Anemones

- changing the edging so it matches Full Moon

Yoko Suzuki's Anemones

- from Decorative Crochet 31, Jan 1993, pattern #14

























Instead of sewing all the elements to each other I am trying to crochet them together as I go and minimize the sewing.

I treat the fiddly small leaves, C and D, like picots and make them as I come to them, thereby minimizing ends to weave in as well as omitting the sewing part. At the same time, I can sl st the other end of the leaf to a flower motif. Sometimes a piece gets attached upside-down then I need to re-do it, otherwise it seems to be working fine.

I have pinned the piece to a pillow to facilitate joining pieces in the right place and avoid problems with twisting. A better solution is probably to pin the piece to something pliable like a piece of plain coloured fabric or pillow case?

Yoko Suzuki's design, 'Anemones'

... an ah-ha moment, the underlined "+" symbol means to make a sc through the back loop only.

Herbert Niebling's, 'Steinrose'

Row 130, 12% of 368 rows done

Pine Cone Doily Finished

- unblocked, almost 10"







- blocked, 13 1/2"

Pine Cone Doily WIP

Pine Cone is an old Coats & Clark pattern from 1953, Doilies - in the Modern Manner.

Pine Cone doily WIP

Full Moon Finished

A year ago Debby showed me how she learned to crochet, from her grandma, holding the hook from above like a knife, see Cal of Hodge Podge on YouTube, (her demo starts a quarter of the way into this video.)

This doily, Full Moon, is my first attempt using this method - fast and painless. I like it.

- doily is 13" unblocked

Full Moon WIP

Full Moon

- omitted last set of inner picots
- outer edge started to ripple, shortened the chains joining the tr clusters.

Full Moon

Full Moon is the name of this pattern.

Also by Yoko Suzuki and in Decorative Crochet 31.

Paisley Long Shawl II Finished: Grey

This pattern is a Yoko Suzuki design, from Decorative Crochet 31, January 1993.

Paisley Long Shawl

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.)

Unst Lace Shawl revisited & Quest Over

- almost done, the edging is nearing the last side
- the next one, (ha!) will be half the size, a triangular version with the center knit on point
- started this again after the Paisley Long Shawl, noticed that my tension is looser, won't be frogging back the 3 rpts of edging with looser tension
- from the book Heirloom Knitting, except for the insertion it's from Barbara Walker's 2nd Treasury

The quest for an old pattern is over. I've been looking for a pattern like Anne Bruvold's Rectangular Silk Shawl .
I found the pattern in this Spitzenstricken Heft 3 and bought it online from Heidi. What a wonderful surprise, she threw in another collection of old patterns, (she does that, in the past she's sent me other really old stuff, gratis.)
Thanks, Heidi. You rock!

The Orella publication, (blue cover,) has 39 patterns/variations including the following pattern sheets, Spitzenstricken Blätter; 11, 24A-B, 25A-B, 45A-B 53B, 58A & 58B, 68A-B, 69A-B, 78A, 79A-C, 90D, 93, 94E-H, 95A-D … and ones similar to 13E,F & M.

Ravelympics, alpaca Paisley Long Shawl

Ravelympics 2008, 'teamcanada.'

Cast off Sat. morning, Aug 23, in Kamloops, but blocking and fringe had to wait until I got home - finished Aug 24.

This is the second design that I have knit from
Fiddlesticks.
(purchased pattern online.)

40/2 Unst

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

Unst Lace Shawl - Clematis edging, WIP

40/2 linen Unst Lace Shawl

- it took one 3300 yd tube of 40/2 linen from start to Row 121 of border.
- on to the 2nd tube. 14 more rows on the border then on to the edging ... clematis pattern?

- Valley Fibers 2/70
- more than half a tube left over from Federdolde

Unst Lace Shawl - border

- a wip from the book, Heirloom Knitting,











(FO details Sept '08: )