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Sandy Terp
4828 Huckleberry Road, Orefield, PA 18069 (484) 350-3022
MOONRISELaceKnitting@rcn.com

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E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Schedule I will be on a trip to NH and ME the end of March and into April. If you are in this part of the country and would like to take one of these classes, you could E-mail as indicated: March 28 & 29 Halcyon Yarn in Bath ME denice@halcyonyarn.com On Saturday "The Formation of Lace Stitches" and on Sun. "Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Techniques" Check out the MOONRISE website for DVD's on both these subjects. April 4 & 5 Yarn & Fiber in NH Yarnandfiber@gmail.com "Following the Japanese Lace Knitting Charts" This tremendously popular class is for advanced knitters. April 6 & 7 Mountain View Guild on the border of NH & ME knitski@myfairpoint.net Mon morning is a lecture class. Monday afternoon and all day Tues is an expanded "Formation of Lace Stitches" Then the beginning of May I will be in Rochester NY at the Rochester Knitting Guild jhoffman@rpa.net Saturday starts with a lecture class followed by "Making Sense Out of Lace Charts, Sun will be German/Japanese Lace Patterns in the Round, and Monday, "How an Edging Turns a Corner" Moontide on Cape Cod is the 6th to the 13th E-mail me to see if there are any openings--as of now I have two places.

NEW WORKSHOP FOR SEPT Estonian Lace! at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA Sept 12 & 13 maybe again Sept 26 & 27 A weekend of fun & learning - - good knitting, good food and good friends!

Estonian Lace will be held over the weekend at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia (cats in residence). There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

The cost is $90. Yarn for class work is included. The book is recommended, but not required for class work. You will have the opportunity to start a project. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby.

To register send an E-mail with any questions you may have, followed by a $25 non-refundable deposit. This is probably a good time to talk about a marvelous book, "Knitted Lace of Estonia", by Nancy Bush. It is full of unusual stitch patterns and "must make" shawls and scarfs. Moonrise price is $22. And, we are offering $2 off per skein of GENTLE by The Yarn Place. The following patterns in this book use this weight of yarn: 1 ball Page 79 (dusty pink shown), 73, 83, 41. On page 97 1/2 ball, On page 115 and on the cover, 2 balls. This sale price on the book and yarn is in effect through Sept. Currently in stock I have dark red, white, dusty pink, teal, and lavendar.

NEW KIT

Well, sort of. Springtime Flowers is a remake of Blizzard of Snowflakes. For this kit you get the same three patterns done in interchangable sections--3 starts, 3 middles, and three points. This makes a possible 27 flowers before even talking about colors. BUT THE BEST PART IS THAT THE FIRST THREE ARE STARTED FOR YOU. 1 in white, 1 in pink and 1 in yellow. Put the stitches on the needles, chose your middle color and your middle pattern. Then you may, if you choose, do the points in green. There you go! You are a designer! There is enough #10 cotton thread in assorted colors to make 6-8 flowers--each one unique. $18

FEATURED BOOKS

Knitted Lace (Kunst-stricken) by Marie Niedner & Gussi von Reden. . .$20 Knitted Lace II (Kunst-Stricken II) by M. Niedner & G. vonReden. . . . .$26 These books are in German with charts and some editing by Lacis. Old patterns for some pretty advanced lace. This month only--take both for $40

Margaret Stove's book, Creating Original Hand-Knitted Lace is a classic. Anyone going beyond "beginner" must have this one in their library. I don't know of a more inspiration book. Special this month $25.

I love the patterns and the charts in this little book by Hazel Carter. Get a real taste of Shetland knitting in an inexpensive book. Only $14

NEW STITCH

Or, I should say, new to me. It is in The Art of Knitting 1892, reprinted from The Butterick Publishing Co. The book contains an error. Once corrected I tried muliple variations. What I like about it is that it is a lace ground done on only one stitch. So you can add it anywhere without worry about fitting the whole thing in. It does take two rows tho.

Any number of sts.

First row OO, K1

Second row K1, in the OO work P1, K1, Now pass the first 2 of these worked sts over and off the last one worked.

Bottom section as given. Middle I changed the decrease to slip 1, K2tog, PSSO. Then I changed the increase to KPK in each st on the first row. It is great fun to just sit down and play with patterns. I learn so much about how the stitches shape themselves.

HINTS FOR FINE LACE KNITTING

1. Keep a hat pin or very fine crochet hook handy. You can't be jumping up for a catch tool when an emergency happens.

2. Starting round knitting can be frustrating. Here are two hints--Put the sts in the middle of any non-working-at-the-moment needles and hold on to that middle with your thumb and index figure of the left hand.

3. Use thin yarn, even sewing thread, for your markers. And don't go overboard with them--learn to look up and down at your knitting to keep your place.

4. There is no need to have the start of the round at the beginning of a needle. To avoid a ladder move that start around. Very fine threads will tend to form ladders in the begining 20 or so rounds. I like to change the start and end of the needles every other round. This way "It will all block out" as my friend Jocelyn says.

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

NEW Short needles in the following materials & sizes: Aluminum, 4", 5 to a set, Size 0, 1, 2, 3. Bamboo, 6", 5 to a set, size 0, 1, 2. If these are what you are looking for, now is your chance. $12 a set.

SHETLAND LACE by Gladys Amedro. Revised with many color pictures. This was a classic that I thought was gone. Even though Gladys has passed on, her work continues, hopefully for many years. The instructions are different but very easy to follow once you get into it. This one's a keeper! $40, $5 shipping if ordered alone.

KNITTED LACE IN WHITE by Sonja Esbensen. Another wonderful lace knitter and designer who has passed on. I love Sonja's first two books and so I am delighted to offer you this third one. It is in English with row by row directions, although she does use symbols. I cannot think of a better book for the beginner who is ready to try something a little bit more advanced. The pictures of the stitches couldn't be clearer and the designs are not your usual, see- them-everywhere, patterns. $40 with $5 shipping.

The Many Hearts workshop to be held at Moonrise has 2 openings left! See the website for all the details www.moonriselaceknitting.com But don't hesitate if you are interested. It will be held on the 7 & 8th of Feb.

Another deadline, fast approaching, is the registration for Moontide. I still have 2 openings for that. Again, see the website for all the information. E-mail me immediately if you are interested in a week-long knitting retreat on Cape Cod in June.

#2 "Short Row Heart"

Double eyelets form the lace for this heart. E = OO flanked by decreases slanting towards the OO. This uses 4 sts and leaves 4. So 3E would use and leave 12 sts. In the next row, work the OO by knitting the first loop and purling the second loop.

The top of this heart is formed with short rows, worked on the first 20 rows, one shoulder at a time. Then the diamond shape is decreased at the sides to a point. I tried it the other way, but did not like the shape as much. The double eyelets are worked off K and P in the two loops. The number of sts left on the needle when you turn is in ( )'s. If there is no @ symbol you work to the end of the row and the number in ( )'s is the number of sts on the needle. In this pattern, all rows are read from left to right. @ = turn / = K2tog \ = SSK E = / OO \ bar inc = K into the front and back of a st.

/I\ = centered double decrease (slip 2 tog as to K, K1, pass the 2 slipped sts, tog, over and off)

Cast on 21

1. K 34. K

2. 7 @ (14) first shoulder starts on the 7. 35. / 6 \ (8)

3. 4 @ (3) 36. 2 E 2

4. 5 @ (13) 37. / 4 \ (6)

5. 6 @ (2) 38. K

6. 1 E 2 @ (12) 39. / 2 \ (4)

7. 8 @ (1) 40. 1 / 1 (3)

8. 9 @ (11) 41. /|\

9. 10

10. 18 @ (3) Now you will work the other shoulder, (4 from the 18 & the 3 make 7 sts)

11. 4 @ (14)

12. 5 @ (2)

13. 6 @ (13)

14. 1 E 2 @ (1)

15. 8 @ (12)

16. 9

17. 10 @ (11)

18. 10 end of turning rows

19. 10 bar inc. 10 (22)

20. K Here you start to work straight down.

21. K

22. K

23. / 18 \ (20)

24. 4 3E 4

25. / 16 \ (18)

26. K

27. / 14 \ (16)

28. K

29. / 12 \ (14)

30. 3 2E 3

31. / 10 \ (12)

32. K

33. / 8 \ (10)

34. K

35. / 6 \ (8)

36. 2 E 2

37. / 4 \ (6)

38. K

39. / 2 \ (4)

40. 1 / 1 (3)

41. /I\ (1)

Happy Valentine's day! Have fun knitting!

Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

FREE SNOWFLAKE PATTERN

I used a size 10 crochet cotton and a set of 4 double pointed needles in size 2. The beginning can be any starting cast-on you like. I prefer the one I call "perfect". Lesley Ewing took a video of this at a recent class. You can see it at this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJwxEt0aog Notes & Symbols There are 6 sections, 2 on each needle. Each section starts with 1 st. In the following pattern I show only one section. Read the chart from the bottom. At the end of the start you will have 8 sts in each section. After the middle there will be 17 sts in each section. The last section forms the points. All even rounds are plain K. The st count for each section is given (#) at the end of each round. The snowflake is finished with a crocheted loop edge. Put your hook thru the first st. Chain 5, put the indicated number of sts on your hook and pull thru all. Continue in this way with a chain 5 between, all the way around. See that the top of the points are symmetrical and centered. Fudge if necessary. No one is going to count sts. When you come all the way around slip and join to the beginning st of the first chain. Stiffen with sugar water or other fabric stiffener and block on plastic covered cardboard, pullin out each loop. SYMBOLS O = yarnover # = knit the number indicated / = K2tog \ = SSK V = K & P into one st ^ = double centered decrease

( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) H (31) 1 / 7 O 3 O 3 O 3 O 7 \ 1 33. (29) 1 / 3 O 3 O 3 O 1 O 3 O 3 O 3 \ 1 31. (25) 1 ^ 1 O 1 O 3 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 3 O 1 O 1 ^ 1 29. (21) 1 O ^ O 1 O 3 O 1 O 3 O 1 O ^ O 1 27.

The middle has vertical stripes. The eye sees O's alternating with solid sts. (17) 8 O 8 25. (16) 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 23. (16) 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 21. (16) 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 1 O ^ O 19. (16) 5 O ^ O 5 O ^ O 17. (16) 1 O 1 O O ^ O 1 O 1 O 1 O ^ O 15. (12) 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 13. (12) 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 11. (12) 3 O 1 O 3 O 1 O 9.

(8) 2 V V 2 7. (6) V 2 V 5. (4) V V 3. (2) V 1.

BLIZZARD OF SNOWFLAKES KIT Interchangeable patterns for 3 snowflakes with 3 sections each. This gives you 27 different snowflakes. The kit provides the "starts" for three snowflakes. The starts are on threads so the hard part of starting medallions is done for you. Just slide the stitches onto your needles and finish the first three snowflakes. The kit includes lots of cotton thread so you can go on to make more, choosing the sections so each is unique. Kit is $18.

IDEA In the picture you can see a mini wreath. This is just an edging pattern with an eyelet edge, threaded onto a binder ring. Do the threading before stiffening--this is the voice of experience speaking!

REPRINT OF AN OLD FAVORITE The Omas book is in. If you would like it for Christmas, be sure to E-mail me right away and I will send it priority mail. I will be ordering more after Christmas, but for now, quanities are limited. The is an older book and the symbols are counter-intuitive. (For example O is a knit st!) For my old brain recharting is needed. But, that said, it is one of the very few books that give st patterns in round or back and forth knitting. There are stitch patterns in this book I have never seen elsewhere. I'm so happy it is back. In German $30

FREE COLLAR SHAWL PATTERN WITH PURCHASE OF 4 OUNCES OR MORE OF ZEPHYR WOOL/SILK This pattern is only available with this offer and, the offer is only good until Jan. 1st.

I have several copies of the Winter issue of Anna left. It contains a Neibling design as well as other-than-knitting crafts. Special for this issue.....$6. The shipping is free with any other order.

WORKSHOP

Many Hearts! February 7th & 8th at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA

A weekend of fun & learning - - good knitting, good food and good friends!

Many Hearts will be held over the weekend at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia (cats in residence). There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

We will make at least six hearts, shaped in six different ways. There are also two envelopes to hold them. The knitting is easy, but some of the shaping techniques will be new to you.

The cost of $90 includes instruction on both days, booklet, and enough cotton thread to make plenty of hearts. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby. Only a few places open--send an E-mail of your intention, followed by a $25 deposit by snail mail.

Have a wonderful holiday season. Be sure to include a celebration of the Solstice. And, as always, have fun knitting! Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

The Nancy Bush book is in and getting rave reviews! "Knitted Lace of Estonia" is full of patterns I can't wait to make. It has really different stitch patterns and a different way to do the edgings. The special price of $18 is still good. Get yours today.
Eugene Beugler has a new pattern out. It is offered by Fiber Trends. I put it here because it is called "Estonian Medallion Lace Scarf" and has a very unusual cluster stitch that has elements of Nancy Bush's nupps. It is a lovely stitch pattern and one that you will want to use in other projects. It is $6 from Moonrise with $2 shipping if ordered alone. A good companion to the Nancy Bush book.

OTHER BOOK NEWS
I am still waiting for the Omas book. If you want to be on the list for this one, E-mail me.

I do have two new portfolio books of the German patterns. Set 3 & 4 are small in size but not in content.
Each set contains two portfolios, each with a large sheet of 8 to 10 patterns. Top row is set #3 and the bottom row is set #4. They are $20 each.

Moonrise will be carrying the Anna magazines. These are quarterly and contain more than knitting. But, they have promised a Neibling in every issue! The winter issue is here. $6 and no shipping charge if included in any order.

APOLOGY
A kind customer alerted me to that fact that some of my "Three Times a Lady" patterns are missing 5 pages. These are the instructions for the carried eyelet letters and some additional theme information. If you purchased this pattern and you are missing pages after page 15, please E-mail me with your address and I will send out a new booklet that is complete.

"The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" is the subject for next year's MOONTIDE retreat.
The dates are the 6th to the 13th. The retreat is already half full. If you would like to join us, just E-mail a request. for a form. To hold your place a $300 deposit is needed. I fully expect to sell out. You can get all the details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

WORKSHOPS
Last weekend we held a two day workshop here at Moonrise. It was on the German patterns and so much fun. I may do this one again in the spring. But, here is what is coming up:

December 6 & 7 (with the following weekend as snow date) will be holiday decorations. We will do a snowflake pattern that allows a choice of three starts, three middles, and three points. Then a beaded cover for a ball and finally tiny lace stockings for the tree
or window. The price of $90 includes gourmet lunches by Ebby and thread, yarn, & beads for class work.

February 7 & 8 (with no snow date) we will make hearts in lace. This is a lesson in shaping lace as each heart is constructed differently.

Details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

HINT

I am often asked about double decreases, especially about mirror imaging them. Both the left and right slanting double decreases can be done two different ways. But that doesn't mean that you can mix them up.
For the subtle slant use K3 tog for the right slant. To match it to the left, use SSSK.
For a stronger line to the left, use the old-fashioned slip 1, K2tog, PSSO.
To match this to the right with a strong line, SSK, return the st, pass the (now) second st on the left over and off, slip this overworked st to the right.

Sometimes you want a straight up double decrease--top of a diamond for example.
Slip 2 together (as if you were going to K2tog, but just slip), K1, pass the 2 slipped sts, together, over and off.

Meg Swansen teaches an improvement on the above. Slip 2 together as above, slip the next one as to P, K the 3 together in the back just as you would to do a SSK, by putting the left needle in the front of the three sts. This is difficult to do in cotton or linen, but great for wool.
Have fun knitting!
Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com
"The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" is the subject for next year's MOONTIDE retreat.
The dates are the 6th to the 13th. The retreat is already half full. If you would like to join us, just E-mail a request. for a form. To hold your place a $300 deposit is needed. I fully expect to sell out. You can get all the details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

The next weekend workshop is Nov. 15 & 16. It is on interpreting and recharting the German patterns. We will study several patterns from the newly available German books, (below). Then work a lovely small piece from a very old magazine. Then we will discuss some of the patterns from the old book, newly reprinted by Lacis, "Omas Strickgeheimnisse", (see below). With any time remaining we will look over my extensive pile of German pattern magazines. Perhaps now is a good time to mention that Mary Frances of Lacis tells me that there will soon be two more of the German pattern books similar to the red and black.

On the subject of the German patterns, there are two new books clock full of Neibling patterns. A translation of the symbols in English is given. Each is $27. I started the one on the cover of the red book today. It's so much fun. Please let me know if you want the red or the black.

REPRINT OF A CLASSIC
Omas Strickgeheimnisse by Eichenseer, Grill and Kron is a German stitch pattern book of great interest. The symbols are different than you may be used to, but the good news is that there are only a few of them. The authors have charted the patterns in both round and back and forth. And there are 200 stitch patterns! I was so sorry to see this one go out and now Lacis is getting it back. Mid-Nov is the promised date. Let me know if you want to be on the list for this one. I believe it will sell for $30.

In Dec. the workshop will be on Holiday decorations. The date is Dec. 6 & 7 with a snow date the following weekend. This year we will do a new snowflake which you will design, a beaded cover for a ball ornament, a tiny wreath that can hold a mirror or picture or stand (hang) on its own. And then we will knit a tiny stocking in a lace pattern. Ebby will provide lunch as usual. The cost is $90. There are motels and a wonderful B&B in the area for out-of-town students. Details on the website, www.moonriselaceknitting.com.

NEW BOOK ON ORDER
Nancy Bush has written a book on the traditional lace knitting of Estonia. I have ordered 25 and expect them
any minute If you would like to be on the list to get one of the first copies, E-mail me. The price is $25.

SPECIAL OFFER
This is a pattern for a collar-shawl done with Zephyr wool/silk. It is only available here as part of this offer.
FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE
That's right--this pattern will be sent out with every order of wool/silk, 4 ounces or more, until the end of the year.
The shawl or collar (depending on how you wear it) only uses a little over 1 ounce, so you can make a few gifts. I don't have to tell you about the yarn, you know how good that is, but let me tell you about the pattern. The construction is the Three Triangle form that I have developed. The design is called "Creative Spirit" because the first pattern I chose was Barbara Abbey's "Point d'esprit". I put that in the first triangle to represent ideas, which blossom with an original adaption of a Barbara Walker pattern stitch. Finally the classic pattern in the bottom triangle shows the fruit which, in turn, creates more ideas, represented by an original edging that picks up the elements of the first pattern.

Jaggerspun's Zephyr wool/silk is half wool, half silk, and half the weight of fingering yarn. It comes in almost 60 colors. I will wind off however much you want. See the website for a color card. $5 an ounce.

FINE YARN UPDATE
Here are the colors and yarns currently in stock.
HEAVEN 4.2 oz gives you 3100 yards. TOUCH is a little thicker 2.24 oz is 820 yards. GENTLE Slightly thinner than Touch
I would guess it to be a 2/32. 85% merino wool, 10% Tencel, & 5% cashmere with 1380 yards in 100 grams.
It is 45% Tencel & 55% merino wool. Red, gray, undyed, Green Apple, & Teal White or Teal
Pink, Teal & Lavendar. $15 a skein $25 a ball
$28 a skein
GRACEFUL is 100% wool and DOLCE has quickly become
a bit thinner than Gentle. The my favorite fine yarn. It is 50% Bamboo
100 gram ball yields 1804 yards. and 50% Merino. 62.5 grams has
Summer Dusk, Deep Purple, Neutral Blue 1093 yards.
Green into Gray $15 a ball Pink, Blue, Raspberry, and not
shown, Salmon. $16 a ball
HINT
One of the German patterns I am working on calls for a "knit 9 together". Oh yeah, we can do that!!! Here are four ways--least successful to best.
1. Do three double decreases, slip the three sts back on the left needle and work a last double decrease.
2. Slip 5 sts to the right without twisting. Put your yarn down for a bit. Bind off the second st on your righthand needle by lifting it over and off. Return the passed-over st to the left. Bind off the (now) second st on your left. Pass the st back to the righthand needle. Bind off another one. Return this overworked st to the left and do it again. Knit the poor thing.
3. Slip all 9 sts to a skinny crochet hook, yarn over the hook, hold tight to the yarn, pull the fabric down to open up the sts and pull it thru. It works best to give it one good pull. Put the st on your righhand needle and put some tension on the next st. This gives a left slanting decrease. Before slipping you could turn the first st.
4. Slip all 9 sts to the righthand needle. Carefully turn your work. Push the sts on your (now) right needle away from the point and put the yarn towards you. Slip the 9 to a skinny crochet hook. Yarnover with the yarn and hold it tight with your left hand. With your right hand pull down on the fabric and pull her thru. Put it on your left needle and turn your work. If it goes bad half way, hold fabric and crochet hook still and pick up any dropped sts. I am working on #30 thread and didn't have a single unretrievable st. Actually it got to be easy and fun.

May all your knitting be fun!
Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com "The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" is the subject for next year's MOONTIDE retreat. The dates are the 6th to the 13th. Registration forms went out this morning to those who asked for them. If you would like to get a form, just E-mail with the request. If you decide to join us, a $300 deposit is needed. I fully expect to sell out. You can get all the details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

The last of the Japanese workshops has sold out. I may teach this again at Moonrise next spring. I have a workshop planned for Nov 15th and 16th on interpreting and recharting the Gerrman lace patterns. It, too, is sold tonout. If you would like to be on the waiting list for this one, just E-mail me. I will probably teach this one again, as well. It seems that many lace knitters are ready for more challenging work.

On the subject of the German patterns, there are two new books clock full of Neibling patterns. A translation of the symbols in English is given. Each is $27. I started the one on the cover of the red book today. It's so much fun. Please let me know if you want the red or the black.

