Today’s tutorial is one for the Teneriffe lace fans! Lesson two of my ongoing series introduces some new styles of weaving, and how to add a second colour to your motif.
Check out Teneriffe Lace Lesson Two.
Regular visitors to Knitting-and.com will probably know how much I love knitted lace edgings.
I have been madly knitting away on little pieces of lace over the past few weeks and today I’m releasing a project that’s been on my wishlist for several years. Mix and Match Lace.
I had originally wanted to release it as a book, but with the specialty binding it would have required, that idea became impossible. But now I’m working on my website again, I decided why not make it a reality here.
With over 1,800 possible variations, including my skull and crossbones lace, I think any lace knitter will be able to come up with something they like. At least I hope so!
Today’s new tutorial teaches a simple technique on sewing teneriffe lace motifs together. You can use this technique to sew any sized mat, from a small doily like the one in the photo, all the way up to a full size tablecloth or bed cover.
Joining Teneriffe Lace Motifs.
Housekeeping
After redesigning the website earlier this year (and upgrading the server again), I lost the list of instructions that automatically sent the old links from Ravelry to the correct page. I made a general one that sent everyone to the knitting page, thinking that was sufficient, but unfortunately I just made a large number of visitors think the pattern they were looking for didn’t exist any more. (Yikes).
Because I can’t use Ravelry for more than a few minutes at a time (it still gives me migraines), the awesome Sooper Editors over on Ravelry are currently sorting them all out. It will take a while because there are 600 links to check, but I’m very grateful they were willing to take on the challenge. There’s no way I could have done it.
I hope you’re enjoying the teneriffe lace tutorials. I have many more teneriffe lace, and plush template embroidery (aka Amish stumpwork) tutorials to come, and hundreds more knitted lace edging patterns! Here’s to another 30 years(-ish)!
I’ve started a new “how to” series on making Teneriffe Lace. Beginning with the absolute basics, each lesson will build on your skills until you can make any lace you can think of!
Teneriffe lace has been one of my favourite techniques for many years, and I’ve done an enormous amount of technique research and experimentation that I’d like to share with everyone.
Lesson one covers the absolute basics, from tools (including how to make a very simple cushion), to winding and knotting your very first motif. If you’ve ever been interested in trying Teneriffe Lace, this is your chance to give it a go!
I hope you enjoy Teneriffe Lace Lesson Number 1.
Today’s update is a rather niche thing I made for myself, but I thought I’d add it to the website in case anyone else finds it useful.
If you use both Stitch Maps and Stitch Mastery software, I’ve made an app that makes creating your Stitch Mastery charts fast and accurate. It automatically converts the written instructions from Stitch Maps into the text format used by Stitch Mastery, all ready to import using the “chart from text” feature.
I’ve called it Maps to Mastery.
I have no idea if it will be useful to anyone else, but if you do make use of it, let me know!