Tulip-doily or -tablecloth

As I told you yesterday I started a new piece of lace.

A beautiful lace doily or tablecloth (depends on size I will be making).

And I promised to post some photos today.

I made one picture on round 35, now I am on round 42.

Here it goes:

Let me know, what you think of it...

Distracted

So, I started to knit this beautiful piece of lace yesterday...

It's a Tulip Table topper by Erich Engeln (it's leaflet No. 24, if you are interested)
Very intriguing and very very beautiful...I can imagine it already on our table...

Well, I started to knit and went straight through to round 35 and I was very happy about it...
until...
I realized that I only had 4 chart repeats instead of 8.
Somewhere in round 3-7 I made a mistake...

A MISTAKE?
IN LACE KNITTING?
ME????

O.M.G. I must have been deep in thoughts and daydreaming far too much
and got distracted along the way...

what a shame...I wanted to show you photos today!!!

I had to rip it back and am going to start again tonight *sigh*

So I will update with pix tomorrow...

Bye Bye ROE!

Liebes Rose of England Tablecloth, Dein Ende ist gekommen!

Ich mag Dich nicht mehr stricken, will Dich nicht fertigstellen und will Dich nicht mehr sehen!!!

Seit dem Bild oben bist Du schon sehr gewachsen und inzwischen schon auf den 100cm-Rundstricknadeln und eigentlich finde ich Dich noch immer wunderschön. Aber ich kann Dich einfach nicht fertigstellen, will es nicht, mag es nicht und werde es auch nicht!

Anklagend liegst Du in meinem Strickkorb, fragst mich mit Deinen bitterbösen Blicken: "Warum strickst Du mich nicht zu Ende?" Ich bekomme ein schlechtes Gewissen, wenn ich Dich sehe und dann trotzdem den nächsten Socken anschlage.

Ja, ich gebe es zu: Am Anfang war es die große Liebe, ich wolle Dich unbedingt in meinem Leben haben, Dich stricken und die Liebe pflegen und Dich am Ende liebevoll in Form spannen und danach stolz auf meinem Tisch legen.

Dann kamen diverse Sockendesigns und StiNo-Socken in mein Leben, wunderschöne weiche Wolle und tolle Färbungen.
Dagegen war Dein Material einfach zu hart, zu unbequem, zu störrisch!
Du wurdest mir zuwider und ich konnte mich nicht durchringen, an Dir weiterzustricken.
Du hast meinen Händen wehgetan und meine Seele nicht gestreichelt!

Es tut mir leid, aber ich kann Dich nicht mehr sehen und will nicht mehr die Anklage spüren, wenn ich mich mit Deinen WEICHEN Garnbrüdern hinsetze und mich einfach wohlfühle.

Deswegen sag ich Dir "Bye Bye ROE" und schenke Dich nun dem würdigen Graf Ribbel.
Bitte sei nicht böse, Dein Material behalte ich und vielleicht, ja vielleicht wirst Du irgendwann einmal wiedergeboren....

Bis dann Deine
Melly

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Just a Good bye letter to the "Rose of England" tablecloth by Marianne Kinzel before I frog it.

Valentine round /Runde 70

Just finished the second set of hearts and thought I let you see it.

Ich habe gerade das zweite Mal die Herzchen gestrickt und dachte, ich lass Euch mal sehen.

Schon weiter....

...bin ich nun mit dem Valentine-Design Extended

Runde 40:Jetzt geh ich schlafen! Gute Nacht!

ROE - Rose of England

Started this teacloth from the "Second book of Modern Laceknitting" by Marianne Kinzel today:

ROE - The Rose of England

here on row 27 or so, still at the beginning

Fuchsienblüten / Fuchsia blossoms

Another great doily designed by Herbert Niebling

Started April 12 2008

Completed April 17 2008

blocking:

This one was printed in Burda Special Strickspitzen E418 in 1996.
A great knit and lovely result!

Gloxiniaeflora-blocked

Washed, starched, blocked and drying:

Gewaschen, gestärkt, gespannt und am Trocknen:

GLOXINIAEFLORA
designed by Herbert Niebling, knitted by Melly *lol*

105 cm Durchmesser /42 inches diameter


Click on image for larger view in separate window.
Klickt auf das Bild für eine Großansicht in einem neuen Fenster.

Holey Moley...

