I found entrelac in the last chapter of my knitting encyclopedia. I've looked at it before and been put off by the apparent complexity. But yesterday I had time to attempt it with no demands and no looming deadlines.I've been knitting face washers as Christmas gifts--I'm working on the 12 days of Christmas principle, which means I have until January 6 to complete my gift-making. At first I appreciated the simplicity of the garter stitch squares, but after making several I was well and truly over it. So it was time to try something new. I'm still using the bamboo-soy yarn and aiming at a small square, so the adventure is nicely contained. If it works out, there'll be a maverick face washer amongst the group.
Darn... this got me googling... then I found entrelac crochet and tunisian crochet...now I'm going to have to explore this. But I do papercraft and cross stitch.
ReplyDeleteNow you've got me! I don't know entrelac crochet:)
ReplyDeleteAfter finding this link with some instructions I had to give the entrelac crochet a go.
ReplyDeletehttp://mylifeinknots.blogspot.com/2007/06/entralac-in-round-afghan-tutorial.html
The results can be seen at http://peacesplace.blogspot.com/
It's quite lovely although my eyes can't see the dark pattern too well so I'll be doing this in future with lighter colours.