When I started this project I didn't know that lace knitting was so different from normal knitting! ha,ha! New patterns on the chart, new way to cast on, new ways to do the yarn overs. Very interesting I have to say.
Before I started the project I needed to figure out the way to cast on the first stitches, the pattern called for a crochet cast on; I looked it up and I found this website with a very clear tutorial for crochet cast on and an explanation about how the Echo Shawl is shape (which for knitters like me, new in the shawl world was very helpful) I'm not a fun of that technique so I found a very similar way to cast on that really worked for me, it's call garter stitch cast on and Stephen West has a great tutorial for this technique.
Also, before hand I wanted to find an easier way to make the Nupps, because I didn't wanted to deal with the purl 9 together
Also there is one more link that I wanted to share just in case that you don't know how to knit this row, here is a great helpful video for the knit 3 into9.
After all that research I started to cast on!!!
I choose to knit my shawl with a very pretty yarn Cascade Yarn Heritage solid colors, in a fingering weight, pink color.
They way you have to read the pattern is tricky if you are not used to knit shawls.
The first chart is divided in three parts, side, middle, side. Starting on right side of the pattern, You have to knit the side only one time, then repeat ONLY the middle part, until 12 stitches before the middle Stitch. Then continue knitting the second part of the chart, knit the side only one time, then repeat ONLY the middle part, until 12 stitches before the end. (Remember to always keep the 3 stitches for the edge at the begging of each side, this stitches are NOT in any of the charts).
Keeping track of the number of stitches is crucial for the pattern to work in the next knitting row. It's very easy to miss a stitch! and if this happens to you liked it happened to me you will be very mad!! hahaha.
I hope this post can help you!
This is how my pattern look after all the annotations
Now is time to go to sleep.
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This is how it looked before blocking
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| At the end of the tunnel there is light! |
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| The waiting game! |
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| Almost there! |
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| My Echo Flower Shawlette |
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| The back of my shawlette |
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| Happy Face! |
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| Right size |
What did I learned with this pattern:
- Garter cast on
- Crochet cast on
- To understand my own knitting
- Reading complicated and long charts
- Easier Nupps
- 3 into 9, 2 into 9
- Blocking lace
- Tension holding fingering yarn
- To understand my own knitting
- Patience is the key to knit lace shawls.
Hugs for you
Sabrina
3 comments:
magic is right! your shawl is beyond amazing!
wonderful wonderful work!!
Very well done. It's amazing how different it looks once it was blocked. So gorgeous!
Thank you so much Melissa and Sara! I am so happy with this project, I feel like I really knit something difficult and different. I might have to knit something else like this!
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