Let Us Join Together

Here is another start-from-the-middle scarf, with a narrow row of hairpin lace as the start.

The colors were actually inspired by a lucky juxtaposition of yarns after a shopping trip. That is a yardstick, for size.

Here is a handy tip, shared with me by the very clever owner of The Knitting Patch. When I finished the edging the first time, I didn't know how to elegantly join the flat tube yarn, so I just hobbled it together.

Here is the trick she told me: unravel some of the yarn from the end of the tube, and use it to kitchener stitch the tubes together. How genius is that!

I thought it would be really fiddly to do, but it wasn't bad at all. For one thing, you need to keep the stitches very loose, and that helps for seeing what you are doing.

And this one looks like a cat on a surfboard.

Hairpin Shawl

So I kept after it.

I even got help.

And now it is finished.

That is the finished shawl hanging in my office. It seemed to take a long time, and while I never got bored, I was happy to have it done. And I am happy with the result!

It was fun to try out so many different techniques, and I feel like I have a good, although still basic, understanding of what hairpin lace is about, and what it can do.

Here are close-ups.

Now for some simple scarves.