NEW BOOK ON ORDER Nancy Bush has written a book on the traditional lace knitting of Estonia. I have ordered 25 and expect them the last week of Oct. If you would like to be on the list to get one of the first copies, E-mail me. It will probably be priced in the high 20's.

REPRINT OF A CLASSIC Omas Strickgeheimnisse by Eichenseer, Grill and Kron is a German stitch pattern book of great interest. The symbols are different than you may be used to, but the good news is that there are only a few of them. The authors have charted the patterns in both round and back and forth. And there are 200 stitch patterns! I was so sorry to see this one go out and now Lacis is getting it back. Date unknown. Let me know if you want to be on the list for this one. I believe it will sell for $30.

ADDI LACE NEEDLES are finally available in O ($12) and OOO ($15). I will carry the 24" and 32" lengths. $3 shipping for any amount.

Here is a new shawl shaping. I tried it out in a doll shawl size first. The inspiration was Meg Swansen's "Super Spiral" in Gathering of Lace. I opened it up, added a section, and (of course) added more lace. I'm excited about this one and want to make a full size in the wool/silk zephyr I used here.

I show Reberta May wearing the shawl in two ways. The head/shawl looks it should have been a bit larger. I have almost completed a mohair version that will be large enough to wrap either way.

Here is how it is done: Cast on 1/2 a comfortable neck measurement. (You have made a swatch, right?). You need to have a multiple of 3 plus 4 edge sts (2 each side). On the first row knit the 2 edge sts, then O, K1 all the way until 2 left for your edge sts. You will have almost doubled the sts. P the next row putting in your markers so that you have 9 sections of stitches, each with a number divisible by 3.

From now on you will start every rightside row with 2 edge sts, O, K1, O, K1, O, K1; K until 2 left in the section, K2tog. Move Marker and repeat all the way across. You have gained 3 sts on the right hand side of the section and lost 1 from the left. Don't forget your edge sts. On the return row, work your edge sts, P2tog. P to marker. Move marker, P2tog etc across. The end result of these two rows is that your shawl has moved to the right 3 sts and 2 sts have been removed from the left of every section. This is what gives you the spiral. It also gives you 9 extra sts across the row every 2 rows.

Adding the additional lace is tricky. Your pattern must use 3 sts (or perhaps 6, see below) and must be done in 2 rows. This is because you want the lace to spiral with the other lace and the stitch patterns cannot be stacked. Here are a few of the patterns that come to mind: 1. O, centered double decrease, O The return row is purl 2. K3 tog, hold on to discard loops, OO, Kthe same 3 tog. Now let the loops off. Return is purl letting the extra O off. 3. Put yarn to front, slip 1, yarn back, K2tog, PSSO, OO. The return is purl with the OO worked P & K. 4. P1, O, P1, O, P1 On the return, K1, K3tog, K1 5. Yes you can use a 6 st pattern. It will overlap by 3 sts on the next pattern row. I strongly suggest you swatch to try it out. 6. I chose to have 7 sts plain between lace so worked until there was 13 sts after the previous lace st. (7 for the plain section, 3 for the new lace pattern, K1 and 2 for the K2tog.

When the shawl is to hip length near the middle, or your desired length, think about how you want to end it. I crocheted the doll shawl and worked a simple border pattern on the mohair one. The sides with their edge sts are fine left alone.

Start your wrap at the right back shoulder, go around the back, across the front, and around again. Pin at the right shoulder. If you have more shawl than you need, start the wrap over the shoulder or even on the left. Wrap further back and wind it tighter to give you enough to go over the head. Play around with it. You will need a pin though. Moonrise has a nice selection. See the website.

Here is the row by row for the doll shawl: Cast on 31 sts (9x3 plus 4) 1. K2, (O, 1) til 2 left, K2 2. K2, P until 2 left, K2 3. K2, {(O, 1) x3, K1, K2tog} each section, K2 4. K2, {P until 2 left, P2tog} each section, K2 5.K2, {(O, 1) x3, K2, K2tog} each section, K2 even rows repeat row 4 7 and after: K2, {(O, 1) x3, K until 2 left, K2tog} each section, K2

When I had 13 sts left after the O,1's, I put in pattern 1. That row looked like this: K2, {(O, 1) x3, K7, O, centered double decrease, O, K1, K2tog. On the return row the st remaining and the st from the K2tog were purled tog., putting the new lace looking like it emerged from the decrease line.

When I again had 13 sts to knit after pattern 1, I put in pattern 2. That row looked like this K2, {(O,1) x3, K7, O, double dec., O, K7, K3tog-OO-Ksame 3tog, K1, K2tog.

Notice that each pattern st in the previous pattern row is preceeded by the new one. The lace will spiral.

I ended the doll shawl when I had 40 sts in each section. It could have been just a bit larger.

So, to design your own you will need to have a gauge swatch in the yarn and needles you like the look of. Multiply your inch st count by about 8", adjust so that you have 9 sections divisible by 3. Add your edge sts and cast on loosely. This is all you really need to know. If you have never designed a shawl before, this is a great one to get you started!

Have fun knitting! Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com
"The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" is the subject for next year's MOONTIDE retreat.
The dates are the 6th to the 13th. Registration forms will go out late in Aug. If you would like to get a form, just E-mail with the request. If you decide to join us, a $300 deposit is needed. I fully expect to sell out.

Join us for a fabulous week spent with fellow knitters in beautiful, serene Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Focus on the "The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" and enjoy a lovely beach vacation at the same time. Classroom time is mixed with free time for vacation activities and show/share/knit in the evenings. Non-knitting companions and men are welcome. We stay right by the ocean, in a group of cottages which back up to the National Seashore, the same ones we've been enjoying for years. The whole week of instruction is only $375. Lodging and events for the week is $350 for a single room or $275 each for a shared room. Or, choose to stay elsewhere and pay only $50 for events. More details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

We added another Japanese workshop WOW! Don't be left out. Aug. is full--Sept 6 & 7th has 3 openings--Oct 4 & 5th has 3, and now the new one is Nov. 8 & 9.

A weekend of fun & learning - - good knitting, good food and good friends!

JAPANESE LACE KNITTING PATTERNS INTERPRETED will be held over the weekend at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

We will work with the Japanese designs and patterns of Naoko & Kazuko Ichida. I will provide a full interpretation of their charts and together we will transfer the patterns to a Lace Short Hand Chart. This workshop is appropriate for intermediate to advanced lace knitters who are looking for something challenging and new to learn.

The cost of $90 includes instruction on both days, cotton thread, & blank lace short hand charts. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby. Only a few places open--send an E-mail of your intention, followed by a $25 deposit by snail mail.

If you don't have Naoko & Kazuko's books yet, visit my Books page to order them. It is not necessary for you to have the books to take the class.

Here is a picture of my booth at TKGA in NH. What is missing are the little doll granny square blanket and log cabin pillow top made with the Strings of Color. These are many balls of the wool/silk strung together to make 4 ounces of this wonderful yarn to play with. The strings were there--I FORGOT the models!!!

If you like this yarn as much as I do, you probably have leftovers around. Here are the patterns for these two projects.

CROCHETED GRANNY SQUARE PATTERN FOR STRINGS OF COLOR

This is the classic pattern for a Granny Square afghan. To make it in the very fine yarn of the STRINGS OF COLOR, you will need a fairly small hook. I think I used a 4, but try different ones to get the gauge you want. I used four rounds of different colors followed by black for all squares. But, remember you are the designer. Maybe you will like a different color for the last round.

I sewed my squares together with the black. I know that some patterns have you crochet them together. My doll blanket weighs 2.3 ounces and is 15" by 20", using 80 squares.

Ch5, join with sl st

R1. Ch5 (counts as 1dc and ch2) * 3dc into ring, chain2 * 3 times. 2dc into ring, sl st to 3rd of chain 5. Change color.

R2. Sl st into space under next chain of R1. Ch5 (counts as 1 dc and ch2), 3dc into same sp. *ch2, skip 3dc, (3dc, ch2, 3dc) all into next sp. Repeat from * two more times, ch2, skip 3 sts, 2dc into same sp as ch5 at beginning of round, join to the 3rd chain of your ch5. You will have the four corners that consist of (3dc, ch2, 3dc) and a chain between them on the sides. Change color.

R3. Sl st into space under next chain of R2. 5ch (counts as 1 dc and ch2), 3dc into same sp. *ch2, skip 3dc, 3dc into next sp, ch2, skip 3dc, **(3dc, ch2, 3dc) all into next sp. Repeat from * twice, and from * to ** again, 2dc into same sp as ch5 at beginning of round. Now you have your corners as before, but a group of 3dc on each side. Change color.

Continue in this way adding a group of 3dc on each side for one more round of color and then for a round of your border color. If you want your squares to be more open, increase the number of chains between groups of dc. Or, for a more closed look, decrease the chains on the side. You will still need a chain 2 on the corners, though.

KNITTED LOG CABIN PILLOW TOP STRINGS OF COLOR

I chose to do a calico-like pattern on the light color logs and a solid darker color for the other side. I did just one square–you will want four for a large pillow top your pillow top. Or work a larger single one for a 12" pillow top. I found that the patterned logs do pull in, so I suggest that you pick up 10 sts from the ends for these logs (instead of 8) and that you work 13 rows (instead of 11). I used a size 0 needle. You will also need 4 string holders, or better yet 4 DP needles with point protectors to hold sts on the sides you are not currently working on. The work is done back and forth. I found my tiny patterns in the "Mitten book" by Gottfridsson, now sadly out of print. Search thru your library for small patterns or devise your own.

Cast on 40 sts and work 50-60 rows of garter st–This center should be square.

First light log. Work 13 rows of your first light color. I did a little pattern in the darker shade of this log. Put the 40 sts on a holder.

Second light log. With right sides facing and using the same light shade and pattern color, (yarns are right there ready) pick up and knit (in pattern) 10 sts from the edge of the log just finished, 40 sts from the side of the center. Work 13 rows of this log. Cut yarns, put sts on a holder.

Third log, dark. Using the darker shade of your fist color, Pick up and knit 8 sts from the edge of the log just finished and the 40 sts from your provisional cast on. Work 11 rows and put sts on a holder.

Fourth log, dark. With same yarn, pick up and knit 8 sts from the edge just finished, 40 sts from the side of the center, and 8 sts from the edge of the first log. Work 11 rows. Put sts on holder.

Second round, first log. With new lighter shade and pattern colors if called for, pick up and knit 10 sts from the edge of log just finished, sts on first holder, 10 sts from edge of second log. Work 13 rows in pattern. I like to pick up the darker shade I will be using in the patterned logs.

Continue in this way until you decide it is the right size. The last border color can be worked in the round with 2 increases made in the corners every other round.

If you need more yarn the strings are available for $10 each, $3 shipping if ordered alone.

New Book

The title means "Art Knitting, large and small tablecloths"

I cannot say for certain but these look like Neibling to me. At least "in the style of".

The charts are the standard German symbols and seem easy enough to follow.

I count 35 patterns in the booklet. The charts are on separate pages.

$27 This one is a keeper. $4 shipping if ordered alone.

The DVD's sold well at the show. Word is starting to get around. Each DVD comes with a companion CD that gives you the option of printing out the pattern and charts. As many times as you wish. Shop owners note: you may teach from these DVD's giving each student their own pattern to take home.

The Formation of Lace Stitches & Lace Shorthand demonstrates how to form the basic stitches used in lace knitting. The student makes a lace bookmark as a sampler. Lace Shorthand is a simplified method of charting knitted lace.

Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Techniques teaches the techniques used in Russian shawls as the student makes a cotton doily.

Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Design goes over the techniques but concentrates on the placement of the motifs using a "map". The project is a large shawl called "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend".

Each DVD/CD set is specially priced until Sept 1st at $35 with $4 shipping for up to three sets.

I am in love with the Dolce yarn. It is half wool and half bamboo and very thin. I made a mini sampler scarf to show it off.
What fun to work with! This was done with a size OO needle. I was sorry when I finished it. Now I am working with it for a vest with a size 0 needle. Here are the colors I have on hand today. The Salmon in the scarf and light gray will be added when the new order comes in. I will add other colors as they become available. Only $16 a ball and you get 1093 yards. Shipping adjusted for size of order.

If you have the Lace Sampler Scarf pattern ($10) you can make this mini scarf using the guidelines below.

MINI SCARF MADE WITH DOLCE USING THE LACE SAMPLER PATTERN

Note: you will need the Lace Sampler Pattern from Moonrise to make this.

Dolce is a new yarn that Moonrise sells. It is half Merino Wool and half Bamboo.

It is very thin—62.5 grams is 1093 yards. Only $16 a ball.

Use a provisional cast on and put 45 sts on a OO size needle.

Slip the first st of every row in the Russian way—that is slip as to P then put yarn to back

between needles.

The first 2 or 3 and the last 2 or 3 sts are in garter st. Look to the pattern numbers to see

which it is for that pattern.

Work the beginning pattern as given.

Between each pattern, adjust for the number needed for the next pattern as you work the

division pattern. There is also a division pattern at the end.

It is knitters choice how many rows you want to work of each pattern. I worked 20-24.

Pattern #1 is a multiple of 9 +5 Work it on 41 sts with 2 each side in garter st. (45)

Pattern #2 is a multiple of 12 + 1. Work it on 37 with 3 sts each side in garter st. (43)

Pattern #3 is a multiple of 17 + 4. You need to work B,A,B,A,B.Work it on 38 with 2 on

each side in Garter st. (42)

Pattern #4 is a multiple of 9 + 2. It is also worked starting and ending with B. Work the

Pattern on 38 sts with 2 each side. (42)

Pattern #5 is a multiply of 9 for the set up row, leaves multiple of 8 + 1 so start with 42

And use 3 garter sts on each side. The body uses 39 sts.

Pattern #6 is a multiple of 4. Use 3 each side. (42)

Pattern #7 is a multiple of 12 +1. Use 2 each side. (41)

Pattern #8 is a multiple of 7 + 2 and uses the B, A, B, etc format. 2 on each side. (41)

Pattern #9 is a multiple of 14 + 1. Work 2 repeats with 6 on each side. (41)

Pattern #10 is a multiple of 11 + 2. Use 3 on each side (41)

Pattern #11 is a multiple of 10 + 1. Use 2 each side (45)

Pattern # 12 is a multiple of 4 + 2. Use 2 each side (42)

I crocheted off the live sts with a chain 4 and took 2 sts together for a single crochet. I then picked up the cast on sts and did the same.

The mini scarf needs strong stretching during dressing. Use many pins. My blocking board is marked in cm’s and I put the side pins every cm. The unintended result was a slight scallop on the sides. Nice.

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com MOONTIDE 2008 was a rousing success - again! We always have such a wonderful time; you should consider joining us in 2009! Dates will be June 6th through the 13th.

"The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" June 6 - 13 at Surfside in Wellfleet, Cape Cod

Join us for a fabulous week spent with fellow knitters in beautiful, serene Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Focus on the "The Finer Points of Lace Knitting" and enjoy a lovely beach vacation at the same time. Classroom time is mixed with free time for vacation activities and show/share/knit in the evenings. Non-knitting companions and men are welcome. We stay right by the ocean, in a group of cottages which back up to the National Seashore, the same ones we've been enjoying for years. The whole week of instruction is only $375. Lodging and events for the week is $350 for a single room or $275 each for a shared room. Or, choose to stay elsewhere and pay only $50. More details on the website: www.moonriselaceknitting.com Ask to be on the list to get an application--mail or E-mail in Aug.

We added another Japanese workshop WOW! Don't be left out. Aug. is full--Sept 6 & 7th has 2 openings--Oct 4 & 5th has 3, and now the new one is Nov. 8 & 9.

A weekend of fun & learning - - good knitting, good food and good friends!

JAPANESE LACE KNITTING PATTERNS INTERPRETED will be held over the weekend at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

We will work with the Japanese designs and patterns of Naoko & Kazuko Ichida. I will provide a full interpretation of their charts and together we will transfer the patterns to a Lace Short Hand Chart. This workshop is appropriate for intermediate to advanced lace knitters who are looking for something challenging and new to learn.

The cost of $90 includes instruction on both days, cotton thread, & blank lace short hand charts. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby. Only a few places open--send an E-mail of your intention, followed by a $25 deposit by snail mail.

If you don't have Naoko & Kazuko's books yet, visit my Books page to order them.

Are you going to the TKGA show in New Hampshire July 25-27? Do stop and say hello-Booth #328

I have been teaching more advanced classes and here are the two favorite patterns for those who want to go beyond the basics.

"Three Times a Lady" is done in the 3 triangle construction.

The model was done in wool/silk laceweight. Pattern only $20

Flora's Wrap is done in the same shaping. It is a lesson in the use of texture in lace knitting. This pattern is $15. Shipping is $3 for any number of patterns when ordered alone.

LESSON

The moon at the top of Flora's Wrap is a lace motif on a solid ground. Here is a mini lesson on how to accomplish this. You will need graph paper and a pencil with a good eraser. You also need a cut-out of the shape you want in card stock..

1. Pick your lace pattern and lightly pencil in the symbols to make an all-over pattern--every row, every stitch.

2. Lay your cut-out in the center and lightly trace around it.

3. Now the tricky part. You will need to clean up the edges. Leave as many yarnovers as you can. BUT you will have to compensate with a decrease for any incomplete sets. Remember, the eye sees holes, decreases tend to become part of the solid work. You may want to increase the outline just a bit in places or change a double decrease into a single one.

4. When you are happy with the motif erase the pencil marks outside the outline and use a ball point pen to firm up the chart.

5. You may reverse this process to put a solid motif in a lace background.

New New New New

This may be the perfect lace weight yarn for shawls DOLCE from Yarn Place

50% Bamboo 50% Merino Wool 62.5 gram hank has 1093 yards

This makes it considerably thinner than wool/silk, that is a nickle under it.

These are the colors I have on the way--Periwinkle, (light blue); Carnation Pink, (very light); Raspberry; Medium Salmon, (my favorite, kind of a brownish pink, like Cassis in the wool/silk) There will be more colors and if this is as popular as I think it is going to be, I will carry them all.

The best part--This fantastic yarn retails for only $16 a hank!

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

Welcome to the May 2008 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

I am preparing for the Moontide knitting retreat in Wellfleet Cape Cod, so this will be shorter than usual. Also, if you E-mail me between June 6th and the 15th, you will not get an answer until I get back. I have had a last minute cancellation. If you would be interested, go to the website and read about it. If still interested, E-mail me immediately.

JAPANESE WORKSHOPS Understanding the Lace Knitting Patterns of Naoko & Kazuko Ichida August 9th & 10th 2008 at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA September 6th & 7th at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA October 4th & 5th at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA

These will be weekend workshops here at Moonrise, (Bucks county PA). Read all about them on the website. The Aug. one is full with a waiting list. Sept has one opening. Oct has six places left at this time.

SALE SALE SALE SALE I am closing out the Nantucket Baggs. I have 2 lightweight black ones left and 3 of the heavy weight canvass ones. The lightweight ones are $25 and the heavy ones are $35. Quite a buy! And just in time for Father's day, or Grad's day.

As you can see they are very versatile. The pockets can be inside or outside. Tools or knitting, for traveling or to sit on the floor, everyone needs one of these. Regular price was $40 and $60.

NEEDLES an update on the circulars

I have restocked on the Addi Lace Needles and have sizes 1-6 in 24", 32" or 47". The price is $12 with $3 shipping for any amount. This is the best price you will find anywhere.

For the small sizes, I continue to add to my HiyaHiya selection. Here is the current list of in-stock sizes: Size 2 in 24", Size O in 11", Size O in 32", Size 3(0) in 24", Size 3(0) in 32", Size 5(0) in 24" . These are only $9 each with shipping at $3 for any amount. I continue to get rave reviews for these needles.

SHAWL PEGS

Summer evenings are the perfect time to wear shawls. And, you need shawl pegs to hold the lightweight shawls. I am offering three of the shawl pegs made my Silver Pony Designs this month at a special price--$16, $3 shipping.

The first is a peace dove. Then the nymph, symbol of creativity. And on the right, Lady Godiva, who stands for achievement. They are silver with genuine gem stones chosen for their meanings. The sticks have rounded points so they won't split your yarn. They can be used on sweaters as well.

LESSON Sometimes you don't want to make a knit-on edging and a crocheted loop edge is so b-o-r-i-n-g. Here another way. It uses a multiple of 7 sts. 1. O, K in back, O, K1, K2tog., K2tog., K1. Repeat this all the way around. 2. K working your center "K in back" K in back. This gives you a nice vertical line. 3. repeat round 1 except that you work OO instead of O. 4. K, dropping the extra loop of the OO and working your center "K in back" K in back. 5. Bind off with a really large needle. I'm not kidding. Work an inch or two and see if it stretches.

This can be done the other way as well. Cast on a multiple of 7, allowing about 1/3 more to make up for the scallop. Use a really big needle, at least 4 sizes above what you will be using. Go to the regular needle and work round 3, than 4, then 1.

I adapted this from one in my book, "Five and Dime Edgings" where it shows a ten row repeat, (the return row is purled). It is done there from the outside in, but could be done the other way. Just remember to cast on or bind off with a big needle. Rows 1 and 2 are repeated and 3 and 4 are also repeated. It finishes with two rounds/rows of stockingnet st.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Welcome to the April 2008 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
I have a new E-mail address-- moonriselaceknitting@verizon.net I will keep the old one for a while, but the amount of unwanted stuff is getting to be too much, so I tend to scan it very quickly. If you do not get a reply to an E-mail you have sent, it means I either did not get it or I deleted it by mistake. The new address does not have the garbage (yet!!!).

