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"Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 2, 8:14 am, " wrote: Last time I was on your side of the puddle England still had libraries and post! I can't get EZ books in my local library in NZ, so I think it entirely possible that she isn't available in other libraries in the world. I've looked at buying some stuff from Schoolhouse Press but the cost of postage is steep and they don't do electronic versions so you can just have your patterns delivered by email (I did ask). I do really struggle to get access to her stuff without paying the earth. VP I've just ordered a copy from Amazon. Mary |
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On Jul 2, 9:15 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
I've just ordered a copy from Amazon. Which book did you get Mary? VP |
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"Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 2, 9:15 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote: I've just ordered a copy from Amazon. Which book did you get Mary? The recommended one, the Knitters' Almanac. If the pi pattern isn't in there I shall not be pleased. Mary |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
The recommended one, the Knitters' Almanac. If the pi pattern isn't in there I shall not be pleased. Well, according to this page that described a Pi Shawl Knit-Along, you ordered the right one. http://www.madisonknittersguild.org/pishawl.html -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: The recommended one, the Knitters' Almanac. If the pi pattern isn't in there I shall not be pleased. Well, according to this page that described a Pi Shawl Knit-Along, you ordered the right one. http://www.madisonknittersguild.org/pishawl.html Um - it doesn't look like http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/ratty_pi.jpg :-( We shall see. I'll report. :-) Mary |
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On Jul 2, 2:05 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Um - it doesn't look like http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/ratty_pi.jpg Of course it doesn't. The basic pi shawl pattern is a formula for a circular shawl knitted outward from the center, circularly. EZ provides instructions for some very basic lace that will produce something that looks like the shawl in the Pi-along. I put lace patterns of my own choosing in my pi shawls, you should do the same. Patterns are, after all, general guidelines, right? |
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Lordy that is GORGEOUS!
Taueret -- NSW, Australia http://taueret.typepad.com wrote in message Pi. Hand-dyed Jaggerspun Maine Line 2/20s. Finished size 64" measured on the diameter from point to point. http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/ratty_pi.jpg |
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Christy wrote: Is this strictly a knitted pattern or can it be crocheted? Christy wrote in message oups.com... What's a Pi shawl? A circular shawl that starts in the center, is knitted "in the round" (flat, but on circular needles!). The idea is simply that for every inch wider the shawl is, it has to be 3.14 (pi) inches more around in order to lie flat. However, since knitting is flexible and stretchy, and lace is more so, you don't have to increase 3.14 stitches for every half inch of knitting (one half inch on each side of the circle adds to make one inch increased diameter). You can knit your lace pattern evenly for, say, four inches and then add 4 pi stitches spaced evenly around the shawl: that would be 4(3.14)=12.56 stitches (call it 12 and add 13 after the next four inches). EZ liked to do a few rounds of plain knitting between lace motifs and place her increases there, but sometimes they can be worked into the lace pattern itself. So you could probably do it in crochet, especially if you use one of the fancier stitches that make a more flexible fabric. Something with treble crochets ought to work. =Tamar |
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