Report on the Nordic Knitting Conference

[lwood]

A few months ago, I asked who in this comm might be at the Nordic Knitting Conference in Seattle. You asked for a report, and so, at the risk of getting tacked up in knitting_snark, herein find my report on the conference, as well as my thoughts on Addi Lace needles, Malabrigo laceweight yarn, the Icelandic and Faroese shawl knitting books from Schoolhouse Press

Comments

[ex_lark_asc]

Ooh, a review of Føroysk Bindingarmynstur, thankyou! I really want to get a copy of that and knit myself a Faroese shawl at some point, they seem so practical...

[lwood]

*grin* One also has to have the intestinal fortitude to knit nine squillion garter stitches which--I can now say from experience--gets borrrrring.

I'm trying Jóhanna from the book, which is medium-large with a band of feather-and-fan lace near the bottom in ArtFibers' Carezza.

Other annoyance with this book? Yarn suggestions assume Faroese laceweight, either singles or two-ply--and are given by weight, not length. I panicked, and bought 250g of the Carezza, a laceweight two-ply--which, as a silk/alpaca/merino blend, is much lighter than the pattern's original wool

Um.

It'll be more than enough.

At least it's a lovely shade of emerald green...

-- Lorrie

[ex_lark_asc]

I don't mind garter stitch; as long as I can learn the pattern I'm knitting it in by heart, I go off into a kind of hypnotic trance. I could knit neckwarmers for giraffes in the round really well.

And I think you're not the only person who's had the yarn weight problem - the first time I came across Faroese shawls was a website of a woman who'd made one and had it turn out half the size! It still looked fantastic though...

[lwood]

I don't mind garter stitch; as long as I can learn the pattern I'm knitting it in by heart, I go off into a kind of hypnotic trance. I could knit neckwarmers for giraffes in the round really well.

*nodnod* That's what I wind up doing for, say, Harry Potter scarves, but the need to slip the markers and flip the work keeps me from quite dropping into the zone. When I can, I do, and I'm happy and humming.

I have another half of the shawl in which to achieve this more consistently--leaving me only with the nagging feeling that garter stitch is, somehow, unattractive.

Grandma, being Grandma, will love me anyway. *nod*

And I think you're not the only person who's had the yarn weight problem - the first time I came across Faroese shawls was a website of a woman who'd made one and had it turn out half the size! It still looked fantastic though...I, too, am a bit worried about size--worse, my nearest needle to hand when I started was a US 6, not 7 as recommended for pattern, and the silk content in Credezza means it won't stretch as much

[ex_lark_asc]

Grandma, being Grandma, will love me anyway. *nod*

Aren't grandmas wonderful? :-)

[lwood]

Yes!

-- Lorrie