Month: July 2024

Fiberchats host Irina Shaar has released her first pattern Sweet Surrender Wrap. (available on Ravelry) 

If you click on the link you will be transported to her Youtube channel . If you click on her name you can follow her on Instagram.

“Fiberchats on YouTube is a welcoming space for all fiber enthusiasts, where you can watch informal interviews with fiber artists from different parts of the world or learn some knitting tips and tricks.” 

Irina says this is a good pattern to learn lace knitting. You know I’ve been knitting for decades but haven’t knit lace yet.

So here’s the plan. I’m going to learn to knit lace by making this gorgeous lacy wrap and it will be my first lace knitting project .  Today I went to McWalker Yarns in Millville PA and purchased the yarn with the help of shop owner Amy McCall .  In fact, I am about to cast on the Juniper Moon Findley yarn Curacao Colorway and the mohair is Kidsilk Haze Bill Colorway by Rowan. Let’s see how I fare with this challenge.  I’ve been following Knitphen knitting his Sweet Surrender Wrap in the UK and I thought I could do the same here in Pittsburgh.  

About the Sweet Surrender Wrap pattern “This simple and elegant wrap combines two yarns: lace weight merino and kid silk mohair. You can use the same color or two contrasting colors. The wrap can be worn with jeans or an evening gown. 
The pattern would be perfect if you want to learn knitting lace. The pattern has both charted and written instructions. 
It has been professionally tech edited and tested.”  Irina Shaa

Tuesday am update:

*Cast on.

*Established on the needles.

*Knit fourteen rows.

*Stay tuned.

Definitely have to pay attention where you are in the pattern which hopefully will become easier in time. And yes it’s charted and written out instructions, just as she says .