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Can someone console me and tell me that lace isn’t as scary as it looks?
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Don’t worry, it isn’t. It’s just adding stitches with yarn overs and removing them with decreases. Here’s something simple to try from Barbara Walker’s Treasury of Knitting Patterns.
Get some yarn and a pair of knitting needles to fit it. I’d use regular, worsted weight yarn and size 7 or 8 needles
Cast on 40 stitches or some multiple of 9 + 4.
Purl the first row
Knit 3, [make a yarn over, knit 2, slip-slip-knit, knit 2 together, knit 2, make a yarn over, then knit 1]. Repeat the bit between the braces three times more, then knit the last stitch.
Purl the next row.
Knit 2, [make a yarn over, knit 2, slip-slip-knit, knit 2 together, knit 2, make a yarn over, then knit 1]. Repeat the bit between the braces three times more, then knit the two last stitches.
Repeat these 4 rows a few times.
You’ve just made a swatch of Vine Lace, if I’ve transcribed this right.
I’m finally finishing my knockdown Gothic archchair (bought new sander - yay!)
And I’m working on a steampunk Aether Aextraction Aengine and Clockwork Cogitation Contraption. With UV glowy Aether tubes and brass brain casing, respectively. I’m not joking - LARP props.
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With UV glowy Aether tubes and brass brain casing, respectively. I’m not joking - LARP props.
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Very nice. I’ve been planning to make a cutout in the side of the cylinder housing my Helium-Neon tube so the purplish glow will be visible, but I may go with vents instead. That way I won’t have to fiddle with disguising the foam padding around the glass.
Mine isn’t even for a prop. I’ve just had it around for years in a crude black case with glyphs painted in red on the side (parenthetically translated as"Acme Little Giant Death Ray"). I just want to make it look neat, maybe put it in a case with a sign that says, “In case of air kraken attack, break glass.”