lace - Knitter's Review

Blacker Yarns Pure Bluefaced Leicester Lace

What is the best yarn for lace? And what is lace, anyway? Your basic knitted fabric—stockinette, garter, ribbing, and the likes—is all about filling space with fiber and creating something cohesive. We knit those fabrics out of plump, well-rounded multiple-ply yarns, and we're happy with the

March 13, 2013

Clara Parkes

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How to Block Lace

Blocking is one of those intensely personal things, like swatching and even knitting itself. Some of us have a laissez-faire, spritz-and-stretch attitude that suits us just fine—while others are not content until they have pinned and starched and ironed every yarn-over into total submission. Here's

March 22, 2012

Clara Parkes

How-Tos, Tools

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Ravenwood Cashmere

The global cashmere market has had its share of booms and busts. Some of the most significant changes came within the past two decades as our thirst for inexpensive cashmere led to overgrazing and, ultimately, the desertification of Mongolia. While the bulk of the world's cashmere

May 26, 2011

Clara Parkes

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Arctic Lace by Donna Druchunas

While summer may not be the best time to work with qiviut—it is the warmest fiber on the planet after all—it is the perfect time to readabout it. And nobody has done qiviut more justice than Donna Druchunas in this award-winning book. Druchunas leaves no stone unturned in her

July 12, 2007

Clara Parkes

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Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace

Few companies can produce consistently beautiful hand-dyed yarns in quantities sufficient enough for large-scale distribution. Lorna's Laces is one. The color combinations range from brilliant to bare whispers, with a small line of single colors that still carry subtle variations in hue. Although some catalogs and Web

July 18, 2002

Clara Parkes

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The Essentials of Knitted Lace

Finished knitted lace may look brain-staggeringly complex. But lace is essentially composed of two simple elements: increases and decreases. Once you're familiar with those, you can achieve anything.

July 4, 2002

Clara Parkes

How-Tos, patterns

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