In this post I spoke of my new passion: making lace! It's a really fun craft where some linen threads are transformed into beautiful lace. There's been so many things I want to do lately; I want to work out, sew, knit, blog, take pictures, bake, and yet every late morning before work (my most creative hours of the day) I've somehow found myself sitting by my lace pillow. It could be because the sun is finally a regular guest in the sky again, efter an eternity of grayness. The light is as you can see above, a little cold, but clear and beautiful. So I make myself a cup of tea, look out the window and let the lace weaving and light absorb me. Wonderful!
In my lace class, we start with nine practice laces (making about 10 cm or 4 1/2 inches of each), they hold the basics and teaches you how to read a pattern. The ones above are the first two.
A variation of the first lace, plus my current favorite for now: lace #3, wood anemone (vitsippa).
And where I'm now, in the middle of lace 4, "braid lace" (Flätspets). I haven't really gotten the hang of the braids when done to the left, so don't look too close =) Hopefully you'll see some of the lace, even with the needles still in (the needles aren't so close to each other in this lace, so it should work).
All for now!
Love, Erika
(P.S. Sorry if the mixing of languages is a bit confusing. It's just that some things I want to write in Swedish as well, it's about the forming of the words. But I promise that everything gets said in English as well! And sometimes only in English... =) )
5 comments:
Guuuud så läckert. Älskar den du håller på med just nu, ser super svår ut. Jag vill osså lära mig knyppla, verkar vara så häftigt.
Vad har du för planer på vad du ska använda dem till?
Åh, det blir ju hur snyggt som helst! Liksom Cathla så undrar även jag om du har nåt speciellt du tänkt använda dom till?
this is beautiful!!
Tackar så mycket, Cathla och Kitten! Jag har såklart högtflygande planer på att sy underklänningar som jag kantar med spets både uppe och nere, för att inte tala om klänningsdekorationer... Lite mer realistiskt och närmre i tiden: just övningsspetsarna ska jag sätta upp i en ram (lite en knypplingstradition) men till sommaren så är jag sugen på att göra små linnekuddar med spets på. Tanken är sen att fylla dem med torkad lavendel och lägga bland underkläderna.
Thank you, Clare! And welcome to my little spot of vintage, dancing and crafts =)
De ser jättefina ut, speciellt den sista :)
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