NEW NEW
There is a new needle in town--HiyaHiya. I got a few sizes in last month and have received the following reviews:
From Vicki, I tried the us size 1 a 2.25 mm in the 24” length. For comparison I love the new Addi lace needles for their points and slight texture making them not to slippery. This is what I compare these to.I found the HiyaHiya needles very smooth. I really liked the fact that they are 2.25. I found the cables very flexible and the connection very smooth. I was using them with a knit picks needle knitting a sock on two circs. I hardly notice when I switched between needles if I wasn’t watching. These are the needles I’d pick when speed and smoothness are preferable. When I’m using something a bit more slippery I’ll choose the addi lace needles. I would definitely try other sizes. I really liked getting a tapestry needle with the circ. I definitely want the size 0 and 00.
From Judith, I finally began working with #1 Hiya circular needles and I must say that I am very pleased. Working with a Suri Alpaca, the needle tips pick and slip the stitches effortlessly and the stitches sail over the joint without a hitch. I think I have found a circular needle that meets all my wishes. It has a fine point without stabbing and a joint the stitches flow over without any assistance.

From Rita, I really liked these needles. The join is so good. And the price is much better.

From me, Hooray!!! Good points, good join, nice and fast, huge size selection, and the price is beautiful.
Here is a size 2 Here is a 5(0) And here is the price $9 each Shipping is $3 for any amount

This is the list of what is now in stock--more to come:

Size 2 in 24" Size 0 in 11" Size 0 in 24" Size 0 in 32" Size 000 in 32" Size 5(0) in 24"

The next workshop to be held at Moonrise will be "Understanding the Lace Knitting Patterns of Naoko & Kazuko Ichida
JAPANESE LACE KNITTING PATTERNS INTERPRETED will be held on the weekend of Aug 9 & 10 and again Sept 6 & 7 at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

We will work with the Japanese designs and patterns of Naoko & Kazuko Ichida. I will provide a full interpretation of their charts and together we will transfer the patterns to a Lace Short Hand Chart. This workshop is appropriate for intermediate to advanced lace knitters who are looking for something challenging and new to learn.

The cost of $90 includes instruction on both days, cotton thread, & blank lace short hand charts. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby. Only 2 places open for August. I have 6 open for Sept.--send an E-mail of your intention, followed by a $25 deposit by snail mail.

If you don't have Naoko & Kazuko's books yet, visit my Books page to order them.

Moonrise will be at the TKGA show in Manchester NH, July 24-27. We have booth # 328. Hope to see you there!

MOTHER'S DAY GIFT

This is an edging pattern. If you look at the chart, you will see that I have divided it into sections to help you understand. Most edgings can be so divided--it makes it so much easier to read and follow, as well as change parts of it. Section A is the edge that falls to the back of the hanger. It forms loops that are used to close in the hanger. Section B is a solid group of sts that cover the back of the hanger. Section C is the top. It is a line of double eyelets. The hook goes thru one of these and the others line up on top of the hanger. Section D contains a cable done every 4th row. Section E is an eyelet. This row of holes will be used to close the cover. Then there is Section F that is the actual edging that hangs down. So cast on 32 sts with size 10 cotton and size 2 needles. Knit back. Now start at the bottom right of the chart and read to the left on odd rows and to the right on even rows. The cable is a 3-3 front cable over the center 6 sts of section D on row 3. Row 4 starts (on the left) with a "knot". Make this by knitting and purling alternately into the first st. to make a total of 6 sts. Let the tired discard loop off. Now take the second st on your right needle and lift it over and off. Now take the new second st over and off. Continue until 5 sts have been bound off.

4. knot 2 O / 1 : 2 ; P10 : 4 : P2 6 : 2

1 / O 3 : / O : 2 3-3 2 : \ OO / : 8 : / O 3.

2. 3 O / : 2 : P10 : 4 : P2 6 : 2

1 / O 3 : / O : 10 : \ OO / : 8 : / O 1.

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F 6 sts E 2 sts D 10 sts C 4 sts B 8 sts A 2 sts

Numbers without P are K. / = K2tog \ = SSK O = yarnover OO = Double O, worked as KP in next row.

When your edging reaches the length of the hanger when stretched, bind off leaving 18" of thread you will use later. Working on the hook of the hanger using a #4 crochet hook, wrap the thread around the hanger hook and pulling a loop of the thread thru to make a chain st. Push the wraps together, (I twisted them so the chain spiraled). Cut the thread and using a finishing needle, close the end over the metal. A drop of glue may help--I'll never tell. Now find the center double eyelet and slip it over the hook of the hanger. Using a length of thread in your finishing needle, close both ends of your edging over the ends of the hanger. They should need to be stretched to do this. Line up the double eyelets on top of the hanger and with the back side of the hanger facing up on your lap, use the crochet hook and the tail you left to make a chain st on the backside of the bottom of the hanger in this way. Hold the thread below the hanger and the hook above with a loop on it. Go down thru the first edge loop of section A and thru the first of the eyelet holes of section E, yarn over and pull the loop all the way thru the loop on the crochet hook. Continue in this way all across. Don't let this chain get too tight or you will run out of cover before you run out of hanger! Neaten ends and you are done.

Every time I use the Mary Frances Lace Knitting Finishing Needles I send a little mental "thank you" to her. 5 needles in a plastic tube-#20 blunt, 1 straight and 1 bent tip, #18 blunt, 1 straight and 1 bent tip, and a #20 sharp.

$8 and $2 shipping if ordered alone.

Happy Spring! and Have Fun Knitting!

Sandy

Welcome to the March 2008 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
I have a new E-mail address-- moonriselaceknitting@verizon.net I will keep the old one for a while, but the amount of unwanted stuff is getting to be too much, so I tend to scan it very quickly. If you do not get a reply to an E-mail you have sent, it means I either did not get it or I deleted it by mistake. The new address does not have the garbage (yet!!!).

Our THREE Knitted Lace Instructional Videos have been reformated and all are available on DVD's with a companion CD so you can print out the hardcopy.
The Formation of Lace Stitches and Lace Shorthand is an appropriate introduction to lace knitting for a beginner through advanced knitter. But because it also provides a detailed review of Sandy’s own method of lace charting, Lace Shorthand, it is educational for someone who has been knitting lace for years. The video is nicely mixed between explicit stitch instruction, relieved by overview segments that explain different knitted lace styles, books, needles and yarn/thread choices.

Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Techniques is appropriate for an intermediate through advanced lace knitter. Sandy analyzes what makes a shawl “Russian” and shows modifications to the Russian techniques that improve upon the original construction methods but retain the Russian style. Explicit stitch instruction is provided, relieved by overview segments that explain Russian knitted lace shawls, books, needles and yarn/thread choices appropriate to the Russian style.

Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Design is appropriate for an intermediate through advanced lace knitter. It is a follow up to the second video, but stands on its own. Students are taken through the design process of a Russian knitted lace shawl from inspiration through a completed project. Improved methods of Russian shawl construction are used rather than traditional methods. While this is a video with instruction in design, students will find it is full of practical information including explicit stitch instruction, how to chart your own lace patterns using Lace Shorthand and specific construction techniques necessary to create a Russian inspired lace shawl. Sandy demonstrates the process using her own original shawl “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and the instruction for this beautiful shawl are included.

Each video is packaged with a companion resource CD in a high quality hardshell. ISBN barcoding is provided on the packaging

Visit my Video Page to see full cover art and descriptions of content.

Each video is $39.95 with $3 shipping for any amount. In addition, until April 15th only, you may buy all three for $110 and free shipping.

The Heart workshop was such a success that I have decided to offer the hand-out as a booklet. This is the kit handout, updated and enlarged in a spiral book form. Only $8. $2 shipping if ordered alone.

These little hearts are such a joy to make--and to give.

I also want to highlight two of my scarf patterns because Summer is the perfect time to work on something small and portable.

The first is my oldest and most popular pattern--The Lace Sampler Scarf--. Now in booklet form, this pattern is the best introduction to Lace Shorthand and to lace knitting. It is taken from an old sampler and includes 12 patterns. The booklet includes instruction on the Russian method of working the edging at the same time. As a bonus, the carried eyelet stitch is taught to put your initials in it. $10 and $2 shipping if ordered alone.

Then there is Frost Diamonds Scarf. This one is a Russian shawl construction and also a sampler, containing many of the traditional stitches. I have made three of these and find them great fun to work.

$15 and $2 shipping if ordered alone.

LESSON

I find that in most of my classes the question of double decreases comes up. They can slant to the left or right with a subtle or strong slant, or be straight up with a chain or stacked look. All six of the techniques I will show you take 3 sts and leave one. The problem I see most often, even in patterns, is that the slanted ones are not mirror-imaged. So here are the proper matching methods:

Subtle to the left: SSSK Just like the SSK but with an extra slip. So, slip 1 as to K, slip the next two, one at a time, as you like (I slip as to P), put your left point into the front of all three and K them together thru the back.

Subtle to the right: K3tog.

Both the above stack the stitches. The strong slanted double decreases below put the top stitch over the other two.

Strong to the left: Slip 1, K2 tog, pass the slip st over (Psso).

Strong to the right: SSK, return the st to the left, pass the second st (now) on the left over the returned one, slip this st back to the right needle as to P.

To combine the subtle right with the strong left, as many patterns tell you to do, just doesn't match up.

Straight up double decreases:

Slip 2 together as to K. (this means to put the point of the needle into two sts as if you were going to K them together--but don't--just slip them). K the next st. Now pass the 2 slipped sts over the K one, together. You get an enlarged, straight up st with two little sts tucked under it. When this is continued vertically, a lovely chain appears.

Meg Swansen has improved on this: Slip 2 tog as to K as given above. Slip the next as to P, put your left point into the three in front and K them together in the back. This one is not easy with some yarns, but gives a better look in my opinion. The sts in this case are stacked.

So, you are the designer! Find the three sts and chose what look you want.

Top of diamonds usually look best with a straight up double decrease.

Shaping garments need to match left and right.

I like top of petals in the strong left.

For symetrical st patterns use either subtle or strong, but match them up.

Happy Spring and have fun knitting.

Sandy

Welcome to the February 2008 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Schedule
All Your Eggs . . . (in one basket)
The Shaping of Lace
March 8th & 9th 2008 at MOONRISE in Hatfield, PA
A weekend of fun & learning - - good knitting, good food and good friends!

ALL YOUR EGGS . . . (IN ONE BASKET) will be held on the weekend of Mar 8 & 9 at my home and business in Hatfield, PA - conveniently located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. There are lots of area hotels in which to stay, ask for some recommendations when you register. The class room is comfortable and beautifully furnished, the setting is peaceful, rural Pennsylvania. There are plenty of area activities for a significant other to enjoy while you are in class.

We will make the "Eggs to Make Any Bunny Proud" kit which includes three different designs for lace covers over plastic eggs and a lace bowl to put them in. This workshop is appropriate for intermediate to advanced knitters who are just starting with lace knitting or for lace knitters from beginner to advanced. (The knitting is fairly easy but I am sure you will learn something about how to shape lace even if you have been a lace knitter for years.)

The cost of $90 includes instruction on both days, cotton thread, plastic eggs and booklet. Also included: morning and afternoon snacks and wonderful gourmet lunches done by Ebby. Only a few places open--send an E-mail of your intention, followed by a $25 deposit by snail mail.

MOONTIDE

I have just one room left for this week-long workshop on Cape Cod. It is a twin bed room available for one or two. See the website for all the details, but don't delay!

2 FOR A SPECIAL PRICE SALE

These books by Sonja Esbensen and Anna Rasmussen are not the usual, see it everywhere, doilies. They are more advanced and truly original with some shaping and textures I have not seen elsewhere. The first is in English the second in Danish. Both are charted. Having the first translated makes it easier to work through any confusion you might find in the second. Regular discounted price is $26 each--This month only, get both for $45.

More "Knitted Lace", these, by Marie Niedner and Gussi von Reden, are in German. Jules and Kaethe Kliot did the editing for these. You will find several pages of English translation and explanation of the symbols. The patterns go back to 1921. Not for the novice. Regular price $20 & $26. This month only, get both for $42.

New Colors for Gentle and Heaven and Graceful

Gentle is 95% Merino and 5% Cashmere. Currently in stock in Teal and Old English Rose and purple. 100 gram ball has 1806 yards! Only $20 a ball. Graceful is 100% wool and also has 1806 in its 100 gram ball. It is variegated in a subtle way. Currently in stock in deep purple, penny candy (green/brown/tad of pink), or a varigated purple. $20 a ball. Heaven is 45% Tencel and 55% Merino. It comes in 120 gram skeins. Currently in stock in Magical Magenta, Baby Blue and Iced Lavender. Also, not pictured, a beautiful dark blue.There are 3000 yards in the skein! $28 a skein.

I have Gentle in white and Heaven in Rose. In addition I have two loden greens--my "Magickal Earth" shawl that is in "Gathering of Lace" was done in loden green and a very thin yarn. (The editors did some magic of their own and made it appear silver, but I think loden green is more appropriate). Now that I carry the yarns from The Yarn Place, I can offer a thin yarns in the right color. That is Graceful on the right--it is slightly varigated, yellow green. You may need two balls of this. Heaven is on the left. It has touches of gold in a dark loden--gorgeous!

If you decide to make this shawl, the directions are in the book. $30 Do E-mail and ask for free instructions for the carried eyelet stitch.

NEEDLES Exciting news markers

Addi Lace Needles now in size OO in all lengths. This is the perfect size for the new thin yarns detailed above. $12 each in 24", 32" or 47". I don't have to tell you how wonderful these are.

But, you need double points in the same size. And Moonrise has them, too. Five to a set, stainless steel, 8" long. $10 a set.

Finishing Needles by Mary Frances of Lacis. Packaged in a tube that goes right into your knitting bag, you get #20 blunt straight, a #20 blunt bent tip, a #18 blunt straight, a #18 blunt bent tip and a #20 straight sharp. How great is that! All for $8, $1 shipping if ordered alone.

Markers by "Bitsy Knits" I love these--tiny loops made of silverplated wire with tiny glass beads on six of them. There are two fresh-water pearl markers for starting markers. I have them in blue and white, gold and clear, dark red and light pink. They will fit size 4 needles. $10 a set. $1 shipping if ordered alone. The packaging is beautiful--these would make a nice gift.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR A DISH COVER

Here is a gift I received years ago. I have made many since then and given them away. So easy. Search the dollar stores for fairly flat glass or clear plastic dishes. Find a medallion pattern that will be about the right size. It is better that it be a little small--you can always fill in with several rounds of yarnover, K2 tog. If your dish is deep you may need to modify the pattern to reduce the amount of increases after the flat bottom, but for pie dish shapes, that is not necessary. Crochet the stitches off by ( working 2 or 3 sts together in a single crochet, then chaining 5), all the way around. Make a long chained tie. String it through the loops. Wet the piece and stretch over the dish. Put the tie tight and tie in a small bow.

Makes a great candy dish, dresser catchall, housewarming gift, holder for decorations such as Christmas ornaments or eggs. And so satisfying to make--couple of hours, couple of dollars and you have something very special.

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

SCHEDULE Still have some places left for the Hearts workshop on the weekend of Jan 26 & 27th. See the website for details. Four places left for Moontide, June 7 - 14 on Cape Cod. Again, details on the website.

NEW BOOK "Knitting Lace Triangles" by Evelyn A. Clark. Most of you have seen or maybe worked Evelyn's designs published by Fiber Trends. Always doable with easy to understand directions. Here she gives you everything you could want to know about triangle shawls that start at the back of the neck. The information is presented in a way that lets you design your own within the construction. She even shows you how to add beads. I have worked some of Evelyn's designs with Jaggerspun Zephyr Wool/silk and recommend that yarn. My experience is that 4 ounces is plenty for a triangle shawl. Book $18 Jaggerspun Wool/silk is $5 an ounce and comes in almost 60 colors. Check the website for a color chart.

Here is a picture Jeanne Bartlett sent me of the mini sweaters she makes with the Jaggerspun Wool/silk. That round item in the middle is a quarter!

SALE This month's theme is fine yarns and in keeping with that, I am offering an outstanding value in the set of Japanese books. They contain many Niebling designs. Not for the faint-of-heart but the wonderful translation of symbols by Mary Frances Wogec are a tremendous help. The charts take some working thru. They have a little trick of marking some stitches that then move on the chart. I find that it I redo on my semi-circle chart, it is easier for my old brain to follow. I will include the beginning of one of the more difficult charts on this type of chart as an example. And, a few pages of the empty chart so you can rechart yourself. As far as these empty charts are concerned, they are free to copy and use as you like. Book One by Kazuko Ichida, previously unpublished, $67. Book Two by Naoko Ichida, available again, $42 making a total of $109. The sale price for both is $90. But only for orders received this month.

On my trip to CA I visited a wonderful yarn shop that carries lots of thin yarns in fabulous colors. I have ordered a couple of times and the yarns sell before I can put them in this newsletter. I kept these secret until now.

Gentle is 95% Merino and 5% Cashmere. I have it in Teal and Old English Rose. 100 gram ball has 1806 yards! Only $20 a ball.

Graceful is 100% wool and also has 1806 in its 100 gram ball. It is variegated in a subtle way. I have deep purple, penny candy (green/brown/tad of pink), or Dusty Autumn (rust, deep plum). $20 a ball.

Heaven is 45% Tencel and 55% Merino. It comes in 120 gram skeins. I have three colors. Magical Magenta, Baby Blue and Iced Lavender. There are 3000 yards in the skein! $28 a skein.

All the above are very thin. I would recommend a size O needle with them. But do swatch--it really is worth the time. Gives you a chance to practice the stitches you want to use as well.

PATTERN Valentines day is coming up so I did up a take on the old-fashioned heart basket. Maybe you remember making these of construction paper. I will give this to you in the written way: Make two of the following, one red cotton thread (I used size 10) and one in white. I used a size 2 needle. Cast on 4 Knit back Work bar inc (K in front and back) in first st, K1, Bar inc, K1 Knit back Bar inc, K3, Bar inc, K1 Knit back Continue to increase in this way until you have 12 sts.

Work back and forth on the first 4 sts, every row the same--K1, O, K2tog, K1--for 2 times the width of the top (about 2") Put the sts on a safety pin and repeat with the next four and then the last four. I tried doing the three strips at once with 3 balls of thread and it was not worth the trouble.

Join the strips being careful not to let them twist. Knit the 12 SSK, K8, K2tog Knit back SSK, K6, K2tog Knit back Continue to decrease in this way until you have 4 sts left. Bind off.

Spray the pieces heavily with starch or stiffen in your preferred way. Have lots of pins handy and use plastic covered cardboard or other blocking material. Pin each piece out and then each of the three strips should be pinned to hold them as wide as possible to see the lace. This is nitzy, but worth it.

When dry fold the pieces and weave them together. This is the fun part. Attach thread at the base of one shoulder and crochet a long chain. Attach the end to the other shoulder. You will note that one side is somewhat open--here is your chance to close it.

Fill with conversation hearts and give to someone you love.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

This will be a short letter and one of my New Year's resolutions is to get these letters out the second week of the month.

I still have a few places left for the "Many Hearts" workshop at Moonrise* (Bucks County PA).

This will be held on Jan 26 & 27 with a snow date of Feb. 2 & 3. We will make at least six hearts, shaped in six different ways. There are also two envelopes to hold them. The cost is $90 and includes the cotton thread and lunches by Ebby Terp The knitting is easy, but some of the shaping techniques will be new to you. E-mail me right away--only a couple of places left.

*cats in residence

The registration letters have gone out for Moontide 2008. The early response has been fantastic. Wouldn't you like to spend a week on Cape Cod, right on the ocean, to knit, swim, walk the beaches, explore the art gallerys and craft shops? We stay in cabins, little houses really, that have bathrooms, heat, fireplaces, kitchens, roof decks, porches, etc. Half the time will be classes and half vacation activities. This year we will be learning three shawl constructions and designing shawls using these constructions.

On the left is the "in-out circle-square" shawl I call "The Great Cosmos" It starts with a larger-than circular center, squares out, has a border with rounded corners. Next to that is a three triangle shape. This example is called "Three Times a Lady". It starts at the top with a small point-down triangle and ends with a point-up triangle at the bottom. Not pictured is the three-is-the-magic-number shawl/stole/scarf. This one is formed with triangles to make any of the above. All three of these shapings will be taught with a small doll size piece and then the student will design a full size shawl.

The instruction is $300 for the week and the lodging is $250 or $300 (single or shared room). Food can be inexpensive as it can be prepared in the cabins. The dates are June 10the to June 17th. Go to the website for registration forms and further information. Registration closes Jan 30th or sooner if we fill up.

COVERS FOR GLASSES Here is one of my favorite uses for edgings. The resulting glasses can be : candle holders, vases, pencil holders (or knitting needles), or iced drink covers. Try to find glasses with fairly straight sides. When you buy them in sets they are not very expensive. Believe me, you will use them all. This is such a good gift idea!

Use an open loop cast on. Work your chosen edge until, when it is stretched--really stretched-- it goes around. Graph the two ends together, wet the cover, pull it up the glass from the bottom (it should be hard to do), and let it dry on the glass.

Other ideas: You could do a medallion for the bottom. Work the center until it reaches the circumference of the glass, cast on the sts for the edging to the end of one of the double pointed needles and work the edgings. Join as you knit by K2tog every time you come to the head end of the edging--one st from the edging, one from the medallion.

Potpourri dish. You make a separate medallion for the top. Make it a little larger than the glass and end with a crocheted loop edge. Thread a ribbon through the crocheted loops and tie on the top of the glass which you have filled with potpourri.

