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Here is English Mesh Lace. Pretty colours. Nice stitch for a shawl methinks. Done on 3.5 mm needles over 25 stitches. Barbara Walker, First Treasury, page 193. And her sillouette...

This is Fleurette. Isn't she lovely? And here's a profile... This pattern is detailed on page 221 of Barbara Walker's First Treasury. This swatch has 29 stitches and I forgot how many rows and measures exactly 5 inches by 5 inches (about 13x13 cm). It was done on 3.5 mm needles. This is my favorite so far for a cardigan. It lies flat and I think I will get more for my yardage than if I used a bumpier pattern. This morning Rhiannon and I were talking about how we have to go down several needle sizes when we knit a pattern due to our loose gauge. I think I'll try going down a needle size with this yarn. Just to see.

In conversation with Ms M the other day, I raised the issue of ufo's. I reported something that I've noticed about myself. I like to get right near the end of a project and then leave it aside and do something else for a while. Later, I'll come back and finish it up. I earned myself a funny look with that. For a long time I thought this had to do with savouring a project, not wanting it to end, or liking variety or some such nonsense. Of course, it's actually nervousness about the thing not working out. Sweaters not fitting, for example. So there. Nothing more to say about that. My current distraction is swatching the seven skeins of Koigu that I purchased the other week. Here's the first... Madeira Mesh from Barbara Walker's First Treasury, page 151. 25 stitches, no. of rows uncertain. 4.25x4,25" (11x11 cm) 3.25 mm needles Don't you think it would be beautiful for a scarf or shawl? Not for a cardigan though, which is what I have in mind, although perha...