Let there be lace

I finished my first lace knitting (well, apart from a wonky dishcloth). Woohoo. I never really contemplated knitting lace but I quite enjoyed it.



This is the morning snack scarf pattern, which was nice and easy as an intro to lacy things (though I still managed to screw up a few times and have learned the value of lifelines in lace knitting (it's pattern every row with no purl row so not easy to pick up if you have to frog).

It's a little short even though my yarn had more yardage than the pattern said. It's a cotton and nylon mix (Filatura di Crosa Brilla) so it's not really going to grow. If I did it again, I'd probably grab two balls. But it's still a pretty thing to wrap around the neck.

I'm working on another scarf that's a bit more complicated lace. That's growing slowly as I'm only game to do one or two repeats a time then I stop and thank my lucky stars I didn't mess up. Plenty of lifelines going on there too.