeedleworMonday!
That colour combination is beautiful @colleenthurber.
To me edges and borders are important, ie how to avoid rolling / curling in the knitting and to finish projects in a neater way.
Thanks and look forward to your posts.
That a nice piece of knitting. Must have taking a while 💯🐒
Beautiful work! I am in love with that shawl.
I would love to learn how to knit lace!
The shawl is very beautiful! I love the colour combination of grey and pink.
Great! Thanks for the feedback ☺
Thanks @crystalize!
It sure did
Thanks @cryptocariad! Bind-offs and finishings, check
Thank you!
Thank you @walkerland!
Great! I'm happy to see so many are interested, I'll definitely have to get working on some of these ☺
I love pink and grey - this combination is subtile and modern at the same time. I recently made a light and dark grey cardigan and used pink buttons..hopefully I will post it next week. Your shawl looks really amazing. I love the curved form and the mix of lace and lines 😍
And I am also very interested in tutorials. I started to make some very easy ones about casting on for combination knitting. Sadly my spoken English is 💩... so for now I will only make videos without voice 😆. I would love to learn from you...for example I tried to do stranded knitting and some easy lace pattern - I would love videos about this topics.
Thank you @neumannslava! Yes pink and grey are such a great combo! I like grey and yellow as well. I've seen your posts and I think it's so cool your making them! The Combined style confuses me (I knit Continental) but I bet that you're one of the few people making tutorials for anyone who knits like you do, so I think it's a great resource!
That is a very gorgeous shawl and I love the colors together! I think it would be great for you to do tutorial videos! I have only seen a few do knitting ones so that would definitely add to the community. 😊
Wonderful! Now I just have to set aside a day to put them together . . . Every week I say I will and then get caught up with life ☺
For me the western continental was not so good. My knitting rowed out, because I purled to loosely. That was the reason why I tried new knitting styles. But I am fairly new to knittng, maybe I have to change the style again, because most pattern are written for the western method.
Yeah I've definitely become more aware of tension because I tend to knit loosely too.
Hey @creative-life! It's not lace, but I put together my first knitting tutorial and thought you might enjoy checking it out! You can read it here
Thanks for the encouragement @crosheille, I sat down today and made my first tutorial! Maybe you'd like to check it out here :)
Hi @neumannsalva . . . so it's done in Continental style, but I did make my first tutorial. Everyone was so encouraging that I just couldn't resist! Maybe this'll interest you, you can check it out here
@Shanibeer, I've got one for you! A seed stitch project from start to finish, including casting on and binding off. Hope you like it! Here's the post :)
Thanks for the encouragement @crystalize! I took the plunge and made my first tutorial today, you can check it out here if you're interested :)
After those shawls of yours @cryptocariad I think this might be a bit basic for you, but I made my first ever knitting tutorial and I'm excited to share it with you! You can read the post here, I hope you like it.
P.S. I'm working on a project right now in which I'm learning how to make edges lay flat. I'll share more soon!
Not sure if you're a knitter, @vibeof100monkeys, but if you've ever been interested to learn you may enjoy my latest post here. It's my very first knitting tutorial and explains some of the knitting basics. Hope you like it! :)
If you've ever been bitten by the knitting bug (or the want-to-knit-bug), you might like my latest post! I don't usually go around announcing them but it's my first ever knitting tutorial and I'm really excited to share it. Hope you like it, @walkerland! :)
I did try a few years ago (well ten ish) Started ok then ended in a whopping knot. I take a look though 💯🐒
Oh, lovely, thank you! I was looking for just that kind of pattern. I need a good source of wash cloth cotton in the uk - any ideas, anyone?
Thank you @colleenthurber ... actually I would call them 'scarfettes' because they're shorter than they should be ...
I have seen your video tutorials and they are very good... I will bookmark for future reference too. Will you be using d.tube at some point ?
Very clear !
Thanks
Thank you I will check it out. I am a "beginner" knitter with very little know how or skill. I love seeing how things are done and I need to learn so thanks!
I hope you find it helpful!
Thanks @vibeof100monkeys!
Thank you @cryptocariad! I don't know anything about d.tube yet but I suppose it's time to look into it.
hmm, in the UK I'm not sure. I saw your recent post on Liberty of London--they don't have any?! It looks like a huge selection of knitting supplies! Most yarn shops I've been to carry cotton yarn so I would bet it won't be hard to find :)
The tutorial is wonderful, really well done! It's a bit advanced for me but I appreciated it all the same. I hope they do well for you and that you continue to provide them :)
Absolutely!! Awesome I’ll check it out soon!!! Good for you!! 😉😀👍🏽
Liberty's have cotton yarn but quite high quality, expensive for a washcloth that may not be around for long. The Knitting & Stitching Show is coming up soon, I'll have a look at the suppliers there.
Good that you wrote me a message! I read your post, it turned out good! I will start posting regularly from Sunday. I will also be more active on Steemit and look into your account regularly. But feel free to write a message when you write a tutorial again. Sometimes I dont see the articles because my feed is full of resteems and crap ;) I will try to post on every #needleworkmonday, but plus more days in the week.
Oooh I look forward to your posts!