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On Designing a Lace Triangle III: Cast on

This is part three of an ongoing tutorial on designing lace triangles.  If you’d like to look at parts I and II, click on the links. In the first and second installments, we talked about the actual work of inserting

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On Designing a Lace Triangle II

Yesterday, I posted about designing a lace triangle using inserts.  Today I’m going to talk about all over lace, such as the lace used in Arabella.  Keep in mind that these are partial explanations, and that I will try to

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On Designing a Lace Triangle I

The first and only time I knit a lace triangle prior to designing Clothilde, I found myself really taken with the way the pattern sped along to a quick finish.  (The pattern was the Diamonds and Pearls Shawl, from The

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Blocking Pauline

  Blocking is key!  I know blocking is usually a good idea, but it’s especially important with Pauline.  Since the bonnet is knit entirely in stockinette, it will curl without blocking, even with the i-cord border.  Blocking also relaxes the

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