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May 26, 2018

From Susan — A Niebling a Day…

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 11:24 am

Well, maybe a Niebling a year!  I just finished a Niebling-inspired shawl called “OD — Ovale Decke.”  It truly seemed like endless knitting and certainly an endless picot bindoff!!

I used Grinning Gargoyle Seda Sock in color Crater Lake from stash.  I would bet all kinds of money that I bought them in two separate years at Yarnover and did not know it!  It is a stunning, electrified blue.  If I had it to do over, I would have made a smaller size – one that just takes a single skein of sock yarn.  This one is a bit big even for my wearing preference!!

I also had an interesting experience yesterday.  I was contacted via Instagram by Kristy Glass who asked if she could interview me.  Weird, huh?  She has a very active podcast series going on YouTube (Kristy Glass Knits).

We met yesterday morning at her hotel for the interview.  She was very nice and easy to talk to.  We talked about my knitting journey over the past five decades and my knitting designs.  It should be ready to air next fall – I will let you know when!

PS to Kathy: Niebling didn’t design shawls per se — he designed table linens mostly.  But recently, a number of people have reimagined his designs as shawls because we just don’t use lacy tablecloths like they did in his day!!  People knit his full tablecloths in laceweight for a circular shawl, or rework them into crescent shapes like this one.

8 Comments »

  1. So pretty!

    Comment by Surly — May 26, 2018 @ 3:03 pm

  2. Love that shawl! and WooHoo! Can’t wait to see your interview with Kristy!

    Comment by Carla — May 26, 2018 @ 10:15 pm

  3. It is absolutely beautiful. Hope you will bring it to camp.

    Comment by Renate Baur — May 27, 2018 @ 1:12 pm

  4. It’s beautiful. Also, I have the same shirt as Kristy Glass – I feel like a cool kid 😉 Can’t wait to hear the interview.

    Comment by Pam — May 28, 2018 @ 1:18 am

  5. Shawl is gorgeous, indeed! I didn’t know Niebling did shawl patterns. Always learn something new from you! Glad the interview went well! Will be looking forward to listening to it in Fall.

    Comment by Kathy W. — May 28, 2018 @ 5:12 pm

  6. Thanks for the update on Niebling. I have a lace tablecloth that belonged to my grandmother. I loved it so much and always used it for holiday family dinners! We don’t host those dinners anymore since we downsized but it sure would be amazing to do a Niebling – In my dreams, of course!

    Comment by Kathy W. — June 1, 2018 @ 12:38 pm

  7. That shawl is pure gorgeousness!

    Comment by Dianne — June 21, 2018 @ 12:03 pm

  8. Is the interview still coming? I thought I saw an Instagram post on Kristy Glass’ feed about it being up, pictures were of State Fair entries so I assumed it was yours. But when I went back to watch it many days later I couldn’t find the post nor the interview on YouTube.

    Comment by Celeste — September 11, 2018 @ 9:20 pm

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