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Harper+Lace=Abort/Retry/Fail?
So I got a good ways into the hareball fichu from Victorian Lace Today. I'd finished the interior neck edge and the first lace panel. But the second panel just killed me, nothing seemed to be coming out right, and when I finally broke the cashmere wool trying to knit four stitches together, I ripped it out and started again-- with the blue laceweight merino I'd bought last year in the US. I tell myself I'll be able to see the stitches better if I'm not knitting black, and I probably will-- but it would have looked awfully good in black.
Here are some photos of someone else's finished version of this project, just so you know what I'm making. It's a lace collar that can be tied around an existing blouse collar to give it a bit of, well, lace. :) I have a couple of white summer shirts I'm looking forward to wearing it with, so here's hoping I actually can make it work.
Am I an idiot for attempting a project like this when I don't really have all that much lace experience? Well, it's how I learn to do everything, isn't it? I pick something too complicated and butt my head against it until I succeed. Still, I admit that even though I'm an awfully good knitter most of the time, lace just lays me low.
Here are some photos of someone else's finished version of this project, just so you know what I'm making. It's a lace collar that can be tied around an existing blouse collar to give it a bit of, well, lace. :) I have a couple of white summer shirts I'm looking forward to wearing it with, so here's hoping I actually can make it work.
Am I an idiot for attempting a project like this when I don't really have all that much lace experience? Well, it's how I learn to do everything, isn't it? I pick something too complicated and butt my head against it until I succeed. Still, I admit that even though I'm an awfully good knitter most of the time, lace just lays me low.