A curved shawl milestone

I finished the main body of the shawl today: I didn't pin it out or anything for the photo - it's just stretched out hastily on the...

Lovely lace

I've been reading the book day and night since I got it for Christmas. I started knitting the scarf at page 82 in a thin mohair yarn, to...

decided what to start with

At last I've decided on what to start with from the book. Because I wanted to start as soon as possible I started with the silk scarf on...

Hello and update!

Hi there, I just joined last week, and here's my current progress pic: I'm knitting the melon shawl, too, in Rowan Kidsilk Haze, col...

melons

I started a Melon shawl for my mom. I showed her the book and she picked the pattern. Since I love the Jade Sapphire 2-ply cashmere, I am us...

Hello

Just wanted to say hello to all. My name is Agneta and I live in Sweden. I love to knit especially lace shawl. I love this book. I've lo...

Will my foxy go the distance?

Now that the lovely business of Christmas is over (well, it is in Melbourne!), I can turn my attention to lace. I have so admired the lovely...

Merry Christmas from Brooklyn Tweed

Wooly wishes from all of us here. Thanks for reading and Happy Holidays!

Hello everyone...

Phew... boy is it hard to get logged in to this beta blogger website :) I have a catastrophy to share... I have not decided what to do exact...

Scarf with the No. 20 edging

With all the beautiful projects in the book, it was so hard to choose just one! I have to say my favorite is the circular white cape, that ...

Staying Afloat?

In a desperate attempt for sanity I started a scarf. Maybe... 3 inches has been produced? Will I touch it for another month? We can hope, bu...

Yarn subs

OK, I cannot stop myself from pouring over the details of this book or people's own VLT projects. However, I am trying to use this obses...

New Jerseyan signs on!

Jacqueline and Stephanie, thanks for starting this knit-along! I'm a little late to the party, but not in terms of my love for this book...

Chuggin'

Not a whole lot going on around here, other than this huge, red, seething pile of wool. I also got a Sundara fill-up last week, meaning the...

And I'm off...

I decided to start with the large rectangle on page 54. The body is a very easy knit, which could get boring, but so far it's a good co...

Finally Here

I'm here! I'm so glad to be here! I'm a new member, and have been so taken with the VLT book that I'm planning to start th...

Curved shawl progress photo

Here's where I am as of this afternoon: I think I'm in good shape for now, and I'm enjoying it!

Sampler shawl

First of all, I love this book. It took me a while to pick out one thing to start. I had to cast on for something when I received this boo...

Starting... then starting again... and then again....

So I started my curved shawl this evening, using my red Merino Oro which has been sitting patiently in my stash for several years. That firs...

Keeping track of yarn subs

I am interested in keeping track of things by nature, which works well in my knitting world. So, I was thinking that if you were interested,...

There's a New Tweed in Town...

I'm doing a bit of Designing with a capital D. A capital D that also stands for DEADLINE. Personal knitting has been temporarily compr...

Red Light Special Pattern

Pattern : Red Light Special Size : to fit an average adult head (21-23") Gauge : 24 sts and 26 rows = 4 in/10 cm Skill Level : Intermed...

Ready, Set... Pause

Hi All, I'm a laceaholic located near NewYork City in New Jersey, US (my blog is Jersey Knitter ). Many thanks to Jacqueline and Steph...

Decisions, decisions...

Hello all! Now I know why I had to buy that Handmaiden Sea Silk. A few weeks later I read about this KAL, ordered the book, and here I am....

Red Light Special

Sorry I've been MIA. Turns out there is life outside of knitting...... who knew? I was teasing you before with a little taste of my h...

Alpine Knit Scarf

Alpine Knit Scarf Jade Sapphire 2-ply Cashmere, just over 800 yards Size 4 addi turbos 60"x18" blocked 44"x18" before bl...

Question

Okay I just finished my husbands socks, so now I want to start on a scarf for my mother in law. The yarn I'd like to use is Shimmer from...

