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Lightening Bolt

I made this for me

Created by: Maureen W

  • Project Details

    About

    I love Felicia Lo's patterns because they are simple to knit (basic lace) yet it gives you a dramatic effect. For me, I prefer using fingering weight for all my shawls because I want them to be practical as well as beautiful.

    One thing I'd like to say to anyone who is intimidated by lace knitting is that if you can do a few simple stitches, like yarn overs, then you can knit a lace shawl. Just place markers in between each lace repeat so you can see right away if your count is off.

    NOTE: The pattern says “work all p sts through the back loop” - this ONLY applies to the first ws row immediately following an increase row. Not for the whole shawl. My friend was intimidated by this so she just did regular p sts and it looked just fine, so that is optional.

    Pattern

    Rushing Tide Shawl

    This pattern can be found here:
    www.ravelry.com

    Yarns

    Needles & Hooks

    • Circular 4.00mm (US 6)

    Measurements

    Notes: You can adjust the size of this shawl by adding repeats at the bottom. I made the larger version by repeating the bottom lace chart twice. Blocking pulled the points out, although next time I knit this I'll add a picot at the end of each ''bolt''.

    I use a 4mm needle but I knit loosely. Using fingering you may want to go up a size if you knit tighter.

    Tags

    • Women

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Intermediate

    Status

    Complete

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