A piece of lace hasn't been this frustrating for me since I tried making some Herbert Niebling antique doilies. You know, the super complex ones on tiny needles with tiny thread and very precise, long charts?
But this pattern isnt that. This is... a simple lace chart. It's a beautiful lace chart. A lovely shawl outcome, with lots of stockinette 'rest rows'.
But I struggled every step of the way.
I've been working on this since the end of October, on and off.
Here's the pattern on ravelry:
Here's the designer's blog: http://pitsilisedjutud.blogspot.fi/2015/07/tiina-lilleaed-ehk-koiges-on-suudi.html
this is one of the few times I've had to use lifelines in a lace pattern since I started knitting lace seriously 3 years ago.
I think my struggle with this pattern comes from several things:
Sleep deprivation due to my work and this time of year
Slippery, knotting rayon yarn
Generic, sticky metal needles.
Im using a cone of 6/18 rayon yarn I got on sale from Webs yarn store. It's very drapey and silky in hand. I think it was meant for weaving. It's not as silky knit up though.
The yarn refused to slide along the needles. Stitches would pop off the needles. I kept dropping stitches when either tinking or doing the lace stitches. I kept counting incorrectly, even though I counted every time and double checked each row.
I think this yarn, needle and pattern combo arent meant for eachother. I'm also too tired to work super complex (relatively) lace patterns. I've cut the yarn off and I'm starting a different pattern, a simpler one: the Ashton Shawlette. Same needle size, US size 3. Same yarn. I'm already making good progress in it.
I think i need just... a wool yarn for this pattern. I'm too frustrated with it right now but I hope to try it again in the future. I'm leaving the lifelines in and not unraveling it for now.
So long,
Tiina Lilleaed. Hopefully we'll meet again in the future under better circumstances.
Jtp/mnr
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