Lantern Stitch Rectangular Shawl

This rectangular shawl turned out to be much wider than I expected. The rows went across the long portion of the shawl. I made sure to have plenty of stitches, since I thought the stitch would stretch down. It did not. Instead it stretched across the row.

Here is the shawl as seen from the back.

This is a closeup of the Lantern Decorative Stitch.

Hula Stitch Net Shawl - fan

This shawl went a bit fuller than I expected. Some day I'll try one without quite so many stitches. The Hula Increase Stitch increases the number of loops while also pulling some stitches close together.

This is the shawl laid out flat.

Here is the front of the shawl.

 Here is the back of the shawl.

This is a close-up of the neck edge and the first three increases sections.

Here is a close-up of the bottom edge. This edge is a variation of the Spider Decorative Stitch.

Cube Stitch Shawl - oval

This was my first attempt to create an oval shawl.  I used a bulky yarn, much thicker than I ususally use. I began by making a rectangle using the Cube Decorative Stitch. Next, along one of the long sides, I decreased the number of stitches, using a Peaks Decrease Stitch. That is the part that would go around the neck. Finally, I net the Rigging Edge around the entire shawl.

This is what the shawl looks like when it is laid out flat.

This is the shawl as seen from the front. To keep the shawl on, it may be necessary to attach two or three of the loops together with some form of button.

This is the shawl as seen from the back. The rectangle of  Cube Decorative Stitch is in the middle of the back.

This oval shawl does not like to stay on my shoulders as well as the fan-shaped shawls do.

Cube Stitch Net Shawl

I had been saving some variegated yarn I really liked. I decided to use it and make a shawl with one of my favorite stitches - the Cube Stitch. This shawl was made using several rows of the Icicle Increase Stitch, multiple rows of the Cube Decorative Stitch, and the Increase Rigging Edge with Fringe.

Here is the shawl laid out flat. The cube stitch creates several optical illusions, cubes and circles to name a couple. 

Here is the front of the shawl.

Here is the back of the shawl.

Fireworks (small)

This is one of the doilies my grandmother Esther Peterson Bott Freeman designed. She made it using two colors. This is what it looked like without the color. I think I like it better with the color on the outer rows of the doily.

If you want to know more about this doily, its size, and which stitches were used, click here.

Chariot Wheel

When I first made this doily I was trying to make another one. I made a mistake, and rather than cut off the many rows I had completed, I changed the edge to one that would work with the number of stitches I had.

If you want to know more about this doily, its size, and which stitches were used, click here.

Harvest

I wanted to see what it a doily would look like if I changed the center and edge of Pineapple.

If you want to know more about this doily, its size, and which stitches were used, click here.