somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
– e.e. cummings
THE LO DOWN
eyelets lend a certain daintiness to knit surfaces. compared to lace, eyelets tend to be more solid and less open — although there’s arguably little distinction between the two. like lace, eyelet fabric typically needs to be blocked to a larger size so that the openings will pop!
we think that eyelets are the perfect transitional stitch from winter to spring! it’s almost like cracking open one’s windows for the first time since winter!
THE LO-LO-DOWN
| YARN | Minkle – a laceweight yarn |
| COLOUR | Twinkle in the Fog |
| NEEDLE | US7 / 4.5 mm |
| SIZE (WxH) | 6.5 (W) x 4.5 (L)” when steam blocked |
| STS | 32 sts x 32 rows |
| LEVEL | Intermediate; easy lace |
| TYPE | Eyelet; Lace |
SWATCH CONSTRUCTION
R1 (RS): K all
R2 (WS): P all
R3: *K6, YO, K2tog, repeat from *
R4: P all
R5: K all
R6: P all
R7: K2, *(YO, K2tog, K6), repeat from * to last 6 sts, then (YO, K2tog, K4)
R8: P all
repeat rows 1-8 for the pattern. the swatch above was knit over 32 rows
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