ââHello Julieâ â and those interested in making the scarf by Brigitte Bellon,â
â I wonder why I had no problem making those prickings but for the scarf prickings I had so much trouble getting them to fit together? âBecause you must observe carefully the pattern and watch how much part of the pattern is repeated. In the case of this shawl you are making, the repeats are clearly marked with an arrow on the side, so you should not have problems at all. One arrow is on the left âand the final one on the right. But... as you can observe, one pattern does not fit with the other if you do not turn it. This is the only trick, if we can call it so. > â...â > I will try again to use only three parts instead of four. It did seem to > me that three SHOULD have worked and now you've said that you do it with > three! > > âYes, one part is the beginning and the end. And two parts are the central repeat (same repeat, same pattern). You have to change them in the bolster pillow. Once you are halfway the second pricking, the first one will be free of pins, and you must add it to the end of the one you are working on, and so on.... So I think I put in the top fringe as I start the scarf, although I don't > put it in all at the same time. The instructions say that first I work the > top left triangular region of the scarf and then I turn it and work down. > So it will be a while before every one of the top footside pins are reached > and worked. Is that what you mean by saying that I don't make the fringe > all at once? > â âLook carefully at the instructions on how to make the fringe in the book â and how to work the scarf in general. At the beginning, you âwill have to work a little piece of fringe â (the first triangleâ , where the numbers of pairs are printed â)â . âThen you must turn the pillow and work the rest of the top footside. Here you can choose to work the remaining fringe, by working the worker out of the edge pin... but I chose to work a normal footedge and add the fringe at the end with a crochet hook. Another observation: take care with the sides of the scarf: you are working the scarf in horizontal stripes (except the little triangle that serves to change direction). When you start working horizontally, you have to leave 3 pairs waiting in the border for the footside, which are not worked in the horizontal lines. Hope you manage well. I am sure once you get working, you will see that it is not complicated and a real pleasure to work. Best wishes, Antje in Spain. www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
