Monthly Archives: May 2012

cable-and-lace edging split cuff Summer Lace Anklets

Posted on May 26, 2012 by jackiees

Summer Lace Anklets is the June project pattern for Bits of Lace 2012. Get it free at the Free Membership Pattern page through June 30, 2012 with your active registered membership to KnitHeartStrings.com. Summer Lace Anklets begin with a piece of lace edging … Continue reading →

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Last day for Lace Cable Bookmark pattern in the Free Membership Area

Posted on May 25, 2012 by jackiees

This is the last day that the Lace Cable Bookmark pattern will be available in the Free Membership Area. I hope you enjoyed making a lace bookmark, and I hope you learned a bit more about lace and charts. Tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Keeping Your Place in a Chart

Posted on May 22, 2012 by jackiees

There are probably just as many good ways to help keep your place in a chart as there are people here in our group, lol. Just type a search term like “keeping your place in a chart” into Google and … Continue reading →

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Q&A re. Chain Stitch Selvedge

Posted on May 19, 2012 by jackiees

Although Nellie did not ask a question, I feel there is a question behind her comment to How You Slip Does Matter that I want to address … Nellie wrote: I remember when I first started lace knitting and was … Continue reading →

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The “No Stitch”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by jackiees

An advantage of charted instructions is the visualization of what we actually are knitting. This is where charts can be easier to use than written line-by-line directions. You can see row by row how a pattern is supposed to look … Continue reading →

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Charting the chain stitch selvedge

Posted on May 14, 2012 by jackiees

In last month’s project for Three Eyelets Sachet , the lace edging had a chain stitch selvedge along both the straight edge and the shaped edge. Did you recognize that the Chain Stitch Selvedge is also used at each side edge … Continue reading →

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Basics of Knitting Symbol Charts

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jackiees

Learn how the symbol chart itself, the symbol key, and the visual similarity to the actual knitted piece all work together to communicate how to knit a lace pattern stitch. Knitting symbol charts are comprised of two main components: the Chart … Continue reading →

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