and other fancy stuff

I've resisted knitting lace.  My grandmother could tat lace, and her finished product was a thing of beauty.  My mother crochets lace, from ornaments to doilies to Psalm:23, in a handy 3'-by-4' size (which won a blue ribbon at the county fair) to bedspreads and tablecloths.  The woman's a lace machine.  Me?  Not so much.  I don't tat, I don't crochet, and my two previous attempts at knitting lace have left me swearing and crying, hurling tangled masses of threadlike yarn across the room in defeat.

No more.  Behold:

Branching Out, in Olive Silky Wool.  Take that, lace!  I win!!

Comments

[Gabrielle]

Haha! You do know lace is more addictive than nicotine, right? I swore through gritted teeth, after I doggedly finished my first piece, "Never again!" That lasted all of a month or so.

[Teresa C]

Living the Legacy. Your ancestors would be proud.

[Carrie Lang]

Well, if you're doing lace now I have that huge spool o' laceweight that you can have...
:D

[Kate]

The lace says: Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

looks great!

[Marie]

I'm de-lurking to say Branching Out is looking wonderful. I've done a lacey feather/fan shawl, but I don't think that counts as lace per se. Not sure if I'll ever really give it a go - but nerver say never.

[Jen]

Your Branching Out looks great. I love the color.

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