...is the name of this little doily (well, the "NieblingLaceKnitters" called it so), apparently designed by Herbert Niebling, that I knitted as an inbetweener.
The rows of the Gloxiniaeflora are loooooooong now and quite tedious, so I had to do something else.
Started on April, 7th and finished yesterday.
But finished isn't finished without the washing and blocking, so this little bugger took me 2,5 days.
But it's kind of nice, see for yourself:

...ist der Name dieses kleinen Deckchens (es wurde von den "NieblingLaceKnitters" so genannt), es soll ein Design von Herbert Niebling sein, das ich als kleines Zwischendurch gestrickt habe.
Die Runden der Gloxiniaeflora-decke sind inzwischen so laaaaaang und auch etwas langweilig, deswegen musste ich einfach mal was anderes tun.
Angefangen habe ich am 7. April und gestern abend ist es fertig geworden. Aber da fertig nicht wirklich fertig ist ohne das Waschen und Spannen, hat mich also dieses "Dingelchen" 2 1/2 Tage gekostet.
Aber es ist irgendwie auch schön, seht selbst:

I love..../ Ich liebe....

....progress-pictures. It makes me see, what I can't see while knitting: The Knitting itself! *lol*
This time: Gloxiniaeflora round 156
(twelve more rows to go and already 1.100 stitches on the needles)

...Fortschritts-fotos. Es hilft mir das zu sehen, was ich beim Stricken nicht wirklich sehen kann:
Das Gestrick ansich! *lautlach*
Dieses Mal: Gloxiniaeflora Runde 156
(noch 12 Runden und schon 1100 Maschen auf den Nadeln)

Gloxiniaeflora-row 104

On two 100 cm needles, pinned out, so you can see it better. Only 66 more rounds!

And a little detail-view:

Auf zwei 100 cm langen Nadeln und mit Nadeln festgesteckt, damit Ihr es besser sehen könnt.
Nur noch 66 Runden!
Und eine kleine Detailansicht:

It's a square! / Es ist ein Viereck!

An Afghan-square for a group I am in!

Ein Afghan-viereck für eine Gruppe, in der ich bin!

Lyra finished!

I knitted Lyra within 11 days (and nights...*lol*).
And added one day to wash, starch and block "her". So 12 days to complete the task.

I am very happy and proud of myself.

Yes I admit it, it somehow feels as if I have finally earned the rights to call myself a lace knitter.
Although I have been knitting doilies and other lace for about 14 years now, i never just felt like I feel now since I have knitted LYRA....funny, huh?


Here are some facts:
Lyra is very addictive and so great to knit.
I was amazed, that it wasn't as hard to knit as I thought it might be.
In fact I was frightened at first and not so sure, if I could accomplish this major task.
But then I just started to knit and it got to me, I just couldn't stop....I was "hooked"!
Lyra just took over and I was knitting like a maniac = addiction!

I used Four Seasons Gründl Häkelgarn 100, that is fine crochet cotton, and
size 2 and 2,5 mm needles.
My Lyra is 40 inches in diameter.
And I also had the "squished" leaves I read so many Lyra-knitter writing about and I found out, that it must be the result of the major increase of stitches for the flower.
I wasn't so happy about it, but my Mother reminded me of this:
"You can't find symmetrical leaves in nature. Some are squished, some are squashed....that's about normal!" Truly a wise woman, my Mum is!

And I've decided:
This will definitely not be my one and only Lyra, I just got some cotton for another Lyra
the other day.

And just to complete this entry, here is a detail-shot
(just like the one Soo has got on her site...
....I just loved it, so I had to play copycat here....hope you don't mind, Soo....)

Lyra blocked

without words, I shall share my thoughts about Lyra tomorrow!

Right now...

...it's impossible to take a photo of LYRA ("she" is a family member now!), because there are too many stitches on my needles and I just can't stretch Lyra into proper shape.

But I just thought I'd keep you updated on the progress:

Row 175 - 5 more rows to go

and then the crochet bind-off........can't wait to see it finished!

(not because I am bored with it....no no no!...i love knitting it and am already planning my second Lyra...*lol*)

So within the next few day you will see Lyra finished and hopefully blocked....woohoo!

Lyra row 116

my progress yesterday: row 116 and it's still very much fun
In fact this is really addictive (just like Soo said in her comment...:-))
I love doing this and just can't understand anymore, why I was so scared of starting the gorgeous Lyra.

Lyra row 58

Cast on: Lyra

I finally cast on the Lyra by Herbert Niebling, I'm on row 35 already and so far it is great to knit.
I just can't stop! Another 145 rows to go.......ufff!

Little Flower Doily

by BadCatDesigns

This is a sweet little doily, quick to knit up and very suitable for Laceknittingnewbies.
I really loved to knit it!

Mission accomplished!

The Daffodil Design by Marianne Kinzel is a FO now.

Here it is unblocked (just went over it with the iron)
And now blocked out:
and now nicely arranged on my table:
I am happy I have finished it, although i am not so pleased about the difference in colour the two yarns had. But adding white yarn would have been worse.....lol
Still contemplating on dyeing it to a different colour.
What do you think?
Any suggestions?