The Second One.

 Zo'n 4 jaar geleden, heb ik hier op mijn blog mijn prachtige shawl "The One" laten zien. Jéétje wat was ik trots. Nu nog eigenlijk. En ik kreeg dus best wel eens vragen wanneer nou het patroon zou komen. Nu dus pas...

 About 4 years ago I presented the shawl "The One" here on my blog. Oh my, I was só proud, still am. So, the past few years I got questions when the pattern release would be... Well, about now.

Weet je nog dat ik vorig jaar op de openings avond van Shetland WoolWeek 2014, Ina Irvine ontmoet heb? Zij had een hele mooie display van al haar gebreide werken en daar zaten dus ook shawls bij met meerdere natuurlijke kleuren. En op hele fijne naaldjes. Mmmmm. Interessant.


Remember I've met Ina Irvine at the Opening Ceremony during Shetland WoolWeek 2014? She had an amazing display of all her knitwear and shawls. Some of the shawls, as I remember, as I did make a picture I included the shawls, had several colours and were made on fine needles. Mmmmm, Interesting.

 Ik was in de zomer van 2014 al begonnen met het breien en opnieuw in kaart brengen van de patronen, maar ná de WoolWeek, heb ik het opzij gelegd en ben ik metéén overnieuw begonnen.
Met meer kleuren en kleinere naalden.
Ik trommelde wat testbreiers (gelukkig weer genoeg aanmeldingen) bij elkaar en daar gingen we!
Ik heb wel een aanpassing gemaakt, omdat ik zelden 2x dezelfde shawl brei. Vandaar de naam "The Second One".

 I had started knitting for this shawl in the summer of 2014. But immediately after WoolWeek, I ditched that and started over. More colours, finer needles. I rounded up some testknitters (plenty of applicants this time too) and we started together. I did make a little adjustment, because I rarely make a shawl twice. Hence the name; "The Second One".

 Het kiezen van de kleuren was niet zo moeilijk. Er zijn genoeg natuurlijke kleuren van Jamieson & Smith. Black, White, Grey, Moorit, Fawn en de nieuwste: Optical White.
Persoonlijk vind ik de Moorit niet zo mooi, te bruin. Dus die heb ik hier niet in verwerkt. Ik wilde een 'soepele' overgang qua kleuren en de volgorde was dus niet zo moeilijk: van donker naar licht.

Choosing the colours wasn't that difficult. There are plenty of natural colours to choose from at Jamieson & Smith. Black, White, Grey, Moorit, Fawn and the latest: Optical White.
Personally I don't like the Moorit. It's too 'brown'. So I didn't use that. I wanted to create a sort  of Ombre effect, so the choice for order was easy. From dark to light.

In het patroon is een perfect punt om met een nieuwe kleur te beginnen, precies op de kruising in de border. Voor het midden is de Natural White gekozen en speciaal voor het Hart Patroon de Optical white. (Wil je niet voor een paar rijen O.W. een hele nieuwe bal garen kopen, dan kun je gewoon de Natural White gebruiken zonder dat je te kort komt). 

In the pattern for the border is an excellent opportunity to change colours. I chose the Natural White for the centre and the Optical White for the rows with the Heart Pattern. (If you don't want to purchase a whole ball of O.W. for just 12 rows, you can use the Natural White without running short).

En dit is hem dan:
And here it is!

Pattern: The Second One
Price: E 8,00 (approx. $9.-)
Design: MoniqueB.
(alternative version by testknitter Tasha: HERE)

Needles: 2mm or 2,5mm

Yarn: Jamieson & Smith Shetland Supreme 1/16NM Gossamer 1ply in Black (1ball), White (2 balls), Grey (2 balls), Fawn (2balls) and Optical White (1ball).
Dit garen is binnenkort ook (weer) te krijgen bij Great British Wool in Nederland.

Size: 110cm x 110cm or  45"x 45" (on 2mm / US1) or 150cm x 150cm 60" x 60" (on 2,5mm or US1,5) (for larger shawl, you might need more yarn, due to knitting tension).

Available on Ravelry, Etsy  and Kantwerk.nl (binnenkort).

Weight: 102 gram.

Dit patroon heeft: 12 pagina's, (niet allemaal printen!), 6 charts (waarvan 4 worden gelezen als 1), ondersteunende plaatjes en uitleg, GEEN uitgeschreven rijen, niet rondgebreid, je maakt de rand eerst, daarna een border, je moet de delen wel in elkaar zetten/graften/kitchener.
Je kunt op de pagina van Tasha lezen hoe zij hem heeft gemaakt, in het rond gebreid en van buiten naar binnen.

