So here comes Innocent Lynn Anne, walking into her local yarn shop, String Of Purls, for a little Thursday knitting with friends. "Evil Sally", the super-genius saleswoman, is lying in wait for her. Over she strolls to the table, smile on her face, and some gorgeous yarn on some needles.
"What are you knitting?" asks Innocent Lynn Anne.
"Why, I'm knitting that cute lace cardigan in the new Vogue Knitting, " replies Evil Sally.
The spell has been cast and Innocent Lynn Anne can't help but blurt out, "Ohh...Can I see a photo?"
This is what Evil Sally had at the ready to display to Innocent Lynn Anne: (Rats! The photo was visible for a few hours, and now it's gone. I'll see if I can do something else. Ugh>)
VKSS10-02D.jpg">Lace Jacket from the Enchanted Lace collection in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of Vogue Knitting.
I'm not expecting to wear it over anything formal (Where do I think I'm going?), but it will be perfect over some dressy slacks with a cute sleeveless shell.
I bought the yarn in this beautiful color (#271 peach):
and now all I want to do is knit with it.
As I sat here this morning, happily knitting each stitch, I became aware of the cadence of the knit stitches that I was silently repeating in my head with each repeat of the lace pattern. Many of us have learned to assign each stitch in the repeat a number, or to set up a little sing-song reminder of the directions. I often use the number bit. Knit and purl stitches are numbered and silently spoken in a normal "voice". Yarn overs are silently spoken with a rise and fall in the word. Since knit 2 togethers and slip-slip-knits take a bit longer to knit, I lengthen each of those numbers.
K3, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, becomes, "One, two, three, ff-oo-uu-rr, fiiiive, six, seven, eeiight, nn-ii-nn-ee." Repeat many times. (Please don't tell me if any of you are in the psychiatric profession. It weirds me out. Like smiling at a dentist.)
This Lace Jacket pattern has a 16-stitch repeat so I'm finding it a little easier to just say the stitches instead of assigning my usual numbers. There is, also, a double decrease that requires moving a stitch marker each time. I was calling this stitch "the big one" until my coffee must have kicked in, and it became "Big Louie". Why? I have no idea. But Big Louie it now is!
"Yarn over, knit 2, Big Louie." Geesh!
Anyway, it's lovely yarn and a lovely cardigan pattern:
Happy silent knitting to all!
I count like that, too. It really does help with lace patterns.
ReplyDeleteLovely yarn and lace pattern, I look forward to seeing the cardigan when it's finished.
I knew that there must be something that brilliant knitters do to memorize a lace pattern and now the secret's out! That's beautiful yarn, btw.
ReplyDeleteI can't say enough about this yarn! There is something so wonderful about silk and mohair with the sparkle of the sequins and beads along with (something we don't always think about as knitters) the weight of the yarn. It really has a slinky, 1920's feel.
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