Knit Nation - Part 4 Lacy edgings and a snowflake in July

Ok this is the last Knit Nation post - truthfully I should have finished them all earlier but I got a horrible cold and the kids have been off school and lots of other excuses......

My final class on Sunday afternoon was Lace Edgings: Before, After and During with Franklin Habit. I think this was my favourite class of all. We started by adding lace edges to a garter stitch rectangle using mattress stitch and herringbone stitch and then by picking up stitches on the rectangle and knitting the edging on. My sample is a bit of a mess and there are a bajillion ends but I liked the results - especially with the mattress stitch.



Then we began to knit a Stupid Little Snowflake. This was the result, it is cute but more than that - it's clever.



It's really clever. The point of knitting this is that really it's a tiny little shawl, the lace edging is knit alongside the body of the shawl. I was intrigued by the possibilities of the concept but I needed to size it up to cement it in to my mind...



This is beginning of my Stupid Little Snowflake thinks it's a scarf, I'm using some Malabrigo Lace from my stash I had intended to knit for my Mother in Law so this will be her Christmas present - Yes, I said Christmas in August. Yes, I know thats ridiculous.