Jam pot. Similar to the above, but make the top large enough to fold down the sides an inch or so. When you crochet the sts off, crochet on beads to give it some weight. This was an old-fashioned way to keep the flies out of the jam. It turns an ordinary jar of jam into a fancy gift.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Welcome to the November 2007 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed

SCHEDULING
I still have a couple of places left at the workshop scheduled for Dec. 8 & 9th. It is called "Christmas Lace". On Sat. we will be making a short-row snowflake and a ball cover (in the round). On Sunday we will make an angel with two medallions. I would say that the instruction is for those who have worked medallions before. The price of $90 includes all supplies, instruction, booklet, and lunches prepared by Ebby Terp. I know it is short notice, but if you can make it, we would love to have you join us. E-mail your intention and if you need directions.

Next week I will be mailing the registration forms for the week-long knitting camp to be held in Wellfleet Cape Cod. If you would like to be on the list to receive this, let me know. See previous newsletters for details, or E-mail questions.

TIS THE SEASON
So you and your knitting friends have made all these wonderful lacy shawls and scarfs. Now you (and they) need closures. Here are four ideas: Shipping on any of these is $3.
First we have these light-as-air, no stick or pin, closures made by Bitsy Cohen. Each end is bent so that it holds itself in place. What could be easier? Two designs, silverplate $18 or sterling silver for $24.
Silver Pony Designs has made these "shawl pegs". Another simple idea for holding your lace garments without pulling them down. I have pictured the goddess, the threefold symbol, and the nymph. The pegs are sterling silver over brass. The wire wraps are sterling silver and all stones are genuine. The stones are picked to enhance the figures. The goddess, for example is reaching for a mother-of-pearl bead because it looks like the moon and the goddess is reaching up to it. The pegs are $20.
This is more of a traditional design, but done in a light-weight wire--nickle or brass. I used to have these years ago, and I am so happy that the Cape Cod artist has decided to make them again. The designs are all similar to those pictured, so let me choose for you. But, I do need to know it you want brass or nickle. $15

I am closing out these shawl pins. They are very light in silver or gold coated brass. What you see is what I have left. Describe the design or location in the picture. First asked for, first sent out. $29
ANOTHER GIFT IDEA

I have about a dozen of the Nantucket Baggs in the light weight. Colors are black/black, canvas/blue or pink/green. Special $35. I also have a few of the heavy weight ones in canvas/rope handles. These are $50. The Baggs make great gifts for anyone as they can be used for tools of all kinds.

NEW BOOK
"Wrapped in Comfort" by Alison Jeppson Hyde. I show the back cover so you can see the unusual shaping of these shawls. They stay on! They look fashionable! They are a quick knit! $24

NEW DVD
I watched this last night and I have to tell you it was like a visit with a wonderful, sharing, friend. Meg makes lace seem doable by anyone. Three lovely projects and Meg's help all the way. $28 and $3 shipping.

PATTERN
It's somewhat of a tradition here at Moonrise to give out a snowflake pattern every year. Here is this year's. The shaping was inspired by a Japanese pattern I am knitting the has a massive increase of sts at six points that makes the round tablecloth petal-shaped. So I tried it with a small medallion. Cast on 12 sts and arrange on 3 needles and knit one round. Now go to the bottom of the chart and read right to left. Notice that the even rounds are not there. They are plain knit, except that the OO must be worked KP, but you will know that when you come to it.

(32) / 6 O / O ^ O \ O 6 \ O 9 O 19.
(32) 7 O / O 3 O \ O 7 O 1 O 3 O 1 O 17. >>>1
(30) / O / O / O 1 O \3/ O 1 O \ O \ O \ O 3 0 1 O 3 O 15.
(22) / O / O \7/ O \ O \ O 1 O 1 O 1 O 13.
(12) / O 5 O \ O ^ O 11. >>>1
(12) 7 O 3 O 9.
(10) 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 7.
(5) \ OO / O 5.
(4) 4 3.
(4) 1 OO 1 1.

(#) = sts in each of six sections O = yarnover OO = double yarnover \ = SSK / = K2tog ^ = double decrease
\#/ = Make the # from 1 st by K & P into it >>>1 = move the first st to the last needle of the round to start at a new place.

Crochet the loops off after round 20. The 9 st section needs to be tight--Take 3 sts together and (SC, chain 1), across these 9. The rest should be loopy--take 2 at a time and chain 5 between. Starch (I used sugar) and pull out to pin. The points will need some determined pulling to get it to look "snowflake-like".

However you celebrate the holiday, have a season of love with family and friends.
Sandy

Welcome to the Oct. 2007 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

I have returned from my trip to CA (northern part, not near the fires) greatly inspired. I taught for the Lacy Knitters at the Lace Museum. The picture below doesn't show a great deal of the wonderful artifacts they display on all aspects of lace. It does show the class. It was so much fun! To teach surrounded by lace of all kinds is a dream come true.

Gracie Lawson and Lisa Neidinger arranged for a visit to Lacis in Berkeley where Jules Kliot has transformed part of his large store into a truly breathtaking museum. We got a private tour of the current exhibit on needlelace. I cannot beginning to describe this wonder. If you get any chance to get to this part of the country, it is a must stop.

Lacis hs been very instrumental in getting some of the classic lace books reprinted. We all owe them bigtime for this. Here is what I brought back:
New stock of Lavori Artistica Calza 11 $20 I include a little "trial & error" translation of the Italian symbols.
New stock of Tricot Hogar #1 $16 This is in Spanish.
These two have not yet gone out of print, but I have my suspicions. They are both worth having.

Reprints of the two at the left. Creating Original Hand-Knitted Lace by Margaret Stove was taken out of print some time ago and The Art of Shetland Lace, twice, in its long history. Both should always be available to lace knitters.
The Stove book has been a great inspiration to me as a designer. If you are ready to progress from following other's designs, you must have this one $29.

I'm so happy to see The Art brought back. We do have other Shetland Lace books now, but this is the classic. $26.

I saved the best for last in this list. Perhaps you remember the Japanese book of lace knitting by Naoko Ichida I sold some time ago. Well, Lacis has reprinted it and one done by the the author's mother, Kazuko Ichida. They contain many Niebling designs. Not for the faint-of-heart but the wonderful translation of symbols by Mary Frances Wogec are a tremendous help. The charts take some working thru. They have a little trick of marking some stitches that then move on the chart. I find that it I redo on my semi-circle chart, it is easier for my old brain to follow. I will include the beginning of one of the more difficult charts in each book on this type of chart as an example. And, a few pages of the empty chart so you can rechart yourself. As far as these empty charts are concerned, they are free to copy and use as you like. Book One by Kazuko Ichida, previously unpublished, $67. Book Two by Naoko Ichida, available again, $42.

One more book. In CA I met Alison Jeppson Hyde and saw some of the shawls in her new book, Wrapped in Comfort: Knitted Lace Shawls, She has done a new-to-me shaping where the shawl is basically round with an opening. She has used Babara Walker designs and adapted them to this shaping. Some are more than round, (my favorites), and can have one end thrown over a shoulder. Needless to say, I have ordered a supply. $24

DECEMBER WORKSHOP
There will be a Christmas Lace weekend workshop here at Moonrise, Buck's County PA December 8 & 9. On Saturday we will make a short-row snowflake and a ball cover. On Sunday we will make an angel for the top of the tree. Instructions will be in the form of a book that includes many other goodies. You need to have some experience with lace knitting. The fee of $90 includes all materials, the book, and (best of all) lunchs made by my daughter, Ebby. I only have a few places open, so if you are interested contact me immediately by E-mail and follow that with a deposit of $25. There are motels in Quakertown and Landsdale near the exits from the PA turnpike.

MOONTIDE
I will be sending out registration forms for this week-long workshop held on Cape Cod in early December. The total cost is $600 split between lodgeing and classes. See earlier newsletters for details or ask for them. I have a bulging folder of requests for the registration forms. To add your name to this list, send me an E-mail.

You may have heard about "Gypsy Enchantment" a design I did for JUST OUR YARN. It is selling very well for them in kit and/or pattern form. Their yarn is fabulous---don't know when I have had as much fun designing and working a pattern. Contact them at www.justouryarn.com about this pattern/kit.
Uses for Medallions
Gracie showed me a couple of uses for these little pieces I had not seen before. If you love to make these as I do, but have a limited use for window hoops, try out these ideas.
The bag with a crocheted handle makes a good carry case for lace yarn. The others are DVD's sent unasked for thru the mail.

Hint
I tried a pattern from the Japanese book in 2/60 silk and had a heck of a time starting it. I tried all the methods I have used and taught over the years. Finally I did a variation of the tab start where I cast on my 12 sts with cottom and worked several rows then, still with the cotton, joined and worked several rounds. Finally I started with the silk, leaving enough to gather the stitches off the cotton. This worked!
Hint number two
But, the double points and the tiny silk left horrible ladders. So I tried the magic loop. This is a method that sock knitters have embraced using a long circular needle. I have always liked my double points and have not, until the other night, tried it. Wow! it solved the start problem and the ladder problem. If you know a sock knitter, get her to show it to you--very simple. I do sell the booklet, "The Magic Loop" by Bev Galeskas and Sarah Hauschka if you want clear instructions and pictures. $8

Welcome to the Sept. 2007 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

SCHEDULING NOTES
Late Oct. I will be in North CA at the Lacy Knitters for a two day workshop. Oct. 20 there will be a 3 hour workshop on "Kinds of Lace". Very easy for beginners. A great introduction to Lace Knitting. In the afternoon I will teach a fun class on making large holes called, "Eyelets on Steroids". Then on Sunday, the 21st "How an Edging Turns a Corner" will take the whole day. E-mail Lynn Curry at LCurry5@mindspring.com for more information.

I have a date for Moontide 2008--June 7 to 14. This is a weeklong workshop held on Cape Cod. Lodging is at a seaside resort. Cost is very reasonable. We will study three shawl shapes and make 3 doll shawls to learn the construction. Then the students will design a full size shawl in each of the shapes. This will appeal to knitters on any level. If you would like to be on the list to have a flyer in Dec., let me know. I have had a good deal of interest. If you even think you might come, get on the early notice and registration list which will go out in early December. Here is the website of the resort in case you want to look it over: www.surfsidevacation.com

PRICE CHANGE ON THE ZEPHYR WOOL/SILK
As most of you know, this is my favorite yarn. It is half wool, half silk, and half the thickness of fingering yarn. I usually use a size 2 or 3 with this yarn for lace work. But I have used a 4 and some of my students have used a 5 for more open work. Many of my kits are offered in this yarn. There are almost 60 colors--all with the richness of the silk sheen and all the softness you could want. It is evenly spun and seldom splits.

Starting with orders received on November 1st, the price of this yarn will be $5 an ounce, $70 for a pound, and $35 for 1/2 a pound.

What this means is that you have a month to add to your stash at the old price of $4, $50 and $25. Three ounces makes a scarf, five makes a triangular shawl, and six will make a large square shawl. Looking at it another way, half a pound of your favorite color will make two garments.

The old price will be used for any order received in Oct., even if it is not on the shelf and must be ordered for a later delivery. Look at the color chart on my website or go to www.jaggeryarn.com.

PROJECTS
"Gypsy Enchantment" is done and delivered to her new home--Just Our Yarn--www.justouryarn.com It is done in their incredible cashmere yarn. Do contact them for information on the pattern and/or kits. I do not know when I have had as much fun designing and working a pattern. See below for a little bit about the symbolism.

Here are a couple of pictures of the "Three Times a Lady" shawl done in the wool/silk Zephyr. The pattern alone was, and still is, available calling for a thicker (DK weight) yarn.
With more stitches and rows to work with, I had a good time putting in more patterns and motifs. That, and a new edging make it quite different. This is available in kit form only for $45. The theme for this one is close to my heart--lots to think about here.

DESIGNING AROUND A THEME
It adds so much to a project and the joy you have working it, if you pick patterns that are symbolic of a theme. Of course, you can make a pretty, even beautiful, garment by choosing stitches and patterns that just "go together well". What makes it art, as opposed to craft, is the emotional response it generates in you and the satisfaction you have in expressing your creative ideas.
In "Gypsy Enchantment" I tell a love story. Each stitch pattern has something to say. It starts with the wheel for wanderlust and goes to hearts and flowers and the cut apple for passion and magic. Then to travels (adventures) and the rose for seduction, ending with an interconnecting cable pattern in the edge showing commitment.
"Three Times a Lady" is full of symbolism. It was inspired by the Lionel Richie song of the early 70's. This is a love song to a woman loved in all three phases of her womanhood. The word "lady" is often used in addressing the triple Goddess, who, in her three forms demonstrates womanhood. The first three bands symbolize the physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual growth of the maiden. The next three show how environment, relationships, and life journey weave together during the mother part of a woman's life. The crone (wise woman) phase is symbolized by the triskel which illustrates how our intentions, our emotions and our actions go out from us and spiral back, three-fold.
Many designers today are designing around a theme. An indication is when they name their shawls. If you are doing one of their designs think about the theme, find meaning in the stitches. Recently there was a mystery shole that thousands of knitters did. The theme was Swan Lake. The end was a wing! The finished stole is beautiful and it has meaning--in short, it is art.

HINT
When you are doing a knit-on edge it is helpful to know exactly how far you are into the repeat should you be interrupted or distracted. It is easy to let your mind wander when you are doing hundreds of repeats of the edging pattern. Here is the solution. Cut a piece of cotton thread in a neutral color about 12 inches long. Count in for the number of stitches you will be working off for one repeat and pull the thread between the stitches at that point. A crochet hook may be needed. Count another repeat and pull the other end through there. Don't pull tight. Go back and forth that number apart for 4 or 5 repeats worth of stitches. At any point you can pull the the thread along and mark off more repeats. In the picture you can see that I am halfway through an eight row repeat, (4 sts total to come off and 2 are already off). I can see imediately that with 2 sts still to work off, I am about to start row 5 of the edging. I have marked 3 more repeats.

Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the August 2007 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. Send me a check when you get the package. I accept Paypal for credit cards if you prefer. Shipping is a flat $6 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.
I know I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. There is a group of knitters who meet here at Moonrise, (Buck County PA) on the first Thursday of the month about 7:00 in the evening. The "Friendly Knitters" is completely informal--just a group of friends meeting to talk knitting or whatever. If you live or are visiting in the area, please come over. E-mail me for directions.

SCHEDULING NOTES
I have only two places left in the Oct workshop here at Moonrise.

WEEKEND WORKSHOP ON DESIGNING EDGINGS Oct. 6 & 7
Students will learn how to form edgings in four parts--heading, band, middle and edge. Cotton thread in a choice of sizes will be provided and a flip-book (20 retail value) is also included. But, best of all! My daughter, Mary, will be doing the cooking for lunches and breaks. Plenty of motels in the area. The cost for the two days is $90. I can only take 8 students. If you are interested send me an E-mail telling me. Follow that with a $25 non-refundable deposit.

Late Oct. I will be in North CA at the Lacy Knitters for a two day workshop. Oct. 20 there will be a 3 hour workshop on "Kinds of Lace". Very easy for beginners. A great introduction to Lace Knitting. In the afternoon I will teach a fun class on making large holes called, "Eyelets on Steroids". Then on Sunday, the 21st "How an Edging Turns a Corner" will take the whole day. E-mail Lynn Curry at LCurry5@mindspring.com for more information.

I have a date for Moontide 2008--June 7 to 14. This is a weeklong workshop held on Cape Cod. Lodging is at a seaside resort. Cost is very reasonable. We will study three shawl shapes and make 3 doll shawls to learn the construction. Then the students will design a full size shawl in each of the shapes. This will appeal to knitters on any level. If you would like to be on the list to have a flyer in Dec., let me know. I have had a good deal of interest. If you even think you might come, get on the early notice and registration list which will go out in early December. Here is the website of the resort in case you want to look it over: www.surfsidevacation.com

I had a wonderful time at Stitches Mid-West. It was the first time I have been to this Chicago show. The crowds were overwhelming at times. But, I need your help--someone ordered a kit and paid for it but, didnot leave their name or address. If anyone you know went to this show and has not received their order, please have them get in touch with me.

In mid-August I went to Anne Stoddard's knit out. We had the most perfect weather and sat and knit in her lovely back yard and ate too much, (speaking for myself). Great to see old friends.

THE NANTUCKET DIDDY BAGG has been a popular item.
It can be a pocket case that opens flat and hangs on the wall, a workstation bag that has the pockets outside it and stands by your chair, or a closed tote bag/backpack with the pockets inside.
Of course I am suggesting it for knitting, but think of the other possibilities:
tool bag--mine has all the usual household tools. It hangs in the broom closet ready to go.
plumbers or carpenders bag--my son had a birthday last month--perfect gift for a man.
gardening tools--I have a daughter who takes care of a thousand tree orchard. She puts on the back pack and is ready to go.
Because this is such a good gift idea I will offer $10 off the second one you order. This is good for the month of Sept only. $45 each (second one $35) Please let me know what color you want: black with black handles, pink with lime green handles, or canvass color with blue handles. All are polyester.

Flora's Wrap continues to be this year's best seller. It is a triangular shawl done in texture stitches suitable for lace. I am sure you will find some stitches you have never done before. Not a beginner's project and not one to watch TV while working on it, but beathtaking in its beauty. I offer it in a kit with 5 ounces of Wool/Silk yarn for $35 or the book of instructions only for $20.

SALE Inventory reduction on a non-lace knitting book. Just 3 copies of "A History of Hand Knitting" by Richard Rutt. This is a $40 dollar book. The first three people to E-mail me will get it for $20. One to a customer, please.

HINT
Recently I bought some very inexpensive beads in seashell shapes and wanted to make stitch markers with them. My daughter Nancy, makes jewelry so she let me try different findings. None did what I wanted. I wanted markers I could use with the thinnest yarn, but were more than the thread markers I usually use. This is what I did: I cut cotton thread--good quality so it won't fray--into pieces about 8" long. I used a size 20 because that is what fit snuggly into the hole. I tied an overhead knot, cut the ends, and pulled firmly so the knot went into the hole and stayed there. Then I tied another knot at the top end to go over the needle. The long loop hangs straight with the little weight of the bead and the string gets caught in the knitting to mark the line. When things get tight after several inches of knitting, I just let the loop off and pull it out to replace it on the needle. The best of both worlds!

PATTERN
Time magazine ran a story about designer shopping bags. It seems plastic bags may save trees but they have there own problems. The thing to do these days is use reuseable bags. You could spend thousands of dollars on these special bags. Years ago I made a linen bag that has stood up to much use. Heres how: You need linen thread in sport weight and a couple of handfuls of pony beads. I also used a yard of so of thin clothes line. Make the bottom--round, oval, or rectangle. using a size needle that will give you a fairly dense bottom and garter stitch. If you don't have live sts, you need to pick up around the bottom with a needle 2 or 3 sizes bigger. I think I used a 5 for the bottom and a 7 for the sides. Work one round in knit and then work another round putting in pony beads as desired. I pulled the stitch through the bead, put it back on the needle and knit it. One more round of knit and you are ready to work the mesh sides. Adjust so you have an even number of stitches and work the following around and around. O, purl 2 tog. Just keep on a-going until your bag is as high has you want. A row of knit, beads, and knit finish the top of the bag. Bind off loosely. Cut a piece of clothes line or other "tie" material and thread it through the holes about 3" down from the top. Go around twice and tie a knot in the ends. This allows you to have one handle or two. Go to the store with pride--you have a "designer bag".

Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $6 (see below) for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Announcement for my Canadian customers
Because of the outrages rates I will no longer be able to accept any payment from Canada other than a check written on a US bank or a paypal payment. I am sorry for this.

Because of the new postal rates, I must now charge a flat $6 for shipping within the US. If a small item goes for much less, I will adjust the shipping charge and send a refund.

MOTHER'S DAY GIFT IDEA
Pins and Pegs for her shawl
THE PINS
The two on the left are made of shell, kind of mother-of-pearl. I have the lighter, with hints of color, or the darker, beige tones with color. The four on the right are real gold or silver plate, but very light--for her lace shawls. They are 1. round in gold or silver 2. oval in gold or silver 3. lily in gold or 4. wide oval in gold or silver. These are $29 each with $3 shipping if ordered alone. I will ship them right out so you have them for the big day!

THE PEGS
Nancy Wombacher of Silver Pony Designs made these pegs. Their lightweight make them perfect for lightweight shawls or even sweaters. Each has a theme and Nancy has picked gemstones to go with them. They come with a story of the symbolism. They are either silver or lead-free pewter and the stones are all gemstones.
The shawl pegs are $20 each, and again, they are in stock and will be shipped immediately for $3 shipping.

SALE
I find I am overstocked on the wonderful new lace book by Jane Sowerby. Many of my students are making projects from this book. I have seen the lace up close and I can tell you it is something very special.
And here it is at a very special price for you, just this month. $24.

YARN CLOSEOUT
Most of you know about the wonderful yarn I call "Harmony"--It is 70% Apaca, 20% silk, & 10% cashmere--100% wonderful. I had Jamie Harmon natural-dye some of my supply. These colors are almost all gone, so the close-out of this "spice". Originally $50 for a 9.2 ounce skein, the few I have left are offered to you for $40. Don't hesitate--send me an E-mail if you want one.

