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[pataka]

Yay, I won 2nd prize in the Bradford Textiles Society competition! £250!

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[pippaalice]

It's really beautiful, is it hand or machine knit? Well done! :D

[pataka]

Thank you! It is machine knit, but that in no way means I was cheating! Machine knitting is a skill too; blood, sweat and tears went into it, haha! (it's lace and fairisle)

[pippaalice]

NB I wasn't suggesting machine knit is easier. I cannot even begin to comprhend how to design for one. I just wondered because it is so regular, but then my tension always goes nuts when I knit lace.

[pataka]

I know :) The lace pattern and the fairisle pattern were actually from the instruction book and the machines at college are electronic so you just type in which number pattern you want. Where designing a pattern is concerned, the right sofware definitely helps, but failing that, some squared paper will do the job too, (a square = a stitch) I haven't designed any lace patterns though, just fairisle/jacquard. I haven't hand knitted any lace either, come to think of it.
Do you just hand knit, or machine too?

[shewho]

hooray, well done! that's really pretty.

[pataka]

Thanks! x

[catbo]

cor blimey, and I'm struggling to knit a hat from a pattern...

well done you!

[pataka]

Ta! :D