Dr. Julia Riede

Shetland Lace Knitting

What is true for the Shetland lace knitting tradition is true for other European lace traditions based on wool: Much

Orenburg lace shawls are usually square shawls worked on garter stitch ground. Essentially all their lace stitch patterns are based

Are you tired of frogging several whole rows only because you made one single knitting mistake a few rows ago?

Welcome to day four of Shawl Design for Beginners! We all love to use different knitting stitch patterns in our

Are you one of the knitters who use row counters when working lace stitch patterns? I have to admit row

What are knitting symbols, what are knitting charts, how are they used and how are knitting charts being read? This

Basic knitted fabrics are so fundamental that some types have been adopted as part of the language of knitting, similar

Learning a foreign language means starting with studying basic words and progress by combining them into phrases and then into

Lace knitting has always been one of those types of knitting that gives me a little chill. Let me assure

For most people, lace knitting has always been one of those types of knitting that gives them a little chill.