I recently fell in love with lace knitting, but I kept wondering if I was really a “shawl person.” I fawned over lovely traditional lace patterns, but could never find a pattern that I really wanted to wear. I could never achieve that certain je ne sais quoi drape with rectangular stoles, which just ended up bunched around my neck like a scarf....

I love knitting lace. But I don’t like the old-fashioned appearance of most lace patterns.

This is a pattern I designed early in my knitting career. The instructions are accurate, though the the pattern is simple. I may eventually design another pattern that takes advantage of the fun cobweb frill pattern.