INFORMATION
Addi Lace Needles
These sold out so fast--that's a good thing. Not so good is that my new order won't be in until sometime in May. That too is mostly spoken for. My third order is in line, but who knows when. I am taking back orders and those will be filled first, of course. Stay tuned. At the bottom of my website pages the phone number was incorrect. It has been corrected, but, the wrong one has been put in various lists. A very nice and incredibly patience man has answered the phone many, many times. Please go by a refreshed website or the number at the top of the home page or put this one in your phone book. 215-822-7292.
Classes at TKGA
I am teaching the following at The Knit & Crochet Show in New Hampshire in July: Thursday, Charting Round Designs, Friday, Carried Eyelet & Kin and Saturday, How an Edging Turns a Corner. I know that Thursday's class still has openings. Go to their website for information www.knitandcrochetshow.com
Retreat in Providencetown
I have just returned from a wonderful weekend retreat given every year by Adventures in Knitting. We stayed at the Providencetown Inn and had every possible luxury in a beautiful environment. If you have the chance put this retreat on your "must-do" list for next April. E-mail Cathie Hammatt at chammatt@comcast.net .

LESSON
Scalloped edges: there are three ways that come to mind to make that curved edge. The first is what I call the IN-OUT scallop or tooth. This is formed by gradually increasing the sts of the edging and then just as gradually decreasing. It has a lot going for it--There is no bias, quite geometric, easy to understand (and so change to your liking). It is the one always used for the Russian Shawl construction. Then there is the scallop that gradually increases and then has the extra sts bound off. This is the BIND OFF scallop. The best bind off in this case is the SOFT BIND OFF. Here's how. K1, return it to the left needle (nose it in), *K2tog, return this one.* repeat from * counting as you actually kill the st. You will have one left on the right hand needle when you finish. This one does not need to be returned. Work the rest of the sts of the edging as instructed. Sometimes the charts show this "extra" st and sometimes they don't. You must end up with the number needed for the next repeat. The third way is a CLUSTER scallop. These are fancy to spectacular, definitely a "look at me" edge. These have a gradual increase followed by a bunch of sts worked off together. Here is my reworking of Mary Walker Phillips "Curious Fan" Cluster Scallop as a knit-on edging. It can be found as she wrote it in Knitting Counterpanes. I will give the Lace Shorthand first. But, please read below for a row-by-row explanation.

>>12. 5 2 J
1, R,K8tog 4 P2 Sl 11.<<
>>10. DT 8 OO 1 2 J
9 P2 Sl 9.<<
>> 8. 9 2 J
9 P2 Sl 7.<<
>> 6. 9 2 J
2 OO 1 OO 2 P2 Sl 5.<<
>> 4. 5 2 J
5 P2 Sl 3.<<
>> 2. 5 2 J
5 P2 Sl 1.<<
Cast on 8. K back 11 and K 2 tog. This is a join because you are knitting one st of the edging and one st of the shawl together. The fan is formed on the 5 stitches on the edge of the piece. Pull a short length of contrasting yarn thru the work between sts 6 and 7. This way you will instantly know what row you are on as these 6 sts are worked off.
Row 1 Slip the first st. This is next to the shawl itself and you are working away from it on the remaining 7 sts. P2, K5. turn.
Row 2 Working towards the shawl, K5, then K2, then Join. I do not tell you K7 because I want you to see that the 5 are part of the fan. The other 2 are filler sts in St. St. to set off the fan. Turn your work, putting the yarn to the back.
Row 3. Slip 1, P2, K5
Row 4. Like row 2
Row 5. Slip 1, P2, K2, OO, K1, OO, K2. Now you have 9 sts in the fan section.
Row 6. K9, K2, Join. Work the OO either K the first loop, P the second or K the first loop, K in back of the second I don't clutter the chart with these instructions because I know for a fact that you cannot just knit the OO's. Turn
Row 7. Slip 1, P2, K9
Row 8. K9, K2, Join Turn
Row 9. Like row 7
Row 10. Do a double throw into the first 8 sts. Put the point into the st and instand of wrapping the yarn once, go around two times. This is in the st. a OO is between sts. Now do a OO, K1, K2, Join. Turn
Row 11. Slip1, P2, K1. Now into the OO, you need to make three sts by Knit1, Purl1 into the first loop, and Knit into the second. You are now up to the double throws. See how each st has two wraps? With the point of the righthand needle slip (without twisting) each of these sts, dropping the extra wrap. You now have 8 large loops on your righthand needle and the yarn is coming from the KPK. Put your lefthand needle (empty at this point) into the front of these 8 sts, SSK style, Knit them together. Return this st to the left and knit it again.
Row 12. K5 (the 8tog st that has been knit twice, but is still just one st, the three from the OO that was worked KPK and the K1), K2, Join. You are back to 8 sts.
Reposition your marker thread between st # 6 & 7 of the shawl and work another repeat.

Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the March 2007 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440 The website is: www.moonriselaceknitting.com
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Announcement for my Canadian customers
Because of the outrages rates I will no longer be able to accept any payment from Canada other than a check written on a US bank or a paypal payment. I am sorry for this.

Sale
I have two pattern-only items on sale this month. Both used to be part of kits which I have discontinued.
"Springtime Egg Covers & Basket" has nine pages. There are three patterns for covering eggs, (either the plastic ones or the real ones) and a knitted basket. It calls for size 15 or 20 cotton thread. These are quick easy projects and make a spectacular display. The pattern is stapled together. $3 and $1 shipping if ordered alone.

"Tartan Christmas stocking" has five pages that includes a lesson in plaid knitting. This is obviously not lace. It calls for bulky yarn in red and green and 10.5 needles. If made in worsted weight it will be smaller, of course. (Or you could use two strands of yarn held together. The pattern is stapled together. $3 and $1 shipping if ordered alone.

Classes
I will be holding a weekend workshop here at Moonrise, (southeast Bucks County) on April 14 & 15. The project is a collar-shawl done in wool/silk.
I call the pattern "Creative Spirit" and it is fairly easy knitting. You will learn the three triangle construction as well. The cost for the two days and the yarn is $75. Lunches will be made and served by my daughter, Ebby. There are only a couple of places left--if interested please call or E-mail me quickly. For out-of-towners, there are a number of motels in the Quakertown area, about 8 miles away.

The lace needles are here!
The Addi Turbo Lace Needles are here! Sharp points, smooth joins and pliable cords make lace knitting a breeze with these circular needles. The tips are hollow, coated brass. The size is stamped on the cord. Everything you want in a lace needle. These sizes are on hand and ready to ship. They are made in Germany and fully guaranteed.
Size 1 in 24", 32", and 48" $11
Size 2 in 24", 32", and 48" $11
Size 3 in 24", 32" and 48" $12
Size 4 in 24" or 48" $12
Size 5 in 24" or 48" $12
Size 6 in 24" or 48" $12
My price is less than the suggested retail. Shipping is $3 regardless of how many you order.

I haven't mentioned the lace needle gauges in a couple of years and many of you may not know that Moonrise has the only gauge on the market that goes down to 8(0) or .45mm. It is beautiful as well as functional, just like all of you good folks! $15 with $3 shipping if ordered alone.
Have fun knitting !
Sandy

Welcome to the Nov. 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Check out the website www.moonriselaceknitting.com

Back from Stitches East and unpacked. Wow! What a crowd of eager
knitters. The best part for me is seeing customers who I know only by name. Two of these knitters came by to show me projects they had done. Susan Haviland bought the Seascape pattern by Evelyn Clark that I kit in the Wool/Alpaca blend yarn. (Seascape Kit $30) and Joseph DeRosa showed us the first communion dress he knit for his daughter. Joseph used the wool/silk from Jaggerspun.

My best selling item this year was the Flora's wrap kit. We sold out the second day and even the pattern-only's sold out. I am restocked now. The kit is $30 with 5 ounces of wool/silk Jaggerspun in your choice of color. Or buy the pattern-only for $10. This is a lesson in texture in lace knitting and is for the adventurous knitter.

As I told you last month, I now give away a nailfile with each order. It is a wonderful promotion. I thought that you might like the address for these. There are many businesses that could use a custom designed give-away. Here is the website: www.fotofiles.com or you could E-mail Dan Wahila at dan@cbipromotions.com

Susan Ripley, who does those wonderful pattern-a-day calendars tells me that Accord Publishing is having a contest to collect patterns. Top prize is $1000. Here is the link:www.knittingpatternaday.com/knitting crochetcontestrules.htm

NEW
This book was introduced at the show. It is a BBB (big beautiful book) with photos by Alexis Xenakis. But, it gets better--Jane Sowerby has done a fantastic job with these old patterns. True to tradition but in colors and yarns that are "today". I have a good supply on hand for immediate shipping. This is a hardcover book with almost 200 pages of color, diagrams and instruction for 40 projects and just enough history for a reading break. $30 .

I saw another book at the show and decided to carry it. This is a history of the native Alaskan knitters and the Qiviut (musk ox down) that they use to make lace scarfs and other garments. Of course, you can use your own favorite lace yarn. The lace is all eyelets and carefully charted. Instructions will take even the beginner into making beautiful lace. This is a soft cover with 192 pages and pictures in black and white. $26

The holidays are almost here. For the knitters or wearer-of-shawls and sweaters on your list, I have shawl pins. The top row is shell; left to right: pinkish, bit of green: mostly blue & green: almost white. Middle row is sterling silver coating: Oblong, circle, oval w/center circle. Bottom row is gold coating: Oblong, raised design, and circle. These are $29 each with shipping at $2

I am excited about the SHAWL PEGS made by Nancy Wombacher of Silver Pony Designs. Most are silver over brass and have gemstone emblishments.Top row:
Triskele with a soft dreamy green, Peace Dove has a Lapis Lazuli bead to represent the Earth, and Lady Godiva to symbolize Achievement. She has a Smoky Quartz bead. On the second row: The Goddess with fresh water pearl, (shown) or Mother of Pearl, then the Fairy or Nymph, (creativity) and her Rose Quartz bead, Artemis is the Moon Goddess with a Jasper gemstone and last the moon & stars with an Aqua Marine chip bead. These can be worn with a sweater, but not on fabric as Nancy filed down the points so it would not split the yarn.

PATTERN
Every year (this is the third) I have given you a snowflake pattern. The first year I showed you how to enlarge the points to make a six pointed snowflake. Last year I did a short-row shaped snowflake. This year the snowflake is a conventional medallion put in a ring that I blacken with a magic marker and strung on the ring with black sewing thread. It looks really neat in the window at night, just floating there. I used size 10 crochet cotton and size 2 needles. The ring is 6".
Start with 6 sts divided on 3 needles. There are many ways to do this. Since this is a small project, why not try a new-to-you way. Here is one you may not have done before: With a fairly small crochet hook chain 2. Make 5 single crochet sts in the first st, join with a slip st. Now with your needles pick up and knit thru the top of the crochet sts, putting 2 on each of three needles. Now go to the bottom of the Lace Shorthand chart. The lace is done in 6 sections, two on each needle. I show you two of these sections--a needle's worth. I do this so you can see what happens between sections.
(24) ^ O 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 3 O 25.

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(24) 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 3 O ^ O 23. move 1

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(24) 1' O 3 O 1' O 3 O 1' O 3 O 1' O 3 O 21.

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(16) ^ O 5 O ^ O 5 O 19.

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(16) / 1 \ O 3 O / 1 \ O 3 O 17.

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(16) / 3 \ O 1' O / 1 \ O 1' O 15. move 1

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(16) 5 O 1' O 5 O 1' O 13. move 1

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(12) 3 O ^ O 3 O 1' O 11. move 1

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(12) 1' O / 1 \ O 1' O / 1 \ O 9.

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(12) 1' O 3 O 1' O 3 O 7.

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(8) 4 4 5.

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(8) 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 3.

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(4) 1 O 1 O 1.
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Key: 1 (or any number) K O = yarnover 1' = K in back loop / = K2tog \ = SSK
The even numbered rounds are knit.
At the start of round 11, 13, 15, and 23; one st from the new needle must be moved to the previous one. Just knit it--it will become part of the last round.

Crochet the sts off, 3 at a time with a single crochet and a chain 7 between. Arrange this so the O ^ O forms a group and the 3 forms the next group. Find a piece of cardboard and draw the shape and size of your ring. Wet your snowflake and pin it out stretching to fit into the drawn circle. It's OK if it doesn't quite fit. If it is too large for the circle, you need a larger ring. Darken the ring and use black sewing thread to string the snowflake into the ring. Use the end to form a loop to hang it.

Have a Thanksgiving full of good food, good company and good knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the Oct. 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Check out the website www.moonriselaceknitting.com

I am very busy getting ready for the Stitches East Show next weekend. Moonrise will be at booth 322--stop and say hello.

I have restocked the long circular needles that everyone likes. These are the Addi Turbos in lengths up to 40" and sizes down to OOO.

Also new: Every lace knitter needs a nail file in their knitting bag. Until we run out, (which won't be for quite a while), we will include one of these in your order at no charge. It pictures a piece of lace on one side and the web address on the other.

I recently bought an electric yarn winder from Plum Crazy Llama Ranch. plumcrazy@harborside.com It's not perfect, but it has saved me lots of time and
soreness. It is made in England by B. Hague & Co. I think it is best with thin yarn and not too much of a ball. After 5 or 6 ounces it wanted to sail across the room. Surprised the heck out of a cat sitting at the end of the table.

I have done a kit for the show that I call "Charmed Candle". It includes a soy candle in a heavy glass jar with a tight lid, a Lady Charm (see last month's newsletter), pattern and cotton thread for the collar. This kit cannot be shipped because of the glass jar and weight. But, you could find your own candle and make your own "Charmed Candle". Of course, I would like you to buy one of the Lady Charms. There are six designs that that symbolize the six aspects of a woman's personality--Independence, Love, Creativity, Achievement, Nurturer, and Wisdom. Nancy, of Silver Pony Designs has paired these with gemstones that further enhance the symbolism. What a wonderful gift for the woman who is special to you for one of these virtures! The charms are sold individually for $18 or as a set of six for $94. Here is the pattern for the collar.
Cockle Shell Pattern

I took this pattern from my "The Pruden Knitting Diary". It is probably my favorite pattern in the book. A simple, but effective heading followed by a lovely pattern that increases and decreases pulling a lovely edge along with it.

Notice that the increases and decreases form the scallop. The early Victorian patterns seemed to favor this type of scallop while later ones tend to the bind off technique to decrease the scallop.

Cast on 13 sts A provisional (open loop) cast on is best, but not necessary for this project. It will make it easier to join with the live sts at the end. I suggest a pair of needles (short is OK) in size 1.

Read the Lace Shorthand from right to left on the odd rows and right to left on the even rows, from the bottom up. Notice that the row numbers are on the side that you will start from. I have placed vertical lines to divide the sections–there are 4 sts in the heading, 7-12 sts in the middle, and 2 sts on the edge. Sometimes, as in row 2, you will see K8, vertical line, K1, P1. The reason I do not say K9 is that I want you to be aware of the different sections.

Where there is no K or P before a number it means to K that number. Actually the only P in this pattern is the end st on the return rows. You will be purling the yarnover that started the previous row.

Here is the key:

O = yarnover / = K2tog ( # ) = number of sts on the needle after that row.

Cast on 13 and knit back. Start with row 1 which will be the bottom of your collar. To work a yarnover at the start of a row, just use your needle to pick up the yarn and put the point into the next two sts to knit them together.

20.
2 O /
7
1 P

(13)
1 / O 1
6 /
/ O
19.

18.
2 O /
8
1 P

(14)
1 / O 1
5 / O /
/ O
17.

16.
2 O /
9
1 P

(15)
1 / O 1
4 / O / O /
/ O
15.

14.
2 O /
10
1 P

(16)
1 / O 1
3 / O / O / O /
/ O
13.

12.
2 O /
11
1 P

(17)
1 / O 1
2 / O / O / O / O /
/ O
11.

10.
2 O /
12
1 P

(18)
1 / O 1
2 O / O / O / O / O 1
/ O
9.

8.
2 O /
11
1 P

(17)
1 / O 1
3 O / O / O / O 1
/ O
7.

6.
2 O /
10
1 P

(16)
1 / O 1
4 O / O / O 1
/ O
5.

4.
2 O /
9
1 P

(15)
1 / O
5 O / O 1
/ O
3.

2.
2 O /
8
1 P

(14)
1 / O 1
6 O 1
/ O
1.

After 7 repeats my collar fit perfectly when stretched a little bit. It is OK if you have a little slack–when you string on the charm you can pull it in a bit. If you are seriously unable to complete a repeat, do not work every increase (or decrease) for a couple of the last rows so you will have 13 sts on the needle to join.

Cut the yarn leaving a couple of feet of thread and leave the needle in. Wet the collar and stretch it out on a piece of cardboard or other blocking surface and pin out the points and along the top.

Join with a three needle bind off or graft st. If you have opted to do a regular cast on, you will need to cast off and sew a seam.

Take top off the candle and pull the collar over the top. What is left of your thread should be coming from the top of the seam. Thread a tapestry needle with it. Go in and out of the eyelets at the top until you are opposite the seam, more or less. What is more important is that you are at either a narrow part of the pattern or at the widest part (your choice).

Thread your charm and take one or two sts in place to hold it. Then continue around the jar to the seam. Secure the thread and cut it.

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

Welcome to the Sept. 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

I pretty much sold out of the Goddess patterns featured last month, so I have restocked and added a new one. This one is called Desert Sun and is shown in Louet KidLin Pixie and needle size 5 and is knit from the center out. This is the fourth and last of the Mystery Shawls. Renee Leverington is the talented designer. Our price is $7 with $1 shipping if ordered alone.

And I have a new pattern also! Mine is called "Three Times a Lady" after the Lionel Richie song of the 70's.
This was a love song to a woman loved in all three phases of her womanhood. The word "lady" is often used in addressing the triple Goddess, who, in her three forms, demonstrates womanhood.
The first three bands symbolize the physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual growth of the "maiden". The next three show how environment, relationships, and life journey weave together during the "mother" part of a woman’s life. The "crone" (wise woman) phase is symbolized by the trisdle which illustrates how our intentions, our emotions, and our actions go out from us and spiral back, three-fold.

The construction is the three-triangle method I have developed. The shawl starts at the base of the top triangle with one st and grows to become the back of the neck. Then stitches are picked up along the sides and the first three bands are knitted with increases at the center and at the beginning of the rows. After that, the center increases divide to form the bottom triangle as the sides continue with the woven-look bands.

The basic shape is a triangle that has an unfinished bottom point. From a practical point of view, this eliminates the awkward long point. Symbolically it shows unfinished or unrealized parts of a woman’s life.

This is offered as a pattern only. Instructions are given for DK weight yarn and there are directions for working the design with thinner yarn. $15 with $2 shipping.

You will be the designer in choice of yarn and finish. For my shawl I picked a purple silk, thicker than I usually use and finished with "Lady Charms".

It is said that all woman have six virtues and Nancy has helped me depict these with her wonderful, symbolic jewelry designs. Here is a description in her words.

right to left, the first three.

INDEPENDENCE Artemis/Diana Moon Goddess w/ Ocean Jasper. Diana was the Goddess of the wild, of the hunt. I choose Jasper as it was a favorite of the Ancient Greeks, the name comes from the Greek Iaspis, meaning spotted stone. They believed it gave you the courage to speak out, and trust your abilities. Jasper is abundant and found in many varieties. I choose Ocean Jasper from Madagascar for the wavy patterns of grey/green/white and cream with flashes of iridescence, it looks mysterious and wild and I love they way each bead is different.

LOVE/SEXUALITY Venus is the Goddess of love. This was an easy choice for me, I think she goes very well with Red Carnelian, a form of Agate. This stone was considered sacred by the Egyptians, their tombs are full of Carnelian jewelry as they felt it had tremendous power in the afterlife. During life it was used to combat infertility and impotency and is said to bring passion to the wearer. It is also considered a balancing stone for woman.

CREATIVITY/PLAYFULNESS The Nymph reminds us of our creative and playful side so Blue Adventurine seemed right. This is color variation of Chalcedony and is named for the Italian word adventura or "by chance". It is a lovely soft translucent blue and was used to stimulate creativity and is said to enhance the wearers awareness of personal strengths.

Again, right to left, here are the other three.

ACHIEVEMENT Lady Godiva is our achiever. I struggled with this one, as she is not a Goddess, but rather a fairly recent (1400) historical figure. We all know the story, but what made it interesting for me when I did a little research, was that historians agree that she did exist and sort of grudging agree that she really did ride through the market at Coventry England at noon on her favorite horse and wearing only her long beautiful hair. Historians generally like to debunk all our folktales! She was a headstrong, outspoken and ambitious woman, at a time when most woman were not. She made her famous ride as a sort of penance, to convince her husband to reduce the tax or toll on his tenants. I could not find an ancient stone that was both feminine and signified achievement, so finally settled on a more modern stone, Smoky Quartz, believed to help the wearer achieve their personal goals.

NURTURER Isis is an ancient Goddess whose influence came to be seen throughout the world, even in Christian religions. She is the nurturer, the protector of mothers and children. I choose Lace Blue Agate, used throughout the ancient world to increase the wearer’s compassion.

WISDOM For the wise Goddess I used Moonstone. This is a form of Felspar, found mostly in India, where it is considered sacred. They believe if you hold a piece of Moonstone under your tongue, while standing under a full moon ~ you can tell the future. Wearing it keeps your memories true and helps you make wise choices. Geologically Moonstone forms slowly in layers, so it displays areas of opaque and translucent reflection, and flashes of moving iridescence. It picks up whatever color it is worn with.

These "Lady Charms are available individually for $18 or as a set of six of $94. Any number, shipped alone or with the pattern "Three times a lady", is $3. They can be knit in or sewn in or used in any way you would use a charm. They stand up perfectly to hand washing, but cannot be dry cleaned.

