Diamond Lace

Aren’t you glad I didn’t show you inch-by-inch progress on this piece for the Cropped Cardi?

Notice how there’s virtually no shaping! This, so far, is turning to be a quick and easy project; worsted weight goes much faster than the socks I’ve been knitting.

Here’s a peek at the exciting part of this project… the lace panels on the front!

I’m happy with how it looks, even with the bumpy-textured Bongo yarn. Only one small problem, the pattern doesn’t seem to mirror the lace on either side… it’s the same. I just looked at the original picture, and the motif appears mirrored to me, does it to you? I might’ve misread it; the written instructions didn’t give me mirrored results when I started the lace. I adjusted for the reverse patterning, but I was watching a movie at the time and I didn’t use decreases oriented correctly in several places. It looks good to non-knitters (I asked), but I’d rather start over, and fix it. What you see above is just one pattern repeat and also happens to be the side where I didn’t have to reverse the lace.

However, I can’t do anything with this project until I finish the SYAC swap socks. I have lost count of how many times I’ve started. I’m knitting them toe-up now (after several failed cuff-down attempts and burgeoning fears of running out of yarn). Yesterday I tried 3 different toes, and they were all horrible (too narrow or too wide). I have one more toe to try today; it better will work! Fingers mentally crossed!