Category Archives: Tips & Techniques

Thread Tips for the Christmas in July project

Posted on July 1, 2012 by jackiees

The Christmas in July project for Bits of Lace 2012 takes approximately 12 yards of fine thread in your choice of color. Here are 2 quick tips I hope will inspire you to experiment with  threads and colors you might … Continue reading →

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Picot Loops for Easy Picking Up and Elasticity

Posted on June 11, 2012 by jackiees

For those who made the Quick Lace-Edged Baby Socks, you probably noticed a similarity to the lace edging for this month’s Summer Lace Anklets. The straight edge heading of this lace edging has a yarn over at beginning of row … Continue reading →

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Reading and Keeping Your Place in Lace Charts – Redux

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jackiees

We had a lot of great tips posted about people’s favorite ways of reading a lace chart and keeping their place in the chart. Thank you for sharing! If you have not already read the Keeping Your Place in a … 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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How You Slip Does Matter – The Chain Stitch Selvedge

Posted on April 22, 2012 by jackiees

I commented that the “ladder” eyelet header instructions introduced in Lace Edging Building Blocks – The Heading also featured a chain stitch selvedge. This type selvedge, being particularly stretchy, is good for attaching lace edgings to things that themselves are stretchy (like … Continue reading →

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Playing around with variations of the double yarn over

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jackiees

For most things in knitting, there are several ways to accomplish the same thing, or nearly the same thing with subtle differences. And that certainly is the case when it comes the double yarn over sequence in lace knitting. Several … Continue reading →

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Striving for Perfect Results – Part 2

Posted on April 13, 2012 by jackiees

In Part 1 of Striving for Perfect Results, we covered some tips on PREVENTING mistakes (or at least minimize the chances of them happening). With all my best attempts at preventing mistakes, I am only human. The reality of life … Continue reading →

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