Alright, so I have to tell you, knitting lace is much more difficult than I thought it would be! Not really because the techniques or stitches are new to me, but because knitting with #3 needles is difficult, especially if you are shaky! I think I need needles with a pointier tip, too. Oh, and did I tell you, all of these years I have been doing the knit stitch incorrectly?! I was reading the instructions for my stole when I came upon the instruction to "knit through the back of the loop." I thought to myself, "how is this any different than doing a knit stitch, because that's how you do it???" So I got on knittinghelp.com and learned the CORRECT way to knit a stitch, from THE FRONT of the loop! Dur! It's actually much easier to knit this way (as you all know) and could account for my snail-like knitting pace (I have been having trouble with k2tog and ssk, though).
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I've heard of many, many knitters that just do things the "wrong way" until someone tells them differently. My best friends mom makes the craziest backward purl I've ever seen! I pointed out to her that it wasn't the correct way- her response? If I start doing it right now, wont it make the rest of the hat look wrong? It looks right now- why change and make it look weird?
Good luck with your lace- it get easier to manipulate the stitches, especially with some pointier needles! Take care!
Hang in there! I too ran into a few snags through the start of my project but I'm starting to feel a rhythm now and I'm way excited at how quickly the length of my little scarf is growing with all those holes :)
But knitting is a little like hitting a golf ball--as long as you always do it the same way it'll work for you. However knitting from the front is definitely easier!! Funny!
I can relate to what you said about doing the knit stitch incorrectly ... after I learned to purl I thought I was a master knitter, then I found out I'd been doing it wrong and was quite humbled.
I find lace difficult, too, although I'm enjoying my KAL project. It helps to use Addi needles-- they are smooth and pointy and heavenly. My biggest challenge is staying focused on rows with a large number of stitches. I start daydreaming and mess up the pattern. That happened tonight, and after I ripped the row twice I decided it was time to put it away.
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