Hello!

I hope everyone's projects are going well so far. I received my copy of VLT about a week ago and am starting with the melon stitch stole...

New Member

Hi Everyone, I was excited to find this kal. I've ordered my book but apparently its on backorder :( Hopefully, will be in sometime n...

Photo update

I was able to do a little more work on the Curved Shawl last night: So far 6 four row repeats, only 36 more then the edging and I am done! ...

New member

Hi, I have just joined, and am looking forward to starting one of the projects. Which one? Well, when I can narrow it down fron the twelve I...

Starting at the beginning

I was lucky enough to see the trunk show at Stitches East and loved the Wide Triangle. While perusing the yarn at the market, I even bought ...

I've decided

It's the melon stitch scarf on page 146, in a black mohair blend. I hope it's not too hard on my eyes, I've been avoiding black ...

Alpine

I wanted to put up a picture of the Alpine Knit Scarf I am working on before it is finished - as I have only three repeats of the diamonds l...

Joining up

Hello all! I've been fondling my copy of VLT for a few weeks now, and I'm still trying to decide what I'm going to make with the...

New lace knitter

Good morning! I'm going through my copy of Victorian Lace Today for the, ohhhh, 20th time....at least. Now that my order of Zephyr from ...

New here

Hi my name is Kyrie and I just got the book also. I bought it on a whim and have found it to be the most helpful book I've bought so far...

Hexagon Spider's Web Shawl

Hello, my name is Alison and I am insane. I got this book a couple days after its release and I fell in love with a lot of the shawls, but ...

How to Join?

This is just a quick post to clear up some administration issues. In reading the posts on this KAL blog, I have stumbled across a couple of ...

Hello

Hi, I'm Brenda and I am somewhat new to lace knitting, and I want to make almost every project in VLT. But, due to my lace newbieness, ...

A quick hello

I just wanted to drop a quick hello to all. I am very excited about this book and expect to make many projects from it. Just like a previous...

Excited!

I can't wait to get started! The book is one of the nicest photographed knitting books I've seen. There are so many beautiful patt...

We have buttons...

Thanks to the generosity of Marsha and Janice , we have some wonderful KAL buttons which you can all use. (But please save them to your own...

gobble gobble

I'm going all trans-continental again this afternoon. Didn't I just get off a plane from the west coast? No - truth be told, i har...

New Member

Hi, I just joined and wanted to introduce myself, my name is Colette. I bought VLC early in Nov with the B&N gift card I received for...

Greetings!

I doubt that I have ever had some anticipatory excitement about a knitting book before this one, and thankfully, I am not disappointed. Knit...

Hello All!

I am so glad to have found this KAL! What a wonderful, gorgeous book. I have been lace knitting for about two years and can't seem to ...

Hello everyone

My copy of Victorian Lace Today arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it from Amazon about a month ago - wow - what an amazing amount of research...

Great idea!

I received my book last week and can not stop looking through it!. I am a looooong time lace knitter and have many a book :) What struck me ...

Raspy (sans Rasp)

It's been finished for almost two months... and the post is finally here (many of you have been inquiring...)! Pattern : 'Raspy'...

Button request

Well I'm imagining that this KAL will take a bit of time to gain momentum as people either buy or order and wait for their books to arri...

Welcome

Hello Lace Knitters! I hope you're as excited as we are about the new Victorian Lace Today . The patterns are fabulous and the book itse...

Many of you have been inquiring about the yellow scarf that I showed you just a snippet of in my last post. To clarify, its Kathy's ne...

the simple stuff.

sometimes its nice to go back to your roots. The scarf, I feel, while sometimes mind-numbingly boring, will always be part of the repertoir...

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Playing Catch Up

Well, I'm home. But you should know that I've been swimming in my inbox all day. If you've e-mailed or commented, I'm tryin...

Knitting in PDX

I'm taking a breather here in Portland with my brother and his wife. I've had the luxury of spending most of the last day knitting,...