I’m having a little trouble getting from one page to another, don’t know why. I’ll go and study some more!

Win!

So far are visible the diamonds and half a spiderweb. Since the yarn is now fading swiftly into white, it is less visible on the white  background, but you get the effect. I’ll do two repeats (unless I run out of yarn) and we can see the whole spiderweb.

Looking at the instructions in the Heirloom lace book, I see I have done several things “wrong” – all this stole should be garter stitch, not stockinette, but there is stockinette in all the sections that are not double sided lace. But as usual, I console myself knowing that the colors still show the same.

I will leave the moderation on so no spam gets sent from my account – that was deeply embarrassing.

Both stoles got to the end of the Rosebud pattern; both have a small border to mark the end of the section. The biggest problem now seems to be keeping my place in the new, large stitch pattern.

Fabulous designers Lisa Kartus, Maureen Mueller, Karen Joan Raz, and Carol Scott have some new patterns out for sale at a new website called Aha! Moment Knits. (This refers to that moment when you ‘get it.’ “Aha!” you smile.)

Besides the page of new patterns for sale, there is a page of knitting instructions called the Visual Glossary. If there’s a stitch or technique giving you problems, this glossary can help with a step by step explanation with photographs and/or video. This was a huge investment of time, and I’m impressed.

The patterns are in a variety of styles and call for several levels of experience. Two baby sweaters, two shawls, two scarves, three sweaters for women. Pretty pictures. Reasonable prices. Oh! and a toy to find patterns for your desired experience level – a sliding scale!

And of course, I’m pleased that several of the designs use Kauni yarns, which I will be happy to supply you with, should you desire to use them with your pattern. (Fortunately I just got in a few more hanks of Rainbow Lace.)

Kauni yarns were used to make some of these designs. I think they all are really cool. Go see!

Here is the color XEC, knitted into that same pattern on the same size needles, but not quite as far along.

I am either getting used to lace again or the Rosebud pattern is much easier than the Field of Flowers. Isn’t it cool how Spiderlings is entirely black on one stole? When I get a few repeats of Rosebud into the stoles, I will attempt more true lace for Cobwebs and Spiderlings, a combination stitch pattern. Should be awesome.

Here’s the pattern as I am using it – all the single decreases are k2tog. The triangles are double decreases: slip 1, k2tog, psso. The O’s are yarn overs, and the blanks are knit stitches.

The point of this exercise is the color changes in the yarn as I knit. The pattern so far used and photographed is Field of Flowers from Heirloom Knitting by Sharon Miller. Here is the graph I made and used:

My photos are not done from the same background, but here they are so far. On the left, XEOC photo taken on a white background; on the right, XEC photo taken on a gray background.

The sample sizes are similar.               

The color changes are clearly different. XEOC on the left changes more quickly.