Ah wel. If my mother-in-law can doggedly persevere through my feeble attempts at a crochet lesson (All I know is the chain stitch. And she's left handed and I'm right handed. yeesh. I did get practice at becoming ambidextrous in that lesson tho!) then I guess I could persevere through teaching myself knitting lace. We'll see. Still conundrum-ifying about it.
A friend gave me this sweater a couple of months ago, and as I was switching my winter clothes and my summer clothes in and out of closet and storage bins, I came across it. A lovely light blue cashmere with delicate lace around the neck and cuffs. There is just one problem. The moths went after it. There's a large hole in one shoulder. I'm having a conundrum because its not really something I can mend and maintain the original elegance of the piece, and cashmere is too gorgeous a fiber to not be elegant. So I'm considering ripping it all out and knitting it into something nice again. But that means ripping out the lace on the cuffs and neck, which - even though its clearly machine-made, is still beautiful. On the flip side I've wanted to be able to knit lace forever... and here is a wonderful opportunity to learn. On the flip side, I have a feeling it will take a while to master the art of lace-knitting... if I ever can.
Ah wel. If my mother-in-law can doggedly persevere through my feeble attempts at a crochet lesson (All I know is the chain stitch. And she's left handed and I'm right handed. yeesh. I did get practice at becoming ambidextrous in that lesson tho!) then I guess I could persevere through teaching myself knitting lace. We'll see. Still conundrum-ifying about it.
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