Bits of Lace 2012
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Knitted lace edgings are a beautiful addition to garments, linens, and accessories. Because these trims are typically done on just a few stitches, each project takes just a small amount of materials and time.

Index of Bit-sized Tutorials, Tips & Techniques

• Knitted Lace Edgings: a working definition and basic characteristics
• Simple Cast On :: a time and place for simplicity
• Choosing Yarn / Thread for a Lace Edging
• Yarn Over at Beginning of Row
• 3 points about knitting needles to make lace edging
• Curved edge bind off
• You know more than you realize
• Distinctive and Decorative – the Double Yarn Over
• Substituting a single yarn over for a double yarn over eyelet
• Nuances of the half-hitch simple cast on
• The Heritage of White Lace
• Striving for Perfect Results - Part 1
• Striving for Perfect Results - Part 2
• Playing around with variations of the double yarn over
• Lace Edging Building Blocks - The Heading
• How You Slip Does Matter - The Chain Stitch Selvedge
• Communicating Lace Pattern Instructions
• Basics of Knitting Symbol Charts
• Charting the chain stitch selvedge
• The "No Stitch"
• Q&A re. Chain Stitch Selvedge
• Keeping Your Place in a Chart
• 2 different styles of charting the same lace stitch edging
• Reading and Keeping Your Place in Lace Charts – Redux
• The Best Charting Style Is ... ?
• Picot Loops for Easy Picking Up and Elasticity
• Easy Knitting with Beads: Preparation
• Easy Knitting with Beads: Slip/sliding a bead into place
• Q&A: What weight yarn with which bead size?
• Lace Knitting vs. Knitted Lace
• Wrong Side Decreases in Knitted Lace
• SSP (Slip Slip Purl) Technique
• The Shape of Things to Come
• How you slip does matter
• Starting the Lace Doily Edging: Provisional Cast On
• 5 Tips for Selecting a Perfect Waste Thread
• Crochet Provisional Cast On - Method 2
• Stockinette Lace Edging
• How long is long enough? measure-as-you-go easy method
• Tips for Releasing the Temporary Crochet Chain of a Provisional Cast On
• Grafting an Invisible Join
• Attaching your knitted edging to woven fabric
• Designing with Elements of Lace Edging Patterns
• Uses for Little Lacy Leaf Medallions
• More Ideas for Using Elements of Lace Edgings in New Ways
• Turning a Lace Edging into a Leaf
• Picot Loops Lace Cast On
• 10 Reasons for Ribbons
• Ribboned Knitted Ribbon
• Distinctively Shaped Faroese Shawls
• Top Down Faroese Shawl: Starting at Neck Band
• Top Down Faroese Shawl: The Body of the Shawl
• Attach-as-you-knit Method for Lace Edging as a Bind Off
• Keeping Track of Which Edging Row You Are On