Oh, darn. It’s the end of our week with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace yarn. I’ve had SUCH a good time, I’m sorry to see it come to an end. Flax Lace is a lovely linen yarn, perfect for beautiful summer shawls and stoles. We’ve expanded on this use by giving …
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Our week with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace yarn continues today with how to select a finished size for a stole. We began the week talking about the features of linen yarn and the design possibilities of Flax Lace. Then, we had a swatching day, followed by a treatise about blocking. …
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One of the most effective ways to enhance lace knitting (or knitted lace) is to block it. This week, we’re working with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace yarn. Yesterday, we made two tension swatches – I started with one on size 6 US [4mm] needles, and wasn’t happy with it, so …
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Yesterday, we explored the various qualities of linen yarns in celebration of our week with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace yarn. Today, we get busy with our needles to make a gauge swatch for upcoming projects that will double as a lacy handkerchief (a perfect “something blue” when made in either …
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Summer is coming! Time to knit with those lovely, light, plant fibers! This week we get to play with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace, a lovely complement to Flax, Fibra Natura’s double knitting weight 100% pure linen yarn. Flax Lace comes in 11 of the 26 colors available in Flax; taupe; …