Monday 5 August 2013

Modification Monday: Modified Castanea


Original Pattern: Castanea

Knitter Extraordinaire: Theresa ( Ravelry ID)

Mods: Left out the 6 rows of garter stitch between stitch repeats for a whole new look to this shawl. Project page can be found here.

What Makes This Awesome: This modification is the result off a happy accident, as Theresa actually forgot to do the 6 rows of garter between each repeat, which gives the lace a whole new look! The result is  a beautiful lace stole, and gives all of us lace knitters a new way to look at those lace charts- what could you leave out, or repeat differently? And how would it look on a grand scale? If it turns out half as lovely as this, it would be a wonderful experiment!


9 comments:

Nat at Made in Home said...

What ana amazing lace fabric! Great colour too!

Ashley said...

What a lovely modification! And shocking that it was an accident, but that's coming from a person who is always waiting for those breaks in lace knitting.

Think that will be going in my queue. I don't think I've ever stopped and noticed this pattern before, but it's absolutely beautiful

Erin Kate said...

How beautiful! I can't believe it was an accident, what a lucky mistake !

Kathy said...

I wish my knitting accidents turned out as beautifully!

Makunka said...

It's really beautiful!

Heidi said...

Wow - that's so adorable - wish I had the patience to knit lace like that.

Christina - a Babys Smile Knits said...

wow absolutely beautiful and I LOVE the colour she chose.

Charlotte V said...

amazing!

eliza said...

oh wow! it's so stunning!