tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4208046112755872750..comments2024-03-18T23:27:37.733+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-3921677905195856372009-03-15T19:36:00.000+00:002009-03-15T19:36:00.000+00:00Jean I have that leaflet you show if you would lik...Jean I have that leaflet you show if you would like it? email me at amber(dot)moggie(at)virgin(dot)net and I'll send it out to you.Ambermoggie, a fragrant soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005377054392036622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85486307479773900472009-03-15T01:03:00.000+00:002009-03-15T01:03:00.000+00:00I think the stole is a wonderful idea. I was look...I think the stole is a wonderful idea. I was looking at Heirloom Knitting and the Lerwick Shawl book thinking of a stole just this morning. Something much less ambitious than yours, of course.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-66228824764908101272009-03-14T16:57:00.000+00:002009-03-14T16:57:00.000+00:00I've been planning on making stoles from several o...I've been planning on making stoles from several of Sharon's patterns, because I don't wear my square shawl...and it would be less fiddly but still use all the patterns! And then I might be able to knit them all in this lifetime!! I would do them per the Unst Lace Stole instructions in the book: cast on (I would use a provisional cast on) and knit the center and then one border, then go back and pick up for the other border and follow with the edging all around. No sewing or grafting except the beginning to end of the edging!!<BR/><BR/>My Unst Lace Stole is a bit short, so I would make sure I knit the center longer than instructed for the square shawl, more rectangular than square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-18766413085986975602009-03-14T11:19:00.000+00:002009-03-14T11:19:00.000+00:00My shawl pattern is in the mail, ordered Monday mo...My shawl pattern is in the mail, ordered Monday morning. Maybe I'll be in the first 50. <BR/><BR/>If you want to avoid the seams on QRS, you can knit all 4 borders at once, going back and forth while increasing at the corners, and doing a wrap and turn join at the end of the round. You could also knit one side border, and then knit the others, joining by knitting the last stitch together with the "bump" of the corresponding row of the finished side. Either makes a much less obvious seam than the sewn version. You can see my join on my finished Scandinavian Queen shawl on Ravelry ( cindersall)<BR/><BR/>A stole is also a great option. Or both!<BR/><BR/>CynthiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com