Christel-izing
A year ago, I first heard about a German lace knitting designer named Herbert Niebling and started trying to get hold of legal copies of his patterns.
This ugly-duckling octagon is a doily pattern called "Christel", from a collection of his designs calle Kunststricken Große und kleine Decken, available from Lacis.
I know - I meant to re-knit Leberblümchen, but I got sidetracked.
The thread is one of the vintage balls I showed last year, hanging in a net. 400 yards of ACE perle knitting cotton in grubby pale blue (grubby plainly visible under the Ott light).
I started this on four needles, but I don't like how some sections get squished when I knit an eight-section doily on four.
So I knit most of the dragon skin bag off of my 00 knitting needles and onto my 00 circular.
Poor dragon-skin! Every time I touch it, it seems like something happens: a dog munches it, my husband gets asked to deploy.
I'm starting to feel like I should have an exorcism or something for it.
Labels: history, lace knitting
posted by Alwen | 7:17 PM
9 Comments:
Woot! More Niebling. You must stop now, though, or I will get sidetracked into another and I do NOT have the time for a 120 round doily on quad zero needles.
No. Really.
It's looking good. Can't wait to watch it emerge.
Poor dragon-skin, indeed! Oh, don't put it through an exorcism (so medieval) - it probably just needs some good counselling?
what I think I love most about this post is that you not only have that many 00 dpns, but at least one 00 circular as well!! Love it!
Beautiful doilies! And poor Leberblumchen, hope it will be finished sometime lol:. This is knitting art, wow, I am impressed!
You dainty lace knitters are a breed apart! And you obviously need more of those insanely small needles.
I think you and Julie should have a Niebling-Off!
As someone who thinks sock-weight yarn is tiny, I am in awe of your lace-knitting prowess!
I'll pick you up a smudge stick, k? We'll say some mumbo jumbo while we burn the purifying sage and all will be well with the world!
Ooh, that new Neibling looks great -- I can't wait to see it blocked out. As for the dragon-skin, maybe smudging it with sage? Either that or go with the counselling option. So long as its head isn't spinning around, it probably doesn't need a full-fledge exorcism...
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