This pattern has: 12 pages (don't print them all!), 6 charts  (4 are worked as one), picture support, NO written rows, worked flat, outwards in, edge is worked first, then the border,  it needs grafting.
You can go to Tasha's page for information to work in the round, outwards/in.

Lekker breien!

Enjoy knitting!

Wear your lace...

Shetland.
2014. Wool Week.

So happy to be there.

Opening Ceremony on Sunday. It was so heart warming to meet a lot of people again or for the first time. You see me (right) here with Ina Irving (left). I was VERY proud to meet her. I had seen her lace on Ravelry and was very impressed. I could see her lace work up close, the colours, the details. All very inspirational. So very much so, that I even frogged a project and started over, the shetland way. Small needles and fine lace yarn.

(I'm wearing my The 12th of Never shawl in fine silk lace).

This is Linda (left) , Ina's daughter. She's a great knitter too, her work is mainly Fair Isle. Amazing projects and love the delicate patterns.

Later, I met Linda at the Bod of Gremista, where she was with the girls from the Whalsay, knitting away during Wool Week (and during lunch time at school!).

           (Holding my shawl The One).

The girls had learned how to knit and they even made their own sweaters!

In the other room of the Bod: Fine handspun and handknitted lace. Three gorgeous white handspun shawls. One is made (not in this picture) by Anne, the lady of the Knitted Fence in Hamnavoe.

On Thursday me and Marieke went off to Unst. For me, almost the purpose of the whole trip. 

See how happy I am! Talking about and looking at very fine lace! 

              My shawls in white and light green were allowed to be on 'show' with the work of local knitters. Rhoda is presenting the new book made in Unst. She's wearing a handknitted lace skirt in 2 colours. 

At Unst was the presentation of the little booklet with all new patterns. They were very kind and helpfull. I was allowed, after I had asked, to show the lace I brought. The 12th of Never raised a few eyebrows, what kind of pattern was that?? It's a shetland mesh pattern in a semi circular shape.
I had a great time, talking lace with Hazel Laurelson. She's so skilled.

Two years ago I had purchased a book at the Museum and Archives (empty pages) with a lady on the cover holding a shawl. I bought it on purpose because I was actually knítting that shawl! (Williamson Stole) The funny thing was, the ladies at the Unst Heritage Museum didn't even know, they had it on display thís WoolWeek! I wasn't allowed to take pictures, so no comparison to prove it.

 

That Monday I was having a spinning class by Margaret Peterson. A lovely lady with a good sense of humor. She learned us a lot! (but nothing on paper for later). She showed us a shawl she was gifted and it's handspun and hand knitted. I was (again) very impressed by the delicate lace. If only I could reach this fine yarn with spinning...

On Wednesday I was having a class by Elizabeth Johnston: Understanding Shetland Lace.
To be honest, I shouldn't have. She didn't bring any examples, or had written instructions. Only a piece of paper to write your own pattern and work that. No casting on, binding off tips or things I give a lace class. She knows so much, though. Perhaps for other students it would be handy to have it all on paper for later. Wool  Week gives many opportunities and information, it could be overwhelming.

This is a knitted dress in the shop of Jamieson & Smith.
The body is worked in stockinette, very fine, and the lace capelet and veil are worked in a nice lace pattern. All in the latest addition to the 1ply fine lace range: Optical white.

Finally, a visit to the Shetland Museum and Archives. Always a happy place to be at. This year, the Hub was at the museum, so lots of WoolWeek people gathered for spinning, chatting, knitting, weaving and just to relax a bit. The most gorgeous fine lace shawls are on display. Even now, for the second time, I saw more things than 2 years ago. Even more impressed how fine it is, now that I know a tiny bit about spinning wool and knitting with it. 

But... (there is always a but....)

At the end of the week, I had a little chat with Oliver Henry, Jamieson & Smith's wool sorter extraordinair. 45 years experience in woolgrading!

I noticed that hardly anybody was WEARING lace. I did realize that it was Hazel Tindall's party this year, so it was logical that most people would bring their finest and most beautiful Fair Isle sweater, hat, cardi, dress, skirt or mittens. I get that. Every lace item I saw was 'On display'. Beyond glass windows or on a mannequin.

WHY ISN'T ANYBODY WEARING ANY LACE???

The yarn is there, the patterns are there, but in every day life, I haven't seen anybody wearing it.
Look back at the pictures in this post; not even the teacher that's giving lace classes is wearing a lace shawl or scarf.
Maybe people don't want to knit that fine yarn or use fine needles?
Could it be that people think it's only for special occasions and too delicate to wear everyday??
We don't know. It might be a good point to get started...

So...

Lace is gorgeous on display, behind glass and to look at. BUT PLEASE: WEAR IT! WEAR IT PROUD.