Lyrata
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June 1, 2019

Lyrata

Tester project info
Lyrata by Nim Teasdale
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
Vivid Fiber Arts Lux Tencel Base
none left in stash
1.23 skeins = 852.4 yards (779.4 meters), 184 grams
Blue-green
Vivid Fiber Arts
Notes

780m (850y) Vivid Fiber Art Lux, on 3.25mm (US size 4) needles and measures 150x65cm (60x26in) after blocking.

A flowing knit/purl lace in the Radiata shape.

This used a 150g skein, + 1 and a bit mini skeins. However, it would be easy to use more or less by either working more or less wedges, and there are some extra rows in the chart if you prefer more edging (24 rows, if you work the full amount).

Also there are 3 sections that can either be repeated or omitted, so it’s something of a choose-your-own-adventure design.

Silly photoshoot bc it was cold and windy and I was dancing a jig to keep warm and distract myself from a head cold. The tarps are covering a construction site that has been rained on mercilessly, but it turns out they make a surprisingly good background thanks to J the Indomitable.

153.5g start, 
120g end r68, 
end r84=104g,
end r90=97.6, 
end r94=92.3, 
r100=84g. 
End r108=73.16 
(end r107=74.7) 
end r114=64.37, 
end r118=58.7, 
end r122=53
End r128=44.14
End r132=37.3
End r134=33.76
End 140=22.9
End r148=8.36 (3.78 used)
End r150=4.58/104.72 (273 rem/185 used)
End r162 = 89.6
End r166 =82.3
End r170=74.6
End r171=72.8 &68.64 end BO. 192 used.


This is part of a support email, which I’ll paste here in case it’s usful to anyone else.

I wouldn’t call this a beginner’s pattern, but none of the stitches are too complicated in themselves. You might surprise yourself once you get going. The early rows have most of the tricky stuff, so if you get past row 15, you should be fine.

For the k,p,k,p into 2 stitches, you insert your right/receiving needle into 2 stitches at the same time, as you would for a k2tog, and then knit into this double stitch, then bring the needle to the back and purl into the same 2 stitches together, and repeat. I haven’t found th act stitch on YouTube, but this clip shows how you can knit-purl-knit into a single stitch, and the principle is the same, except you add an extra purl at the end, and your needle goes into both stitches as if they were a single stitch. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr4lbRaj84 (Skip to 2 mins in, if you’re in a hurry.)

The instruction for row 2 and all the wrong side rows means that you purl everything, except the stitches that were worked as purl in the right side, which should be knit. So if a stitch was knit on the front, it’s purled on the back, and if was purled on the front, it will be knit on the back. This gives you a mostly stockinette fabrics, with those little diamonds of reverse stockinette. To do this you’ll want to get used to reading your knitting, as in watching what’s on your needles and recognising whether a stitch has a purl bump or is stockinette. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vFwU5IWHltw
From row 11, there’s a section of ribbing, alternating k and p stitches, which will give you a chance to practice identifying the stitches.

For the m5 stitches, you’re making 5 stitches in one stitch by knittting, making a yarnover, knitting again into the he same stitch, making another yarnofer, and knitting a third time. This shows it - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBaXGUnmtOg

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by Vivid Fiber Arts
Fingering
100% Tencel
693 yards / 150 grams

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  • Project created: May 17, 2019
  • Finished: July 26, 2019
  • Updated: August 1, 2019
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