Early in Sept. I taught for "Adventures in Knitting" in Harwichport on Cape Cod. If you are anywhere nearby, this shop is worth a visit. The class was very good and finished the basic bookmark class early. So, never willing to let a captive audience go, I came up with a mini pattern that illustrates several points. It is the bottom half of the lower diamond in the picture. Then I tried making the top do the same but mirror imaged both ways. Close, but no cigar. My second try was better and gives me a chance to make another point or two. This is the top diamond.

Cast on 15 sts and work 2 rows garter st. The pattern itself takes 18 rows and you will finish with 2 rows of garter st to frame it. Start at bottom of pattern.
The first and last 2 sts are always worked in garter st.
I show pattern rows only. The return rows are K2, P11, K2. Except for row 18 which is knit. The st count remains at 15.
Here are the points I wanted to make:
1. Notice what happens when you separate the O's and the decreases. The stitches inbetween lean away from the O. 2. Most patterns are symetrical. Keep an eye on your center st. and mirror image those on the sides.
3. Count sts needed for a row where you think there may be a mistake. Then count the sts that you should have after that row to see if you have the right number needed for the next row.
4. To go the other way and lean the sts to the outside, you need to put the increases on the outside.
5. Since you want the diamond to more in but you want the O's to outline it, there must be extra decreases inside the diamond.
6. The eye sees the holes. The decreases will look like part of the solid fabric and / 1 \ will look like 3 knit sts.
knit on back side for row 18.
2 + 3 / 1 \ 3 + 2
2 + 2 / O ^ O \ 2 + 2
2 + 1 / O / 1 \ O \ 1 + 2 2 + / O / 3 \ O \ + 2
\ O 7 O /
\ 1 O 5 O 1 /
\ 2 O 3 O 2 /
\ 3 O 1 O 3 /
Knit 15

+ = increase with backwards loop
^ = double decrease O = yarnover
/ = K2tog \= SSK

As always, have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the Aug 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

The response to the shawl pegs has been phenomenonal! Nancy has done two new designs. Here are her words: This is Artemis/Diana. She was the Goddess of the wild, of the hunt. I choose Jasper as it was a favorite of the Ancient Greeks, the name comes from the Greek Iaspis, meaning spotted stone. They believed it gave you the courage to speak out, and trust your abilities. Jasper is abundant and found in many varieties. I choose Ocean Jasper from Madagascar for the wavy patterns of grey/green/white and cream with flashes of iridescence, it looks mysterious and wild and I love the way each bead is different.

Lady Godiva is an achiever. She is not a Goddess, but rather a fairly recent (1400) historical figure. We all know the story, but what made it interesting for me , when I did a little research, was that historians agree tht she did exist and sort of grudging agree that she really did ride through the market at Coventry England at noon on her favorite horse and wearing only her long beautiful hair. Historians generally like to debunk all our folktales! She was a headstrong, outspoken and ambitious woman, at a time when most woman were not. She made her famous ride as a sort of penance, to convince her husband to reduce the tax or toll on his tenants. I could not find an ancient stone that was both feminine and signified achievement, so finally settled on a more modern stone, Smoky Quartz, believed to help the wearer achieve their personal goals.

I don't know about you, but I can immediately think of several woman I would like to give one of these shawl pegs to. They can close a sweater as well as a shawl. Check out last month's newsletter for the other designs. Shawl Pegs are $20 each with $3 shipping for any number.

Nancy Wombacher does other jewelry. Check out her store at http://stores.ebay.com/Silver-Pony-Design .

Here is a book, not really new, but new to me. I read every word. "For the Love of Knitting, A Celebration of the Knitter's Art" edited by Kari Cornell. It is what we used to call a "BBB"--big beautiful book. Hardcover, with dust jacket, 160 pages full of color. It bills itself as a scrapbook of stories, essays, and memories that celebrate knitting. There are no patterns here, altho you will find some pretty amazing knitted projects. There are ads and pattern book covers from the old days--back to the 20's, 30's, 40's, & 50's. The essays came from Jamaica Kincaid, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Pam Allen and many more. Moonrise price is $28

Also this month I am featuring two of the Goddess Patterns by Renee Leverington. You may know her from the "Mystery Shawls". I have Summer into Fall, a square shawl she did in Jaggerspun Zephyr and Mystery Diamond Shawl which is a triangle, shown in Maine Line wool which is twice as thick as the Zephyr.
The Goddess patterns are $7 each with $1 shipping if ordered alone.

My daughter Mary has reworked the print brochure. If you would like a copy send me two stamps (it doesn't need an envelope) and I will put a copy in the mail to you.

LESSON
Really a pattern for an edging which I give you as such, then add on a lesson. I find that some people cannot get the charts I do in word perfect, so for that reason, and because I prefer it anyway, here is the pattern in Lace Shorthand. I am showing only the front side rows. All the return rows are knit. There are 20 rows and the righthand side of the chart is the straight edge. U = slip with yarn in front, then put it to the back to knit the next stitch. This turns the edge and makes picking the edge up a piece of cake. K = knot stitch. Do this by knitting into the front, back, front, back, and front of one stitch. Let the discard loop off. Now pick up four of the stitches you just made and put them over the last one made. How many you do at once depends on you--what is easiest, what looks the best. Push the knobby to the front. On the return row, knit into the back of this stitch to help convince the bump to stay in front. When I finish the motif I go over all the knots and pull them to the front again. / = k2tog O = yarnover. (#) indicates how many stitches you have after completing this row.
GRAPE EDGE Cast on 11 stitches
(11) 1 / O / 3 / O 1 U row 19.
(12) 1 / O / 4 / O 1 U row 17.
(13) 1 / O / 5 / O 1 U row 15.
(14) 1 / O / 4 K 1 / O 1 U row 13.
(15) 1 / O / 3 K 1 K 1 / O 1 U row 11.
(16) 2 O 3 K 1 K 1 K 1 / O 1 U row 9.
(15) 2 O 4 K 1 K 1 / O 1 U row 7.
(14) 2 O 5 K 1 / O 1 U row 5.
(13) 2 O 6 / O 1 U row 3.
(12) 2 O 5 / O 1 U row 1.
Here are some things I would like you to notice:
It is a increase decrease edgeing--no bind off.
The heading is 4 stitch repeat, the same on every pattern row.
The increase is always 2 stitches in from the end of the row.
The decrease uses 5 sts and leaves 4, so 5 sts from the end do the decrease unit.
The middle (knit and K) goes from 5 to 9 and then 7 to 3.
The knot is a wonderful little stitch. It uses only one stitch and one row. Put it anywhere.
Once you really understand how the edging is formed you can make changes to make it your own design.

To make this a knit-on edge, you would end the even rows with a K2tog. The two stitches would be the stitch you slipped on the last row and one from the shawl. This resulting stitch becomes the U of the next row.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Welcome to the July 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed

I have a special treat for you. My daughter, Nancy, is making
"Shawl Pegs". These are modified stick pins, small diameter stick to go through the stitches of your finest knitting, and no sharp point to split yarns. They have a bead and charm.
The peg and clasp and charm are all sterling silver. Pictured is "Goddess". There will be a fairy (also skyclad), a peace dove, a moon, and a celtic threefold symbol. Length is 2.5" for the stick and about 2" for the charm and bead. I am so very pleased to offer these. They are $20 each with $3 shipping for any number. Gift box included.

I show the peg on "Flora's Wrap", my new kit. It is a construction I call "Three Triangles" and the theme is flowers. The stitches are mostly original or adaptions of stitches using texture on lace. The kit comes with 5 ounces of wool/silk in any of the many colors Jaggerspun offers. There is a lot of instruction, in fact a whole book. You are sure to learn something new. For the adventurous knitter. $30.

For those of you who live near Washington DC, I will be teaching at the Springwater Fiber Workshop in Alexandria VA in August. On Friday the 11th I will teach a 2 hour class, "Kinds of Lace". Then on Sat. the 12th there will be a six hour class, "Russian (Inspired) Shawl Construction" and on Sun. the 13th "Endless Edgings" will be taught. If you are interested you may contact Carolyn Atwater at cwovenexp@yahoo.com

I have some new, reprinted, or new-to-me books to tell you about.
First a reprint of a classic. Richard Rutt's "History of Hand Knitting". It is hardcover, published by Interweave. Welcome back, we missed you. $40

"Mastering Lacework" is a new book. By Annie Maloney, spiral bound, it claims "to inform and inspire knitters with basic to advanced skills, and to promote the craft of lacework knitting." Lots of instruction for the beginning lace knitter. $30

Melanie Falick has a new book, "Handknit Holidays" Knitting Year-Round for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice. This is a beautiful hardcover book. The photos are by Susan Pittard. Lots of great projects. $27

"Handknitting with Meg Swansen" is in its fourth printing. About time I found this great book! Wonderful, wonderful book. Your knitting bookshelf must have this one. $12 paperbound.

Now for a bit of fluff. Knitticisms. . and other purls of Wisdom by Voyageur Press is a collection of short essays, old ads, and bits of oh-so-true advice. You will like this. $12 hardcover.

"The Knitting Goddess" by Deborah Bergman is an absorbing read. The stories of the Goddesses are wrapped around very simple projects. Symbolism is emphasized, empowering your knitting with creativity and meaning. I loved this one. $12

NEW STITCH
I am working on a new 3-triangle shawl called "Three Times a Lady" and plan to give a choice of edgings. One will be this bobble edge. There are many patterns for a bobble edge that start with the edge--this one had to finish at the edge and incorporate the bind-off. I found a very elastic bind-off in the current issue of Interweave Knits. The article is by Eunny Jang. I worked out the bobbles.

It is worked on the back side on live stitches.
Bind off a few stitches like this: P2, return (R) both stitches to the left, P2tog. *P1, R1, P2tog*. When you are ready for the bobble you will have one stitch on the righthand needle. Ignore it for now.

K into the front, back, and front of the next stitch. Let the discard stitch off. Turn your work and P these three stitches. Turn again and work a centered double decrease on these same three stitches. (Meg Swansen teaches this by: slip 2 sts together as if to K, slip the third as if to P, put the lefthand point into the front of the three and K them together through the back) (Kind of the way you do for a SSK.) R this stitch. K it in the back loop. Enlarge this stitch by pulling it up and remove the needle from it. Put the right needle point through the fabric at the base of the bobble, front to back. Put the loose stitch on the needle point and pull through. You now have 2 stitches on the right needle.

Yarn forward, R the 2 stitches, P2tog. Now go back to the *____* until it is time for the next bobble.

This will take you less time to do then it takes to read. Try it, it's fun.

And, have fun with all your knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the June 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

July will find me at the TKGA show in Valley Forge at the convention center. Thursday the 13th is preview night. Then Friday, Sat. & Sun are open to the public. Check out the website at www.KnitAndCrochetShow.com I will be at booth 418.

There is a yahoo group trying to get Burda to publish a collection of Niebling Patterns. If you want to help, you need to sign up. Here is the link.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HerbertNieblingPatterns

SALE
Continuing my efforts to clean out the stash, I have some thicker wool for you this month. It is Jaggerspun's Heather in 3/8 weight. I would say about sport's weight. The smallest cone is over a pound.
The limit is 2 per customer to give more people a chance. It is first E-mailed, first served. You may give me an extra color choice in case one of your first two is taken. $10 a cone and shipping is $5--1 or 2 cones. Top row: Lava, Sunset, Peat, Redwood, Brindle. Bottom row: Charcoal, Russet, Gourse, Sagebrush.

The shawl pins by Steve Hanson have been very popular. He has added a couple of new styles. Two are shell designs, Abalone and Black Shell. Both can be turned over. Your choice of ebony sticks or bronze sticks. There is also a gold heart. This is real gold, 24 K, on metal form. Your choice of brown wood (ebony) stick or the bronze (which is slightly lighter than the gold). I will not have these pins at the show in July by agreement with the artist as he will have a booth there. I still have several of the older styles on hand. Shawl pins are $29 with $3 shipping if ordered alone. On the left is the Abalone, both sides. The picture does not do it justice. On the right is the black shell and the heart.

I have finished the model of Frost Diamonds scarf done in the Harmony yarn. 70% alpaca, 20% silk and 10% Cashmere, very thin, absolutely beautiful. Even tho I used a smaller needle than I had used in the original kit the size of the scarf is about the same--50" by 14". I give you plenty of the yarn so you could make it much larger if you wanted. This kit uses the Russian shawl techniques which lets you work the edge at the same time as the body of the scarf. It is a little bit of a sampler in that there are five diamonds with five different designs in them. Frost Diamonds Kit $45.

As most of you know I hosted a week-long workshop on Cape Cod early this month. We did a triangular shawl called Flora's Wrap. It is a construction I call "Three Triangles" and the theme was flowers. The stitches are mostly original or adaptions of stitches using texture on lace. The kit is now available. It comes with 5 ounces of wool/silk in any of the many colors Jaggerspun offers. There is a lot of instruction. You are sure to learn something new. For the adventurous knitter. $30.

NEW STITCH
In the kit instruction, but not at the workshop, is an adaption of Barbara Aytes, "Quilted pattern" from her book "Advantures in Knitting". I put in a lot of lace, (hers is on a stockingnet st. ground). Row 7 and 13 are a little
tricky but the rest is easy. It is a six stitch repeat, but you will want to add a edge stitches. The printing in bold are the background sts. The O's not in bold are dropped to allow the P's to enlarge and become the quilted stitches. Always slip as if to P without twisting.
Row 1. K, front side of work
Row 2. O, P, O,P2tog, O,P2tog, O, P
Row 3. Slip P, drop O, O, K2tog, O, K2tog, slip P, drop O.
Row 4. Slip P, O,P2tog, O,P2tog. slip P.
Row 5. Slip P, O,K2tog, O,K2tog., slip P.
Row 6. Repeat row 4.
Row 7. Drop the P, O,K2tog, pick up and K the drop, slip 2, drop the P, return the 2 to the left, pick up and K the drop, O, K2tog.
Row 8. O,P2tog, O, P, O, P, O,P2tog.
Row 9. O,K2tog, drop O, slip P, drop O, slip P, O,K2tog.
Row 10. O,P2tog, slip P, slip P, O,P2tog.
Row 11. O,K2tog, slip P, slip P, O,K2tog.
Row 12. Repeat row 10
Row 13. Slip 2, drop P, return 2 to the left, pick up & K the drop, O, K2tog, drop P, O, K2tog, pick up and K the drop.
Row 14. P
If you want more than one repeat vertically, eliminate rows 1 & 14. What you are doing is creating a lace ground and then having the enlarged stitches float on top. Neat.
Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the May 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440
Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

This will be a short letter as I am preparing for the Moontide workshop. July will find me at the TKGA show in Valley Forge at the convention center. Thursday the 13th is preview night. Then Friday, Sat. & Sun are open to the public. Check out the website at www.KnitAndCrochetShow.com I will be at booth 418.

SALE
This month I am closing out on these boxes.
50% off--at $5 how can you resist? Shipping
is $3 if ordered alone. Please indicate if you
want the blue porcelain or the mother-of-pearl.
Good for your markers or even as a pill box for
Dad.

I carry selected patterns from Fiber Trends and find them to be excellent--doable for most beginners and yet looking like heirloom projects. Here are some I would like to recommend. The patterns are $6 each and shipping is $2 for any amount. First is "Spirit of the Southwest Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark. It is triangular, starting at the center back top. It calls for a lace weight yarn and is shown in Zephyr wool/silk. Next there is "Bella" by Bev Galeskas. The shaping is intriguing and it is on my list to try. Eugen Beugler has done "Spring Blossoms Shawl" It is a square, knit from the center out.
Outstanding! Everything anyone could want in a shawl. It also uses the Zephyr wool/silk that I sell.

Also by Eugen is the "Flower Eyelet Afghan" Size 10 needles and worsted weight yarn makes this a fast project.

LESSON
Years ago my friend, Bertha Gessner, helped me decipher a stitch on a German knitting instruction sheet. It was a twist stitch that had the stitches twist thru the fabric instead of on the front side. Great for lace as it didn't pull the lace down and it was reversible. I call it the "German Twist St". Then, when I took a class with Mary Walker Phillips she taught an edging from her book "Knitting Counterpanes" called Melon and Lace that uses the same technique but enlarged. It gives the appearance of a cable but it is thru the fabric, not on just the front side. I now call both "Thruway Crossings". For the small twist-st type: to the left, put the righthand point into the first st on the left needle (right into the middle) grap the second st and pull it thru the first one so it sits in front of it still on the left needle. K it and then the one that had been first. To twist to the right: with the righthand needle grap the second st on the left needle and pull it over the first st, but keep it on the needle. K it and then the second one (looks best if K in the back).

The enlarged Thruway Crossing starts on the row below when you will make six double throws as you knit the six sts that will be crossed. Put the needle in as to knit, wrap the yarn around twice, or sometimes more, and knit so that all the wraps are on the righthand needle. On the next row, slip the sts one, by one, letting the extra loop(s) off. You will have six long loops on the needle. Slip them back without twisting. Go thru the first three stitches--right thru the middle--and grap the second three, as if you were going to knit them together. But don't. Just pull them thru the first three. I usually put my forefinger between these two groups to keep them in place as I knit them off one by one.

In working on Flora's Wrap, the project for Moontide, I played around with these sts and came up with this motif. It looks like a seedling. Here it is in Lace Shorthand.

> 1 P15 1
P 6 O /l\ O 6 P <
> 1 P5 O P3 O P5 1
P 5 V 5 P <
> 1 P4 thru & cross P4 1
P 4 6 triple throw 4 P <
> 1 P14 1
P 6 / 7 P <
Cast on 17 (this is so you will end with the same number)
< or > = the side to start the row / = K2tog P = purl No letter means to Knit
Thru & cross = slip the 6 sts, letting the extra loops drop. Return them and cross them.
Knit three together in the back, O, Knit the last three together. V = Make three from one by K, Kinback, K in 1 st. (This will be in the O of the previous row). /l\ = centered double decrease (slip 2 together as if you were going to K them, slip the third st as to P, Put the left point into the front of these three sts and K them together in the back) This neat decrease is from Meg Swansen.

I will have more from Flora's wrap in the next newsletter. Maybe even a kit. Til then, have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the April 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

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Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Hard to believe that April is over. I have had a very busy month with two trips. The first was to Montreal and Ottawa. I taught for the Ottawa guild and stayed with Christine Walter. She is a new designer and a cat lover so we had a lot to talk about. You can see one of her felted designs in the current issue of Creative Knitting--a felted tea cozy. She showed me a poncho that will be submitted soon that can be worn with the points down the arms or with the points in front and back. It is stunning. I predict we will be seeing lots of her work in the years to come. Christine Walter cwalter@rogers.com I also taught a workshop at Wool-Tyme, probably the largest and most successful yarn shop I have ever seen. Check them out at www.wool-tyme.com

My second trip was to Westchester NY where I taught a workshop for the guild and then gave a lecture class to the meeting. What an enthusiastic group! If the maintenance people hadn't insisted that we leave, we would have gone on til the wee hours.

Coming up in June is the Moontide workshop on Cape Cod. I have one opening left. June 3 to 10, with lodging at a cabin community right on the ocean in Wellfleet. There will be six lessons on "Texture in Lace". The project is a triangular shawl called "Flora's Wrap" done in wool/silk. If you are interested, please E-mail me ASAP.

BOOK NEWS
I mentioned this last month but here it is again. Barbara Abbey's Knitted Lace (the best book ever on the subject) is going "out of stock" and maybe then "out of print". All the major distributors are already out. Schoolhouse press still has some and I have some left. My price is $22.

Now for some good news: Mosaic Knitting by Barbara Walker is coming back! This was out of print for some time and going for a small fortune on E-bay. Schoolhouse press decided to bring it back--next spring and only $1 more than its old price. If you don't want to wait, I have two copies left at a price between list and E-bay--$30.

Years ago I had a retired machinist make short needles that I sold. When he no longer wanted to make them, I had enough for my own work in my private stash. I have since carried the plastic ones made by Addi, but had not tried them. But now I know first hand how good they are. Just the right length, great points, smooth, etc. They are made in Germany and come 5 to a package. Size 0, 1, 2, & 3. $8 a package-$2 shipping (any amount) if ordered alone.

Mother's day gift idea..
Here are the shawl pins I have on hand for imediate shipping. Four styles, gold or silver. $29 each. $2 shipping if ordered alone. These are brass with real gold or silver coating.

Lesson
When ever I show the "Magickal Earth" shawl people ask about the unicorn pattern done in carried eyelet. I have a short lesson in that pattern that I will gladly send you for a 2 stamped, self-addressed envelope. The shawl pattern is in the book "A Gathering of Lace" but the editors decided to chart all patterns in the book in a uniform way and, frankly, the carried eyelet stitch does not fit itself to the mold.

Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Welcome to the March 2006 issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440

Please note that prices may change without notice and that supplies are not guaranteed.

Sale
This month I am offering old stock of Maineline wool at 2/20 thickness. The limit is 2 per customer to give more people a chance. Again it is first E-mailed, first served. You may give me an extra color choice in case one of your first two is taken. Most of the cones weigh close to a pound with the smallest going at 12 ounces. $10 a cone and shipping is $5--1 or 2 cones
bottom row: red, copper, dark yellow
top row: pink, curry, light yellow

Here we have top row: black, light blue, peacock
Bottom row: grapevine (gray), pewter, and juniper

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT BARBARA ABBEYS "KNITTING LACE"
Most of you know I think this is the most important book on knitting lace that ever was. It is going "OUT OF STOCK". Schoolhouse press tells me they have not made a definite decision yet, but it may go "OUT OF PRINT". They still have some and I have some, but if you don't have it, get it now! My price is still $22.

