Cherry Leaf done!

It's not finished in the picture, obviously, but it is blocking now. The finished size is 24"x 56". With a hypotneuse of 56...

Clarence border

I have just joined the Kal, and I'm knitting the scarf with Clarence border p.88. I just finished row 40, so there are two more repeats ...

Shoulder Shawl in Syrian Pattern

Just can't knit fast enough. So many lovely shawls, so little time. While my Melon Shawl was drying in it's blocking pins, I cast on...

Half-Square in Trinity Stitch

I was having some doubts about the way this shawl looked while I was working on the main body, but I told myself that once the lace edging w...

Cherry Leaf Shoulder Shawl

I've been working on the Shoulder Shawl with Cherry Leaf pattern, using Elann's Baby Cashmere. A few rows into the edging I noticed...

Back in Business

I'm back in the states and have a whooole lot of catching up to do today. ( Bloglines this morning? Ouch). Ireland was wonderful, as...

Progress

I'm still plugging away at the center panel of the leaf and trellis rectangle (p. 54). This is Handmaiden Sea Silk on size 7 needles; t...

Melon Stitch Shawl

Just finished the Melon Shawl. Blocking truly is a magical thing. I loved this shawl before I blocked it....now I adore it. I used Louet Kid...

Spider’s web

This is my third attempt to knit half a hexagon Spider's web: 1. Wrong yarn 2. Not enough yarn 3. Ordered more yarn, not right colour, f...

Disaster!!!

I just took some photos of my Alpine scarf to post on my blog and here to show the progress as I'm nearing the end. And as I laid it out...

Begging for help

I finished the main body of the Half-Square trinity stitch on page 126 and tried to start working on the knit on border but I'm having t...

Stumped By Victorian Ruby

I know this pattern has been completed and I don't remember any comment on mistakes in the pattern except the one on the errata sheet by...

Trinity Stitch Shawl Continues...

Still plodding along on the Half-Square in Trinity Stitch. Here's a photo of my progress since the 18th when I posted last: I'm look...

Charting the course

I thought I might share my method of madness on how I keep track of where I'm at on my lace pattern charts. I know everyone has somethin...

Progress on the Alpine Scarf

I've made some progress on the Alpine Scarf and I took it outside to try and get you a better look at the color. It's still cloudy o...

Hi, I'm new to this knitalong

Hi everyone. I discovered this blog a few days ago and think its a brilliant KAL. I asked my inlaws for Victorian lace Today OR 'Gatheri...

Another green Melon shawl

I haven't dedicated too much time to this project, but I wanted to post this picture of what my shawl looks like so far. It is made from...

"Scarf" is finished

I wanted to share my finished scarf (Scarf, p. 80). It still wants blocking, but that will have to wait until the Spring, when the weather i...

Yarn weights - a question

While working on the Shoulder Shawl in Cherry Leaf Pattern, I have been puzzling over page 176 - yarn weights. How do the determiners deter...

Another Mrs Lambert

I am also knitting Mrs Lambert's Lace pattern from page 50. I thought you'd like to see it in a different yarn :o) It's in a yar...

Melon Shawl Update

I haven't posted in a while - but the sturdy repeats of the melon shawl just don't bring enough change with them to make so many pic...

progress on the Spider's-web shawl

A quick post to show you the progress I’ve made on the Spider’s-web shawl. One repeat of the Barège pattern complete – four more to go.

Red scarves everywhere

Apparently the Scarf with the No. 20 Edging just wants to be red! Third post this week about a red No. 20 scarf! My scarf has 17 repeat...

Harebell Fichu

My mom fell in love with "A Fichu" from Victorian Lace Today, and got a skein of Schaefer Anna yarn so I could make it for her. T...

A Handsome Triangle Begun

I've started A Handsome Triangle on p. 32, original 1840s pattern by Jane Gaugain, substituting Rowan Rowanspun DK for the specified ya...

Half-Square in Trinity Stitch

I finally turned the corner, so to speak, on my lace shawl. The rows, which began at 242 st, are now only 137 st and are going much faster. ...

Lace Scarf

Hi everyone, I have just joined this KAL . Like many of you, I received the book for Christmas and was entranced by the wonderful patterns ...

Miss Lambert's shetland pattern for a shawl!

Man, I wish these patterns would have more catchy names. Or even just names that didn't take so very long to say. Normally I just shorte...

The Chocolate Scarf is Done

Finished this two nights ago and it was hanging on a hanger until about an hour ago I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. I decided...

Carolyn's Shawl with No. 20 Edging

Hello, everyone! I'm working on my second project from VLT , the Shawl with No. 20 Edging. I'm using Elann's Super Kydd lace...

victorian ruby fade-in

hello everyone, my name is katie and i'm working on 'victorian ruby'. last week i finished the first lace panel. i'm using ...

Think Green...

... because I'm off to Ireland! See you in a week!

Hello everyone. I'm really pleased to be able to join this Lace-Along and I absolutely love the book!!! I couldn't wait to get star...

Glad To Be Here

Hi, I'm Anita, and live in NE Texas. I also received VLT as a Christmas gift, and my daughter and I have bookmarked LOTS of these patter...

Small Beginning

Last night I decided I couldn't let my ignorance of the crochet cast-on keep me from starting a scarf from VLT any longer. The cast-on...

On to the next one

I did finish the Wide Triangle but I overblocked it. The side with the double decreases wound up looking like a row of double YOs so I have ...

Striped Sock

You all know I'm not a big fan of sock knitting. This I'm sure seems like blasphemy to the lo t of you. I've tried, really, to...

Some yarns are worth it.*

200g Sundara Yarns Worsted Merino Semi-Solid (Pine over Yellow) *See previous post

Progress on the Alpine

Well, I had a minor set back earlier in the week and had to 'back-out' 11 rows of knitting. However, I managed to make progress duri...

Just saying hi

I really am going to knit something from the book, I just can't decide what first! I'm thinking I'll take a stab at the Myrtle ...

Scarf

Hi! I'm Hope. I've been here a week or so but this is my first post. Like so many of you, I got VLT as a Christmas gift: I guess we ...

Nightmare on Tweed Street

It takes a lot to make me frustrated, but this... well... yeah. This tangled mess was eventually sorted out. I will not tell you how long ...

Spider's-web shawl

French printed Barège shawls (two yards square and named after a village in the Pyrenees) were very popular. It is possible that Miss Lambe...

fits and starts

After some trouble starting, I am making some progress on the Large Rectangle with Center Diamond Pattern. I have almost 5 repeats completed...