Gossamer webs and more
Greetings: this is my first time for all of this -- KAL, blogs, etc so I hope to learn some things from the rest of you.
I'm knitting a Gossamer Web/Orenberg lace shawl and decided I'd better join a KAL to keep going... it's simple enough once you get the idea of the whole schematic, but slow knitting! I'm using the pattern from Piecework Mag Sept/Oct 2000 with white Douceur et Soie (mohair/silk, I think). For more info about this, look at http://www.skaska.com/
I'm enjoying seeing the types of yarns others are using! I haven't knitted in a while, so it's fabulous to see all these new, trendy and funs yarns on the market.
I have lots of questions though! What do you all use for stitch markers for these thinner needles we're all using (I assume!) ... the "small" markers are sort of big. Also, how do you all keep track of where you are in your patterns if you are using a chart? I seem to have to write out a chart with the rows numbers of "each section" and keep track of it that way; reading across the chart each time drives my eyes crazy, and then of course I am at a section (row 48) that just says work in ....xxx border pattern, xxx inner zig zag pattern etc to row 300+ ... now you see how far I have to go!
Maryjo
I'm knitting a Gossamer Web/Orenberg lace shawl and decided I'd better join a KAL to keep going... it's simple enough once you get the idea of the whole schematic, but slow knitting! I'm using the pattern from Piecework Mag Sept/Oct 2000 with white Douceur et Soie (mohair/silk, I think). For more info about this, look at http://www.skaska.com/
I'm enjoying seeing the types of yarns others are using! I haven't knitted in a while, so it's fabulous to see all these new, trendy and funs yarns on the market.
I have lots of questions though! What do you all use for stitch markers for these thinner needles we're all using (I assume!) ... the "small" markers are sort of big
Maryjo
posted by MaryjoO at 11:12 AM
2 Comments:
Hi there, reading charts can sometimes be a big pain. What I do is photocopy the chart and use highlighters to mark the rows that I've done. When doing a section that repeats I like to use a row counter to keep track of them. After a while I find I can start reading the pattern, and there's less of a need to keep checking the chart. For stitch markers you could make some out of scrap yarn or twisty ties to fit the needles a bit better. Wish you luck on your shawl!
Hi!
I'm currently making my own stitch markers out of some wire and beads I have left over from the time I wanted to make my own jewelery(never actually made something ;-) )
I too would copy the pattern and make a colored vertical line every 5 stitches or so. That's also were my stitch markers would be.
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