This morning I read Hunter Hammersen’s blog post on Everyday Lace, and do you know what caught my eye? Not the eloquent account of the book’s virtues. Not the pictures of the pretty projects.
It was the trim at the bottom of the purple tunic. With a biased sort of lace mesh and a sawtooth edge, it might’ve been knit as a sawtooth edging from which stitches were picked up for the body of the tunic. (Who knows? I haven’t seen the book yet.) But looking at that trim, what grabbed me was this thought: What if you used the Channel Islands cast-on, and arranged its picots under the decrease lines of a lace mesh?
I’ve long been a fan of the Channel Islands cast-on – so stretchy! such wonderful sproing! And it looks fabulous under k1, p1 rib, with the cast-on’s picots arranged under the k1 ribs.
But lace on top of a Channel Islands cast-on? It needed to be tried immediately.
Yup. I think it looks pretty sweet. I gotta file this trick away in the “use this in a design someday” category.
Tagged: lace, books, inspiration.
The stitch would look cute in an open work top with a cami underneath - I am not yet ready to give up summer !!
» Dolores Wohler
That's a great incentive to learn the Channel Islands cast-on. Happy to have you blogging again, JC.
» AnnP
I had a lovely Sunday afternoon teaching myself the Channel Island cast-on and love the results. Not hard if you already know the long-tail cast-on.
» AnnP
Congrats, Ann!
» JC