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Knitting Daily Digest: Loving Lace

As the weather warms up, we are turning to lace projects for their easy, breezy layering possibilities.

The fabulous Sausalito Shawl made it's debut recently to great applause—just look at its gorgeousness! It's perfect to throw on at a garden party or when the AC is turned a bit too high.

Gazing at the Sausalito Shawl got me thinking about lace in general, and all that it adorns. At Knitting Daily, we've got lots of cool lace-knitting techniques, and of course, fabulous patterns galore, from easy to advanced.

So here's my ode to lace!

Cheers,

P.S. I'd love to hear your feedback on this new digest. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think, and which topics you would love to see here. Thanks, friends!

I Can't Stop Thinking About the Sausalito Shawl!
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How many times have you stared at a knitted lace pattern, wishing you could unlock its mysteries? Or skipped a shawl pattern because it included charts, and you just don’t feel ready for charts yet?  Now it’s time to face your fear and face your lace, or lace up your fear!

The Sausalito Shawl is an easy lace knitting pattern made with a delightfully soft bamboo yarn. And don't worry—with its easy, chart-free instructions, you'll be working this lace pattern in no time. Designer Melissa Leapman included several ingenious tips to painlessly guide you into lace knitting.

Take it from someone who’s knitted lace for about twenty-five years: if I’d started with an easy lace pattern like this one, I’d have been much happier. And to make it even easier, the Sausalito Shawl is available in a kit—you'll get the pattern and the yarn in the mail, ready to be cast on and knit into this fabulous shawl. Order your kit!
Technique Spotlight
Knitting Daily
How to Read a Lace Chart
Remember when you were first confronted with a knitting chart? I don't know about you, but I felt like I needed a Ph.D. in hieroglyphics to figure it out. What did all of those symbols mean? Where did I start? Did I work from left to right or right to left? What on Earth does that little black box that says "no stitch" mean?

Fear not, we'll teach you how lace charts work. Learn more!
Stuff We LOVE!
Knit It: Lovely Lace
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New Lace Knitting by Rosemary (Romi) Hill is a striking collection of nineteen garment and accessory designs intended to reawaken your love of traditional lace knitting by using classic stitch patterns in fresh ways.

Whether you’re creating shawls, cardigans, pullovers, or wraps, these projects show you the incredible versatility of lace: how stitch patterns change in different weights of yarn, how you can use that stitch pattern sparingly or for your whole project, and how little knitterly details make a lace project truly elegant, whether it is for every day or special occasion.

Get your copy of New Lace Knitting today!

    CrustShawl

A quick-to-knit shawl that can be worn in many seasons, the Crustacean Shawl is the perfect summer knitting project! Worked in a series of triangles, you can take the Crustacean Shawl with you wherever you go; just pack up the section you're working on, and you're off!

Amy Keefer's Crustacean Shawl has been a popular pattern since it debuted in Interweave Knits Summer 2014, and now we've kitted it up for you and your summer summer travels. The kit includes the magazine and four balls of Filatura di Crosa Tempo yarn.

Get your Crustacean Kit now!

Video of the Week
Use dental floss to make a lifeline in your lace knitting!
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Ask Kathleen!
Lillian Irene asks: "Without knotting, what are the best ways to join in a new strand of a main color or a contrasting color?

Answer: When joining a new color, I simply drop the old one and start knitting with the new one. After a couple of stitches, I tie a tight bow to secure the two. When I weave in the ends, I cross the old color over the new color first, to lock them together, and then I weave them in opposite directions so they stay locked. If you don't cross old over new, you'll end up with a hole.

Bonus Tip: To join a new ball of yarn of the same color, I like the good old spit splice, or felted join, if you want to be more ladylike about it!

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