I am working on a model of my "Frost Diamonds" scarf kit in the Harmony yarn and finding a number of errors in the charts. So, there will be a general update of this kit. If you have bought this kit in the past, please E-mail me for the new instructions.

But, let me rave on about the Harmony yarn. It is such a joy to work with! It never splits, behaves beautifully and feels wonderful in the hands. Here is a small swatch I worked up with a size O needle.
Harmony is 2/32, very
thin and comes in a 9.2
ounce skein. Natural $40
colors $50.

The updated Frost Diamonds kit comes with 3 ounces of the Harmony in Natural. It will be about 10" wide and 50" long with a size O needle. There is plenty of yarn to make it longer. It will have a much more open look than this picture of one done in a 2/20 yarn.

Because of the errors I have found in the Frost Diamonds instructions, I have decided to postpone offering the two new kits-in-the-works so I can double check and knit-check the instructions. I hope you understand.

LESSON
Here is the eyelet part of the basic bookmark class.
An eyelet is a hole with the decrease right next to it. The following row is plain K or P. With only these two "rules" it is amazing how many choices you can make. The fabric will pull away from the yarnover--think of the yarnover as a bowling ball. To get a strong line, you the decrease that slants with the pull--O, /. Now to make a diagonal line of eyelets place the new O to the side of the one below (there is a row of plain K or P between). To move to the right stop before you work the stitch over the O or to move to the left, work the stitch over the O and then the new O. Of course you must insert the decreases. Here are a couple of exercises:
Cast on 20 sts and knit back. I have given you only the pattern rows.
1. 1, O\, 2, O\, 2, O\, 2, O\, 2 O\, 1
3. 2, O\, 2, O\, 2, O\, 2, O\, 4
5. 4, /O, 2, /O, 2, /O, 2, /O, 2
7. 3, /O, 2, /O, 2, /O, 2, /O, 3
Notice that the O's move to the left and then to the right.
On this one you make lace on both rows, but the stitches over the eyelets are plain K or P. Every row reads the same. K2, O, K2tog. repeat across. Repeat this row several times. Notice that the K2 always comes over the O, K2tog of the previous row.

If you wish to make a straight vertical line of holes, you need to do so every 4th row. In garter st that will be the same distance between holes as you will get if you work O, decrease across a row for a horizonal row of holes.

There is much more about eyelets, yarnovers, faggotting etc in the video $39.

Most ethic patterns use eyelets, putting the increase and decrease next to each other and giving a relief row between. The Fiber Trend patterns by Evelyn Clark are the best example of what can be done with this technique. She is able to create pictures using only the simple eyelets. The Seascape and the Spirit of the Southwest are two I am particularly fond of. Fiber Trends patterns $6 each with $2 shipping for any amount if ordered alone.

It's SPRING and time for springtime eggs. I have updated this kit as well, adding a couple of patterns. You get plastic eggs, yarn and instructions for 6 patterns, a knit basket and the following hint on covering a glass dish. All this for $12.
HINT
A customer sent me this dish and cover years ago. I copied it and made many of them over the years. All you need is a dollar store dish and some cotton thread and in an evening you have a nice gift. You need to know your gauge. Measure the dish from rim to rim. Find a doily pattern that can be completed, at least to a good stopping place, in that measurement. Measure the flat part of the dish. For that amount of the pattern, work as it is given. Now adjust (downward) the number of increases so the doily will cup. How much depends on your dish. A straight sided one may not need any more increases. The one above only needed a little adjustment. The basic math for a flat doily is 6 to 8 increases every other round. Try to keep the main motif as written and make your reduction in the mesh that fills in. If the holes are important to the motif then make a couple of decreases in the solid part. Remember; the eye sees the holes. End your piece with a crocheted edge and run a cord thru the loops.

Have fun knitting!
Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440.

MOONRISE will be at Stitches East Sept 22nd thru the 25th. The booth is #734, right across from the demo area and near the snack vendors. I have a new kit, "What's your sign", made with a thin blend of Alpaca, Silk and Cashmere. It is an advanced project. I'm guessing that many lace knitters are ready for more advanced work.

MOONRISE is going to be carrying a new yarn--"HARMONY". The blend is 70% alpaca, 20% silk and 10% cashmere. It is a 2/32, thinner than the yarn in the above kit, and comes in 8 ounce skeins in natural for $40 and dyed (by Jamie Harmon) in ocean, beach, or cranberry. The dyed skeins will sell for $50. You can probably make two shawls with the 8 ounces, or one large one and a couple of scarfs. Incredibly soft, this yarn is a joy to work with. I recommend a size O needle. If you send me a stamped self-addressed envelope with the word "harmony" written on it, I will send you a generous sample to play with. I will take orders now, but will not be able to mail them before the last week in Sept. Of course, if you come to stitches, you will get a preview!

I have had many requests for long circulars and now stock the Addi Turbos in 40", as well as the expected 24". I have OOO's, OO's, O's, 1, 2, 3 & 4. The join is perfect--wish the points were a bit sharper. The price is $8 and shipping is $2 for any number of needles.

Hint This month I would like to talk about lace grounds. The dollar store placemat below shows 5 or 6 different lace grounds. It is the basis of the design. Marianne Kinzel's designs get a good deal of their charm from her use of several different grounds setting off the motifs. There are at least four in the doily pictured to the left. When we are working a needlecraft where there is only one color, as most of our work is, this design technique allows us to set off parts of the design and define shapes with fills or backgrounds. Barbara Abbey has a whole chapter on grounds in her book "Knitting Lace". Barbara Walker's patterns in the beginning of her lace stitch chapters are small stitch patterns that can be used as grounds. And, of course, a study of Marianne Kinzel's books will yield ideas.

So, how does the lace knitter build up her personal repertory of lace grounds? Pick up your needles and a smooth yarn, find something good to drink and some nice music and take some time to just play. Start with faggotting--a yarnover followed by a decrease, every row. Now try the same decrease, but make the return row plain K or P. Now you have an eyelet pattern. What happens when you off-set the decrease? How about a double decrease with yarnovers each side--done lined up vertically makes a stripe or off set gives an all over pattern. The "open star" from B. Walker uses a pass stitch over two and off for the decrease--it goes, O, K3, pass 1knit st over the other two. It is amazing how just changing the decrease changes the look. The smaller the number of stitches or rows needed, the easier it is to shape the ground. Again, I suggest a study of the M. Kinzel books for this. I will add my two cents' worth next month.

"Barbara Abbey's Knitting Lace" $22, First Book of Modern Lace Knitting, Marianne Kinzel $7, Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting $8, The Barbara Walker Treasuries There are four. $28 each. More than one, $25 each.

Fall is a busy season for all of us. Don't forget to take some time for yourself. Have fun knitting! Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440. I have the perfect summer knitting for you! Evelyn A. Clark's "Bathtime Blossoms" are the sweetest facecloths I have seen. They are done with the short-row technique popular years ago. Three different designs with soap sacks to match. I have charted three co-ordinated edging patterns to go on a hand towel. The Fiber Trends pattern with my charts is $6 (Any number of Fiber Trends patterns will be shipped for $2).

I also offer a kit--a 50 gram ball of 100% cotton in white, yellow, or williamsburg blue; a hand towel in white, yellow, or dark blue; and of course, the pattern with the edging charts. All this for $12

Sad news The following books are out of print: Aromatic gifts and Traditional Lace Knitting by Furze Hewitt, Tradition Victorian Whitework, and perhaps Creative Knitting by Mary Walker Phillips. I say "perhaps" because none of my suppliers has it in stock or knows when they will get it. I sure hope it is just temporarily out of stock!

This month's sale is for the "expanded edition of Knitting in the Old Way" by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson. This is virtually a new book, not a revision of the older one by the same name. Much more information and patterns. If you are the kind of knitter who wants to understand the construction of sweaters, (not just follow a published pattern), you need this book. Regular price $38 and well worth it. I have five copies to sell at $26--first five knitters who E-mail or call their request will get them.

HINT Knitted edgings have been popular for over a hundred and fifty years. We still use the classic patterns, but, what has changed is the notation method for the directions. First there was the paragraph form of instruction. Most of the reprints and reworking of these old patterns still use this hard-to-work-from method. Mary Thomas did some charting with her lace patterns and used symbols that made sense, but I think the first popular patterns that were charted were by Rachel Schnelling and reprinted by Gloria Penning. However, she used letters of the alphabet which could be confusing. Newer designs, especially those from Europe have gone to charting. What an improvement! The biggest advantage of charting is that when you look up and down, you can see what stitches come over what. Best of all, the chart is read right to left on the major pattern rows and bottom to top--just like the knitting. I have taken charting a step or two further to make the working of the edgings even easier to do with my "Lace Shorthand". Almost all the old edging patterns can be divided into sections. Typically you have a heading at the top, sometimes a band, then a middle, and finishing up with an edge. Sometimes there is no middle and the edge and heading make up the whole pattern. Sometimes there is a band that is repeated between the middle and edge. Usually the edge has a scallop. This can be formed in a number of ways. Or you may have an "insertion". Here there is a heading on each side with a middle, or maybe, two bands and a middle. You can see that a mix and match situation exists when you divide the sections. To divide an edging you must chart it. Look up and down on the chart to pick out: first the heading, then the band and/or the middle, and lastly the edge itself which will probably include gradual increases and a bind-off, or gradual increases and gradual decreases. When your sections do not change stitch count (except the scallop) and the stitches in each row use the stitches in the pattern row below, you are ready to draw vertical lines dividing the sections. Do this with a couple of patterns and you can put sections together to make new edgings. It is probably a good idea to have each section with the same number of rows in its repeat, at least in the beginning. I teach a class called "Endless Edgings" that uses this technique with a flip book that allows you to turn part(s) of pages to make new edgings. Once you have worked the class, there is no end to the number of edgings you can design. If this design idea appeals to you, I will send you the class hand-out with the flip booklet for $5 ($2 shipping if ordered alone).

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well, and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440.

I have just two copies of "Meg Swensen's Knitting" left and I have combined them with "The Opinionated Knitter" to make a set. Retail is $68. The first two people to ask for it get it for $50. If you want just the Opinionated Knitter, the price is $30.

I am really excited that Fiber Trends has started to carry Eugen Beugler's patterns. There are three available now. One is scarfs, one is an eyelet afgan and third is a beautiful shawl. There will be three more in the fall. The scarfs and afgan patterns are $5 each. The shawl is done with the wool/silk from Jaggerspun that they call Zephyr and that I sell. It is my very favorite yarn--half wool, half silk, and half the thickness of fingering weight yarn. New prices are $4 an ounce, $30 1/2 pound, and $60 for a full pound cone. Comes in almost 60 colors. Check out my website for a color card. www.moonriselaceknitting.com For the month of July, the shawl pattern by Eugen will be included free with any order of wool/silk. You do need to ask for it, though.

Hint: To continue our discussion of moving beyond simple eyelet lace, this month I will write about multiple increases and decreases.

The most common multiple increase is done from one stitch on one row. I like the idea of twisting that stitch when you work the row below. Here are three ways: 1. Work in front, then in back, then in front, etc. or work alternate K & P into the one stitch. 2. K1, O, K1, O, K1, etc. 3. work many O's. To work off on the following row, you may K & P alternately or K the first loop in front and the others in the back. Number 1 gives a smoother look than number 2. Number 3 is smoother yet.

You could make the increases in more than one stitch. Three is a good number. Make the most increases in the middle one. If you do a K1 between, it is a good idea to twist that K1 stitch. Or, you could make the increases in more than one row. I have done that in the exercise below.

Then the question is how to work these extra stitches off. If you are working a circle, maybe you don't need to worry about it--just let them be part of the circle increases and don't increase for a while. (The basic circle math is 6-8 increases for every 2 rounds. If you have increased 30 sts, do 10 rounds without increasing). You could make a bobble. (I like the knot, where you lift the extra stitches off one at a time).

The most common reason for multiple increases is to make a pedal shape. St. St. is best for these pedal stitches. I like to work 3 or more rows before starting the decreases. They can be on the sides, every other row, or in the middle with a double (centered) decrease, or any combination of this. To make a stronger angle, work them off faster--maybe a double decrease each side, as below. You want them all gone? If you had 9: SSK, SSK, bind off the one remaining, K1, K2tog, K2tog, Return them both and bind off one from the left. slip that stitch back to the right. You now have three stitches and can work a double decrease on the next row. Not gone fast enough? Try this: K to and including the center st, put yarn down. Bind off one, return this center st to the left, bind off one from the left, slip the tired stitch to the right and bind off one, continue until only this over worked st remains.

Exercise Cast on 9 stitches. Work several rows garter st. 1. In center st work K1, O, K1, O, K1 2. Purl these 5 stitches on the return row. The 4 sts on each side will remain in Garter st. 3. K6, work KPKPK in center st, K6 4. K4, purl the 9 sts of the pedal, K4 5. K 6. K4, purl the 9 sts of the pedal, K4 7. K7, double decrease over center 3, K7 8. K4, Purl 7, K4 9. K 10. K4, Purl 7, K4 11. SSSK, K1, K3tog. Now, return one to left, bind off one from the right needle (this will be the SSSK over the center st), Return one to the left (the center st). Bind off one from the left. Slip remaining st to the right and continue the row. Work several rows of garter st. Now try something different. How about increasing in three sts--increase 3, 5, 3. This gives you an 11 st pedal to play with. The possiblilities are endless.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

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First, a couple of price changes: Lower "A Gathering of Lace", now only in paperback for $30; Higher The wool/silk zephyr will be $4 an ounce, $30 a half pound, and $60 a pound cone, starting on July 1st. Any order received before that date will be billed at the old price.

I have another new yarn for you! This one is a bit thinner than the wool/silk, perhaps a 2/20. It is 70% Alpaca and 30% silk. It comes in 7 ounce skeins for $40. The color is an undyed natural that is very soft and quite white. I have only 10 skeins on hand. If you like it, I will order more. It comes from Peru via Canada.

HINT The hint this month concerns the principle of getting lace knitting to curve. This was important to those designers who wanted to imitate needle lace. Many English patterns made use of this 1890 to 1930 or so. Today, one sees it used in the German work, usually with texture. In it pure form, the designer simply separates the yarnover and the decrease. This makes the stitches between lean away from the yarnover. Think of it as a bowling ball pushing the pins over. The placement of the two units and their movement can make a curve. Further design options come with moving the whole element diagonally and having more than one "lean". Add some texture and the sky is the limit!

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

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Check it out! the website at www.moonriselaceknitting.com continues to improve. My daughter, Eb, now has paypal buttons on most of the kits. Lots more to do, but lookin' good.

The middle of next month I go to Montreal to teach. They have chosen the Russian Shawl Techniques and the "How an Edging Turns a Corner". I am looking forward to it. This month I taught at two local groups and both were fantastic classes with enthusiastic students. Do you have a knitting group that would like to have me teach? My fees are very affordable and your group does not have to be a guild. I will E-mail a class list, just ask for it.

A Gathering of Lace, edited by Meg Swansen is back in stock. I will sign "my" page, (Magickal Earth) if you would like. Also, I will include what I consider better directions for the Carried Eyelet stitch. $35

Clearance I have decided to discontinue the zipper pulls and scissor fobs made by Seahorse Designs. I feel it is more important to carry the books and yarns used for lace knitting. So. . . here is your chance: Both come in Victorian Pink or Blue & Silver. The scissor fobs are now only $7 and the zipper pulls are $5. If ordered alone, shipping is free.This offer is limited to stock on hand.

I have a new lace yarn! It is called Alpaca Lace and comes from Henry's Attic. 100% Superfine Alpaca at 4960 yards per pound, made in Peru. It is a lovely cream colored natural and so o o o soft. It comes in 8 oz skeins. My price is $22 for the half pound. I can't wait to design with it.

Hint It is great fun to add texture to your lace knitting. The problem comes when the texture is too heavy and pulls the lace down. Here are a couple of stitches that won't weigh the lace down. To make a tight, light bobble, knit into the front, back, front, back, and front of one stitch. Let the discard loop off. Now lift the made stitches over and off one by one. (That is four stitches over the last one made.) Judith Rankin researched the lily of the valley stitch used by some of the Russian shawl knitters. She makes the flowers by a K1,O,K1,O,K1 into one stitch and then knits all five together in the back on the return row. I found that almost impossible to do when working with fine yarn, so I make 5 with the Knit in front, knit in back method above and then on the return row, knit them all together in the back. A cluster stitch is another way to make a bump in your knitting, this time a horizonal bump. Take 3 or so stitches onto a cable needle, bobble pin, (whatever) and wrap the yarn around 7 to 10 times. Put on right needle and continue. On the return row you need to pry them apart to work them. Sometimes I prefer the look I get when I knit them before putting them on the right needle. There are many other texture techniques that look good on lace. I'm having a lot of fun trying them out and will share them with you another time.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

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Don't miss my booth at the TKGA National Convention March 31st - April 3rd at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA. I'm booth number 403, please stop by and say hello. The convention features the Fiber Arts Market and four days of knitting and crochet classes! More information is available at www.FiberArtsMarket.com . Visit this web address for a printable coupon for discounted market admission: http://pdf.fiberartsmarket.com/famsprepn.pdf 

ON SALE - 32/2 Shawl Yarn Superwash Wool (65%) & Silk (35%). This very thin basic shawl yarn is wonderful to work with and has a natural beautiful sheen. It is the fiber composition traditionally used in Russian shawls and I recommend 3 (0) to (0) needles. Usually $6/ounce - special 4 ounce ball only $15! The four ounce ball has 2500 yards, plenty for a shawl.

EGGS TO MAKE ANY BUNNY PROUD For ages and ages, in all cultures, springtime has been a time to celebrate new life and eggs have been a part of this celebration. Moonrise offers a kit to make lace covers for eggs. There are three designs, a 50gram ball of crochet cotton, a bunch of plastic eggs and full instructions to make the covers plus a basket to put them in. The kit sells for $12.

This Month's Hint: I like to display my eggs in a glass covered bowl. A wonderful student/customer found this in a thrift store and sent it to me, years ago. I have made several since that time for gifts. The hardest part is finding a shallow bowl with sloping sides. Dollar stores are a good place to look. Make your medallion so that it fits up to the rim when it is stretched a bit. Do a crocheted loop bind off, make a tie, thread it through the loops and tie it tightly over the bowl. If your sides are steep, you will want to stop increasing, or at least slow it down. This may require a design change in your pattern. The little dresser jar illustrates a better way. When your medallion covers the bottom of the jar, cast on stitches for the sides using an edging pattern. Knit back and forth on these stitches joining to your live stitches every other row. Those of you who plan ahead (I admire you!) will count the stitches and adjust so that the edging pattern comes out perfectly. In that case you can work a graph of the cast-on stitches and your ending ones. Or just seam it as I did on the pictured one. If it wants to droop, a bit of clear-drying glue solves the problem.

HAVE FUN KNITTING! Sandy

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I am writing this looking out to 10" of snow. What a perfect time to do some winter knitting! Here are a few suggestions: Latvian Mittens by Lizbeth Upitis is my favorite mitten book. The patterns are gorgeous and I promise you that you will find some techniques that are new to you--fringes, braids, and scalloped edges are some that I love. This book was out of print for a long time. This new addition includes 44 NEW mittens and lots of color. Latvian Mittens Book. . . . . . . $25

Valentine's day is around the corner. You can prepare with my "Many Hearts" kit. It includes full directions for 6 different shaping techniques as you make the hearts. Enough thread to make 24 hearts. I have even included instructions for the envelopes. This is a fun kit. Many Hearts Kit. . . . .$10

Then there is a Diane Willett pattern that is challenging but very satisfying. Wilma's Heart Pattern . . . $5

My teaching schedule includes two classes you may be interested in attending if you live in the area, or will be traveling nearby. On Feb 26th (weather permitting) I will be teaching for the Big Apple Knitting Guild in NY city. The class will be "How an edging turns a corner". Check it all out at www.BAKG.org

Then on the 5th of March I will be teaching "Endless Edgings" in Berwyn PA The link there is http://innerartistretreats.com

This month I want to clear out books that I no longer carry and have only one or two copies of. Most sale prices are less than 1/2 of the retail price. Since quantities are so limited, the best way to do this is for you to E-mail me with a list of those that interest you and I will fill the orders on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do not send money or go to paypal. I will send your order with an invoice in the package--then when you get it, write me a check. This saves the hassle of refunds if I don't have everything you want. Shipping charges will be as usual (see above). 
MAGGIE'S IRELAND by Maggie Jackson $20 
SHAWLS AND SCARVES by Nancy Thomas $10 
KNITTING SHAWLS, STOLES, & SCARVES by Nancie Wiseman $12 
STAHMAN'S SHAWLS & SCARVES by Myrna Stahman $20 
LATVIAN DREAMS by Joyce Williams $20 KNITTED LACE ORNAMENTS, pattern by Diane Willett $3 
KNITTED LACE HOLIDAY WREATH, pattern by Diane Willett $3 
KNITTED LACE SNOWFLAKE, pattern by Diane Willett $3 KNIT HAT BOOK by Nicky Epstein $10 
FOLK MITTENS by Marcia Lewandowski $10 
KILT HOSE & KNICKERBOCKER STOCKINGS by Veronica Gainford $6 
FOLK SOCKS by Nancy Bush $8
SIMPLY SOCKS by Anna Zilboorg $8 
SUNS & MOONS by Rizzoli (not knitting) $5 50 
HEIRLOOM BUTTONS TO MAKE by Nancy Nehring (not knitting) $10 
POEMS OF COLOR, KNITTING IN THE BOHUS TRADITION by Wendy Keele $10 
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS by Val Love $10 
THE MAGIC LOOP by Sarah Hauschka $5 
CLOSE KNIT PRESS WORLD 1 by Kathleen Klun (doll clothes) $4 
RIBBING--PLAIN & FANCY by E. J. Slayton $4

Get your order in quickly! Stay warm and HAVE FUN KNITTING! Sandy

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I now have Sharon Miller's book in stock and ready to go. If you do not yet have this excellent lace knitting book, now is the time to fill that gap on your lace knitting shelf! My price is $55 with the usual shipping.

