LittleBerry
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Look what you did n
your yarn inspired me.... more details on my blog....
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Nevisknitter
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Its looking good so far.
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YarnAddict
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That's looking good. What are you making?
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Blossom
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How lovely...great colour...that n has a lot to answer for! 
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lindyloop
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It is very nice!
Lin x
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LittleBerry
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it's going to be a stole.... am just experimenting with the pattern motif at the moment what looks good on graph paper doesn't aways work inknitting 
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n
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Me?
What did I do?
It looks good to me, is it going to be rectangular?
Just wait till you see what got delivered today.....
n
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LittleBerry
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you and your yarn inspired me to do my own design... yes it's going to be rectangular and hopefully (fingers crossed) a knitted on border.....
telling me things like "you should see what I got delivered today" is not nice!!!! not without photos anyway.....
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KnittingLadybird
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LB that is looking so brilliant. I think you are really clever for designing you own too.
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LittleBerry
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I've completed a full repeat now, you can enlarge the photo on my blog and see the beads (they're size 9 which is just what I had in, will use size 8 when I knit the real thing)
Thanks for all your kind comments but as I said on my blog if there's any constructive criticism please let me know....
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KnittingLadybird
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How could anyone critised that...It's just lovely, great little motif you have chosen 
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n
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How big is it LB?
And how big is it going to be?
Are there going to be more repeats across the width?
I'd like to have a go at somethig like this but I really want something narrow which will grow quickly... a sort of confidence boosting stole. IYKWIM.
n
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LittleBerry
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It's going to have more repeats across the width and hopefully (fingers crossed) a border knitted on after although the edging I have chosen makes a nice edge as it is.... I am just experimenting now as to wether I leave space above each row of repeats or sit them on top of each other.... I am trying not to make it too complicated or fussy in other words get too clever with it....
At the moment I would say as it is, it's a good scarf width when blocked (there's 55sts on)....
in each motif repeat there are 8 stitches patterned on WS rows so it's a combination of lace knitting & knitted lace......
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LittleBerry
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OK what do you think now I've got two pattern repeats?
Leave as is? or Consider spacing out he pattern repeats (vertically) and put another motif in betwen?
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YarnAddict
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I quite like it like that. And I love the edging too. When yo uwrite it up why don't you write it up for a narrow one (a shawl) and a wider one for a shawl/stole? Then it gives people more choice.I really like that lace pattern too.
I'm just in the process of designing a new rectangular shawl. It's changed completely (like no original element left) since I started charting and swatching yesterday morning and all the knitting I did yesterday has been ripped out.  Think I may have decided now but who knows?
It's fun this designing lark adn so frustrting at times. 
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LittleBerry
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thanks Yarn addict I musdt admit there's not much left of the original motif as I've chopped and changed it to make it less complicated as there was a lot of knitted lace rather than lace knitting... so now there are just 4 WS rows in every repeat that are knitted....
I have to admit it's one of my favourite edgings (just realized thats patterned on both sides but is easy).....
I was thinking about giving instructions for scarf (as it is now would be suitable) and then you can knit the stole/wrap at full width and add a border if you want to or not.......
I have a constant inner battle with design..... this is my first go at designing for knitting and so far am pleased with my efforts.....
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KnittingLadybird
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I think it's just beautiful as is for the scarf...and if you ever write it up i'd give it a go. I'm sort of imagining that a wrap version would obviously have more repeats across but maybe more plain rows in between too, just my opinion mind, you're the designer
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knitty, witty, woo
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It's beautiful....you are so clever.
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