I helped a machine knitter to convert this Estonian lace pattern from written instruction of a hand knitting pattern. I charted out the stitch pattern to apply it for machine knitting. Since I’ve already have it ready, I decided to use this stitch pattern to machine knit this stole for a dear friend.

To learn how the stich patterns were formed, I used hand-manipulated techniques for all the lace patterns on this stole.

This stitch pattern is similar to the #612 stitch on the Brother Punch Card Vol. 5 Pattern book. The 612 pattern is smaller and only has 4 eyelets. Whereas, the lace stitch pattern used for this stole has 9 eyelets. This resulted in a much larger pattern and gave more definition to the lace for this stole.

The Brother Punch Card Vol. 5 pattern book is available for free download at: http://www.aboutknittingmachines.com/BrotherFreeManuals.php (scroll down to almost the end of the page)

In lace knitting, one doesn’t need to use the same tension that was given by the yarn unless, the knitter is following a pattern to the Tee. By changing the tension, it changes the look and feel of the garment. With a 2-ply yarn, I actually used tension 8 on my Brother standard gauge knitting machine for this stole. The stole draped softly and the lace looked more delicate. Yet, the lace definition was still visible.