The new DVD/CD is selling well. It is called "Russian (Inspired) Lace Shawl Design". It is meant to be a follow-up to the "Techniques" DVD/CD, but if you have done any of the Russian Shawls or taken a class, this Design lesson is very doable. The project is a large square shawl based on the diamond motif--"Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend". I offer a certificate, usable at any time, for 7 ounces of Wool/Silk for only $15. This is a savings of $10. DVD/CD "Russian (Inspired) Lace Shawl Design" . . .$39.95 and only $3 shipping if ordered alone.

Finally, I want to wish you a "Happy Solstice". In celebration I designed this little ornament to hang on the tree or in a window. I have written it in the old-fashioned way because doing it in my usual half-circle chart is difficult on the computer. I used size 10 crochet cotton and size 2 needles and a ring about 3" diameter. Cast on 12 sts in a way that allows you to gather them, or leave a tail that you can weave through them later. Arrange them on three needles, join and knit around. (#) = total sts, 1/3 on each needle I show you one needle's worth, which is 2 sections.

KEY O = yarnover 1 = Knit st ^ centered double decrease (slip 2 as if to K them tog, K1, pass the slipped stitches, together still, over and off) R1. O, 1, O, 1, O, 1, O, 1 (24) R2 and all other even numbered rounds K all stitches R3. K all stitches R5. O, 2, O, 2, O, 2, O, 2, (36) R7. O,1,O, 1, ^ ,1 O, 1, O, 1, ^, 1 (36) R9 O, 1, O, 1, O, 1, O, ^ O, 1, O, 1, O, 1, O, ^ (48) R11. before starting this round, move one st from needle #1 to needle #3. At the end of needle #1 you will need to move one st from #2 to #1 to complete the ^. And again at the end of needle #2. O,1,O, ^, O,1,O, ^ O, 1, O, ^, O, 1, O, ^ R12 is K to complete this tiny ornament. I cut the thread leaving about 20" and threaded it through a tapastry needle. I held the ring behind the knitting and, one by one, went around the ring and through a st which I then took off the needle. I kept the tension fairly loose and when all the sts were off the needles, I put the needle down and adjusted the "wraping" so it was tight and in the center of the ring. Then I darned the end into the solid part of the knitting and cut the thread.

This pattern is original but not copyrighted--please share.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Welcome to the November issue of the MOONRISE newsletter. If you do not wish to be on the E-mail list, simply reply with "remove" in the subject line. I send these newsletters by "blind copy" and will never sell or give away my list. Also, nothing in these letters is copyrighted--please share.

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Once again I am very late with this newsletter. I hoped to have good news on two fronts and, indeed, I do. After waiting for months for my US suppliers to restock Sharon Miller's "Heirloom Lace" I went on her website: www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk and had a very pleasent exchange of E-mails. You must check out this site--fantastic patterns! She gave me the address in England where I could purchase the books at wholesale. That same day, my US supplier notified me that he was sending out my backorder. So, now I have two sources for this excellent book.  Order yours today. Heirloom Knitting. . . . . .$55.

The other good news is that my new DVD/CD is ready. In this video I show you how to take the Russian (inspired) Lace Shawl Techniques and develop a design. I take you from a sampler of motifs to how to place them in a shawl and even how to design your own. The CD is almost a book. It has full directions for the project shawl, pictures of Russian Shawls and a bonus project. I expect to fill all orders by the end of the week. With the DVD you will get a certificate for 7 ounces of wool/silk in your choice of color for $15--a savings of almost $10. Use it for the project shawl or any other special project. This offer is good for orders placed before the end of the year. Russian Inspired Lace Shawl Design. . .$39.95.

I sell the pattern for this angel with a pattern for a snowflake and one for a ball cover that is made with the short-row technique. All three are original. I am especially happy with the angel. Her upper body is made from an oversized circle. The extra fabric forms the arms and wings. The three patterns sell for $8 with $2 shipping if ordered alone.

Here are some three dimensional ornaments made as we used to do in school with construction paper--remember? You made two identical forms except that one had a slit in the top half and the other was cut down the middle of the bottom. For the tree I cast on 4 sts and worked 8 rows of garter st. Then I cast on 12 at the beginning of the next two rows and gradually decreased to 6 in the middle by K 2tog at the beginning of the rows. I added pony beads by putting a crochet hook through the bead and pulling a stitch through before knitting it. Then I cast on 10 at each end and repeated the decreases and beading except that after 8 rows I joined another ball of yarn and worked the rest of the way in two sections. When there were 6 left, I added 8 and worked down until I had just 1 on each section. The second part was made the same except that I started with two sections--2 sts on each--and joined to one partway up the second branch. The sun motif is a small medallion worked back and forth. I picked a center stitch of the motif and started there. This is so the slit is straight. By starting in the middle of the motif I avoided the yarnover at the beginning. I added a stitch so my center stitch was really two stitches. Both sections are made the same. The snowflake was made in the same way. After stiffening, slide the two halfs together.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440. Check out the website at www.moonriselaceknitting.com

I apologize for the lateness of this newsletter. October has just whizzed by with out-of-town guests and the big show in Atlantic City.

I have important news for those in western NJ or southeast PA. The Spinnery, formerly between Flemington and Somerville NJ, is now in Frenchtown NJ. Betty has relocated at 33 Race Street. It is a lovely town to visit for a long afternoon of walking around--antique shops, art galleries, and great places to eat. I know the Spinnery will fit right in to the "country/artsy" ambiance. Betty has always had a wonderful variety of weaving, spinning and knitting supplies and classes. And, I know of no other yarn shop that has her flair for children's crafts or the knack of stocking the perfect gift. Do stop in. Website is www.spinnery.net

I am accepting pre-orders for the next DVD/CD that is promised for next month. It is called "Russian (Inspired) Lace Shawl Design". The first section shows a number of shawls from Russia and points out the design features. Then the student works a sampler strip of the motifs in the project shawl, "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend". The project is introduced and a Lace Shorthand Map is explained. This shows the exact placement of each motif in a logical way. The last section goes over several modern day projects and discusses the decisions that formed their designs. It comes with a CD that prints out the charts, map and instructions and includes a bonus pattern. The price is $39.95 with $3 shipping if ordered alone. All you need to do to order it is let me know via E-mail and I will put you on the list. If you want to save the $3 shipping, pay for it now. As I told you last month, anyone who has ever bought the Lace Sampler Scarf can get the supplement that gives directions for the scarf with Russian Corners. Just ask and tell me if you want it E-mailed or sent thru the mail, no charge either way. This kit, which I have sold for 15 years is still a best seller and it is still only $15! There are 12 lace patterns in it. The ample directions are in Lace Shorthand and even a beginner can make a truly spectacular scarf. It is done in wool/silk (60 colors) and size 3 needles.

I have started a translation of the Omas Strickgeheimnisse book. Since I don't read German and find that the dictionaries are not very helpful, it is somewhat of a trial and error job. But, here is what I have so far. Feel free to correct me. And, just one hint--if your stitch count is correct and you like what you have done, go with it even if you suspect it might not be exactly what is in the book. This is how new patterns are invented! The book is $25 and well worth it with 200 stitch patterns in it. If you already own the book, print this out and keep it handly for reference and to add to my translation.

TRIAL AND ERROR TRANSLATION OF THE SYMBOLS IN “Omas Strickgeheimnisse”

I went by the pictures and stitch count. Sometimes I actually worked a sample. My advice is to see that your stitch count remains accurate and work the decreases or crosses in any way you are comfortable with and that you like the look of. You are the designer!

I strongly suggest that you rewrite or rechart the patterns. The use of symbols for the knit st and over is illogical and not what we are used to. When you rewrite use symbols you are comfortable with. Finding symbols that mimic those in the book was not easy—I came as close as I could. Consult the list on page 11 in the book. This list is in, pretty much, the same order.

Single stitches O Rechte Masche(M) knit
--- Linke M purl
8 Rechts verschrankte knit in back
/ Umschlag Over
l Aufschleifen Raised open increase (M1)
Decreases
V 2 M durch Ubverziehen SSK
4 2 M rechts vers. Zusammen. K 2 tog in back
X 2 M rechts zasammen. K 2 tog
U 3 M durch Ubver. Zusammen. Sl 1, K 2 tog, PSSO
2 2 M links zusammen. Purl 2 tog
- 1 M links verschrankt Purl 1 in back
§ 2 M links verschrankt zusammen Purl 2 tog in the back
? 2 M links durch Uber. Zusammen Purl 1, return, P2nd S on left O, Sl 1
ý 3 M links durch Uber. Zusammen Sl 2 sts tog, P1, S2sts over tog
D 3 M rechts zusammen K 3 tog
3 3 M links zusammen P 3 tog
‰ 3 M rechts verschrankt zusammen K 3 tog in the back

Decreases symbols without German
L Decrease 2 by sl 1, Bind off 1, return it to left, Bind off from left, pass it back (or work)
? Decrease as above with Purl sts

Crosses
The low side of the line indicates left or right cross. Left is a front cross, right is a back cross. Remember: I left it at the front door—I will be right back. Use the chart above to see whether

The sts are K or P or twisted by working in the back. Make it look like you want it to look.

Move sts
r Move st(s) at beginning of round to the end of last round
s Move st(s) at end of last round to beginning of the current round.

Words
Maschenanschlag durch Stitches divided by
Randmaschen Edge st
Hin und Ruckreihen Back and Forth
In Runden In the Round
Abheben Slip
Nadel Needle

I know this is far from complete and probably not all that accurate. Corrections and additions are welcome. If your E-mail does not support unicode you may not be able to read the special symbols. If you would like hard copy of this translation, send a stamped self addressed envelope to MOONRISE 304 Swartley Rd, Hatfield PA 19440

Recently I decided to update my Baby Bonnet Kit. In addition to putting the chart on the computer, I fixed a glitch in the edging. This project starts with a medallion back and then an edging is joined to 3/4 of the stitches to form the sides and top of the hat. The edging has a gradual increase of 5 sts which are bound off on row 8. The beginning side does not match the end. With this kind of edging the scallop leans to and beyond what should be the bottom edge of the hat. See picture below. Have you had a problem with a edging that is not joined, but has a start and stop? Here is the fix: Cast on the number asked for minus all the cast on sts but one. Work the first repeat ignoring the missing sts. When you come to the bind off, just bind off one. You will now have the proper number of sts to start the next repeat. See how much better this looks. To give you an example, this edging calls for 23 sts and there are 5 added over the first 5 rows. On row 8, the 5 are bound off. So I cast on 19 and worked the rows as given except that the last 4 sts were not worked--I knit the "extra" one. Then on row 8 I bound off one and was left with 23 to start the next "regular" repeat. Anyone who has ever bought the Baby Bonnet Kit may have a copy of the new chart with this improvement. Just send a stamped self-addressed envelope with your request. Baby Bonnet Kit available now in your choice of yarns--Special Blauband in mint or blue, Fortissima Cotton in the strong colors shown, or a lovely Acrylic by Phentex in deep rose, white or blue. The instructions, as given, make a small hat, but there are directions to make a larger one and even directions to make a matching pair of booties. I think you will like the semi-round chart for the back of the hat. Baby Bonnet Kit. . . $12

Have fun knitting! Sandy

Click here to E-mail your order and I will ship with an invoice in the package if you are a return customer. I accept Paypal or checks as well and credit cards are processed through Paypal. Shipping is a flat $5 for any order unless I have indicated that a small item, ordered alone, will be shipped for less. You may contact me by phone 215-822-7292 or by mail at 304 Swartley Road, Hatfield PA 19440. Check out the website at www.moonriselaceknitting.com 

On Sunday, September 26th I will be teaching my basic Lace Stitches class at "A Yarn for All Seasons" shop in Martinsville, NJ. At this time there are still a few spots open. If you live near central NJ, you may want to give Doris a call at 732-560-1111 and join us.

Preparations are well underway for Stitches East. This major show will be held at the Atlantic City, NJ convention center, open to the general public Oct 8-10. Moonrise is at booth #739. You may obtain a brochure by calling 800-237-7099. or visit the website www.knittinguniverse.com  for all the details on the show. If you would like a postcard that gets you $2 off the admission for you and your whole group, just E-mail me with your postal address and I will drop one in the mail, as long as supplies last.

The student preview is on the evening of the 9th. Moonrise will have a student special of any mug for $5 good only that evening. There are a number of designs to choose from including this year's.

The Little Surprise Scarf is such fun to work. It is a Sue Timmons design, done in her signature bias eyelet technique. Part of the surprise is the woven look. You will also be surprised and pleased at the way the design evolves. The yarn is the wool/silk that comes in 60 colors. The color card can be found on the website. $20

I have no new books this month, but I would like to direct your attention to a couple of classics you'll want to add to your collection if you don't have them yet.

Creative Knitting by Mary Walker Phillips belongs in every thinking knitter's library. Mary teaches you to think outside the box with your knitting. Paperback, 1986 reprint, 120 pages. Only $16.

Knitted Lace Set, Kunst-Stricken and Kunst-Stricken II edited by Jules & Kaethe Kliot who have combined the lace knitting of Marie Niedner, Gussi von Reden, Gertrud Billforth, Edith Wallach and Margarete Lang in these two German paperbacks. Well charted, easy to follow despite the language. Some unusual stitches and patterns in these books that make them essential for the intermediate to advanced knitter's library. Usually individually priced at $20 and $26, the set is only $42.

Evelyn A. Clark is one of my favorite designers. Her lace projects are easy enough for beginners and always look fabulous. This month, only, the following patterns are only $4 each. Now is your chance to stock up on designs you will treasure. From the top: The Peace shawl The Sheep Shawl Estonian Garden Wrap & Scarf Field of Flowers The Butterfly Garden, Scarf Shawl or Throw The Landscape Shawl & Scarf. Shipping on these is only $2.

The hint this month is for a start for round knitting. It is a little tricky, not as foolproof as the tab start I gave you in April. But, it is always perfect. So, here is .. . . . . . . .

THE PERFECT START

This is a start that is not the easiest to do, but I like it because it always comes out looking perfect.

To learn this I suggest you work it with a smooth fairly heavy yarn. You will need 4 double pointed needles.

1. Use the Beverly Royce cast on. Make a C with your left hand and lay the yarn over your forefinger and thumb with the short end to the front. Twist the needle to hold the yarn and form a V when the needle is held in the right hand. The short end will be the leg of the V nearest you. Always pick up from outside this V. Here goes: pick up the back, the front, the back. You have 3 strands over the needle and your original twist. Lift up your thumb and take the middle, front strand off. You now have two sts and the twist. Repeat the cast on two more times–6 sts and the twist. Give just a half twist to the two yarns and turn the work.

2. Knit back. When you get to the twist just let it off. It will form a funny little loop that will just sit there. Go to the other end (don’t turn) and with a small needle undo the twist that will be under the first st. Give a gentle tug on the short end–it should pull up and close your funny little loop.

3. Still without turning, pull this short end thru the last st on the left–the one you knit last. At this time it is a good idea to tie a bow in this end or put a paperclip on it so you do not inadvertently knit with it.

4. Join with the right side still facing you. Take the rightmost 2 sts off onto a needle. Put the far end of this needle in the ball of yarn to help hold it. Your left hand should hold fast to the bottom of the knitting to prevent twisting of the needles. Take the next 2 (middle ones) off onto another needle.

5. Form your triangle and hold it horizontally right side up. Tug on the short end and see the circle close right up. Hold the center of the work.

6. Knit around with the ball end of the yarn If things loosen up, tug on the short end.

Any time things go bad, rip it out and start again. Fixing it takes longer with less than good results.

This is my original method. It is not copyrighted and you may use it freely.

Have fun knitting!

Sandy

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Several people have told me that when I send a Lace Shorthand chart, the format gets mess up. I don't know why or if it can be fixed. Although most readers do not have the problem, I will gladly send hardcopy of any needed. Just send the request with a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

I recently spent several days teaching at the Springwater Fiber Workshop. This is a nonprofit fiber art school with a fantastic store. The students were good knitters, but, more importantly, they were good students. I had a wonderful time. If you are in the area of Alexandria VA, do stop in at 808 North Fairfax St. The website is www.springwaterfiber.org .

The blocking pads are now promised for mid-August. When I fill the orders in my "backorder" box, there will be a couple left. If interested E-mail me soon. These are 34" square foam with a printed cloth top. They fold for storage. I have one out most of the time for small pieces to be blocked. If you do doilies, collars or other small items you will find this useful. $40

Anne Stoddard of East Northport Long Island has an annual Knit-in. This year it is scheduled for Aug 14 which is a Saturday--coming up soon. All day, good talk, good knitting, good food. Couldn't ask for more than that! No charge--we would love to see you. You may E-mail Anne at Happyknitter@earthlink.net or call her at 631-455-6782 for all the details. "Anne's Flock" meets on Friday nights in either the East Northport Library or the Northport Library. You will receive the same kind of welcoming friendship there.

The Maine Merino markers continue to sell well. These are so lightweight they can be easily knit-in and then cut out. I like them used as regular markers, (on the needle), too. They do not make a ladder with fine yarn or thread. Liz, inventor, has told me she would welcome any hints on how you use them. E-mail is mainemerino@prexar.com 

I have a new book to tell you about--"Knitting On the Edge" by Nicky Epstein. It shows 350 decorative edges for your knits--lace, fringe, picots, ruffles etc. This is Nicky at her best--grown up, sophisticated, wearable. I, (conservative, low profile dresser), can imagine making and wearing almost all of these, yet they are unusual and innovative. Hardcover, 168 pages, beautifully photographed. My price $28 with the usual shipping of $5 for any order.

Bead knitting is very popular right now. For those who want to explore the old techniques, I suggest the two books put out by Lacis--"Bead Work, second edition" ($15) and "Beaded Bags & More" ($16). These are not new books, but maybe they have escaped your notice.

UPDATE ON THE LACE SAMPLER SCARF My best selling kit now has the directions using the Russian Shawl technique for the corners. The kit itself is a teaching kit for a dozen lace stitches as well as an introduction to Lace Shorthand. Now you can learn the Russian Corners at the same time. You get 3 oz of Jaggerspun wool/silk in any of their colors. See my website for the color card. Still only $15.

If you have already bought the kit, the row-by-row directions are in a supplement, available at no charge. All I need is a 2-stamp self addressed large envelope.

The hint this month is a brief overview of the Russian corners and a general plan to adapt a pattern. I love the way these corners block out to a diagonal. And, of course, it is very nice not to sew on an edge. These directions are somewhat advanced. You could do the Lace Sampler Scarf, or my Frost Diamonds scarf ($45) for more detailed directions or order the DVD/CD on Russian Shawl Techniques ($39.95).

Russian Shawl Corner Technique

A couple of years ago I took a workshop on the Russian Shawl techniques and was inspired to take many of their ways of working and adapt them to my shawl making. I have used the Russian corner technique in much of my work since then. It allows the knitter to work the edges at the same time as the body of the shawl or scarf. The corners do not stretch out to a point, but form a diagonal corner–a look I prefer. The Russian knitters worked the bottom edge and then picked up the stitches along the top, worked the corners and worked the body and side edges at the same time to the top of the project. Then they worked the one top corner, worked the top edge, joining to the body of the work, and finished by working the last corner.

I use an open loop cast-on as long as needed for the body stitches and the beginning of the bottom edge. As I work that edge, I join to the cast-on. When that is done I put the waiting stitches on the needle. This is a better match to the top join.

TO ADAPT A PATTERN TO USE THE RUSSIAN CORNERS

Use an open loop, provisional cast on to put on the stitches needed for the body of your project plus the opening number of stitches needed for your chosen edging. I think an inc-dec type of scalloped edging is best. See that the number of body sts is such that you will run out of sts as you finish a repeat of the edging. Work your edge, joining to the cast on sts every other row. When you have worked all the sts, end at the scalloped side and drop the yarn. Pick up, but do not knit, the number of stitches needed for row 2 of your edging. (It may be one more than you started with if there are set up rows). Place marker, pick up the body sts. Place marker and put the waiting edge sts on the needle. Tie a ribbon on the front side. Now you will work short rows over these edge sts using the number of rows necessary to reach the widest point of the scallop. A good plan over 8 rows would be to work 2 rows of the edging then work until 1 before the marker, turn and wrap, then 2 before the marker, than 1. Fudge to fit your pattern. Knit across, turn and work the corner on this side–the back side is facing you. Work back and when you get to the first corner you worked, work the edge row that is an even row following the odd row you stopped on when you did the first corner–if you finished with a row 9, this would be row 10. Turn and work the next odd row edge. (Now you are working the down side of the scallop), the body of the project, and the even edge row previous to the one you started this row with. It is important that you understand the concept of the righthand edge (as you look at the front side) is always one row ahead of the lefthand edge and that when you are working towards the body of the shawl you are working an odd row of the edge–away from the body, an even row.

Finish your shawl or scarf at the widest point. Work short rows for the upper righthand corner as you work the down side of the scallop. After that, remove the marker and work the top edge joining to the body sts. End at the last row of your edge with the smallest number of sts. Move the marker and knit across the maximum number of sts waiting there. Turn and work the last corner on these sts, working short rows as you work the scallop down. You should now have an equal number of sts on each side of the marker. Graph these together.

Have fun knitting! Sandy

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