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RE: #needleworkmonday: The Dreaded Lace!
It sounds like it may just be an issue with how you're holding your yarn and maintaining an even tension. I knit Continental style and holding the yarn that way keeps a relatively even tension and stitch size.
When I do a yarn over, I loop the yarn around the working needle, as shown in the photo above, and then just keep knitting like normal.
Here's a quick and rough video I just took of how I knit yarn overs because I think it's easier to show than describe:
Thank you sooo much! I also knit continental style as this is our style to knit in Germany! Maybe I just have to practise to find the proper tension. Thanks for the video. You explained very well.
I'm happy it helped! ☺
It would be interesting to see the back row. Maybe you can make a beginners video about lace knitting.
Ooh maybe I will make some to share here on Steemit!
Maybe it is also the yarn that I used, because I started with kid mohair yarn. I will practise with cotton yarn until I get used to the lace knitting.
Now that you mention it, the first lace project I did was a set of cotton washcloths. I usually knit with wool but maybe starting with cotton helped.