40/2 Unst Lace Shawl Finished

... a Sharon Miller design

- 59" square, not so big
- ~4950 yds, 40/2 linen thread
- 1.5mm needles



- crochet doilies added to collection, 1 made by Mom, (left,) and 2 rescues from the thrift shop, (top and bottom right, $0.99 and $1.99 respectively.)

40/2 Unst

... ooh, it's going to be really BIG

Unst Lace Shawl - Clematis edging, WIP

Unst Lace Shawl - border

- a wip from the book, Heirloom Knitting,











(FO details Sept '08: )

Unst Lace Shawl - Progress

- on the border chart; Rnd 52 of 136
- optional sk2p

Feathered Border notes, lace sampler

started with 1.5 mm circs., edging from back issue of Anna, Burda

Heirloom Knitting (2004 edition), Feathered Border. Feb 25/08,

Chart 2, (over 78 st pattern rpt on 2.5 mm circs,) changes;

Row 87 & 88 - center 2 ‘dots’ = 2 (or k2); (ie do not inc again, followup of the dbl-dot-inc in Row 86)
Row 92 - add a YO (inc) after (to the right of) center \ (dec);
Row 129 - add a YO (inc) before (to the right of) center \ (dec).

Chart 3 changes;

Row 141 - at the 3 diamond shapes, used \o..o/ for o…o ie add decs on each side of this sequence;
Row 149 - changed stitch count 11 to 10 and added a / (k2tog dec) along the right edge of the large diamond shape;
Rows 158-162 left of the V-shape there’s a cluster of stitch numbers that are short 1 st each, ie where the st counts are 8,6,6,5,5 I used 9,7,7,6,6 stitches respectively; (2.0 mm circs from Row 174 to end.)