What, no charts?  I have to chart it myself?

I've never tried these before. So is it done with thread? Or a fine yarn? Could  we please get a thread or yarn size?

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much easier with charts i agree but then it dosent take too long to  work them out if only i ciukd find the correct chart page i had previousely on the web

Refers to abbreviations as being in the notes.  aren't any notes.....   There are some which are so old they are new to me.  n??  o??

Notes are at the top left corner of page 2 of the PDF download.

Responding to RhondaR :  Knitted lace can be made with a variety of yarn - from thick to thin.  Try a yarn you find easy to work with, and choose some needles that seem appropriate for its "size".  I find working any lace pattern much easier if I have very sharp needles.  Though I enjoy knitting with my older wooden needles, most of those are not the best tool for knitting lace.  Addi turbo lace needles are very good, and I really like Knitpicks interchangables. Bryspun is one of my favorite needle tips for lacework because of its nice little "scoop" at the tip, which makes it easier to complete some of the less usual maneuvers.  If when you get started, it seems too hard to get the needle tips into your loops and execute the directions, try a larger and sharper needle, or a looser hand.  I happen to knit very loosely as a kindness to carpal tunnel prone hands, but the sharp point is essential.  Good luck.   And have a blast. Midori

Check out www.technicalillustrator.net/Lace.html  Cindy is translating and making available online a group of out of copyrite lace patterns -- also available as a purchased card package and also as downloadable printed cards -- and she has a handy key that might help anyone trying to knit these.

lovely edging thank you...this is my kind of pattern as in OZ this is how our patterns are written...so happy NO CHART  

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tartttstuff from down down under heheh!

Response to RhondaR: I really like knitting this type of lace with Shetland weight (like Jamieson & Smith). It's fun to attach to a baby blanket, like Elizabeth Zimmerman's in Knitting Workshop, and most of these edgings can be created and attached to a blanket or sock top  at the same time by knitting the last stitch of the lace pattern with a stitch you have picked up from the blanket or sock. If you knit the ribbing of the sock long enough, then attach a lace edging to it, the lace will frill around the ankle when the top is cuffed. Girlie.

I am thankful to have a free pattern that is versital enough to be used with whatever project I am doing, and not confined by someone else's vision.  I remember when you paid for every pattern you got and there was less instruction then.  

Thanks for keeping the craft alive in the new age.

Oh these are beautiful, and I agree with the other Aussie, it looks right, seeing no charts. I'm sure the charts are useful but they confuse the heck out of me. I'm much happier with the whole k2tog,psso blah blah stuff. Makes me feel clever that I can read this bizarre language and understand it. It makes up for failing Japanese at uni! I can't read that language but at least I can read this!

I agree with TreacyL and Anny: tho I CAN read charts for fairisle, I find it rather confusing 4 lace.  I'm gonna have a go when i've completed three UFO lace scarves ...

I'm one of those chart-challenged people.  I love that the patterns are fully written out.  Never mind it takes a while to decipher, but at least I make very few mistakes this way :)  Lace knitting can be frustrating but it challenges as well.  

RhondaR asked what kind of thread to use for these edgings.  I've been making lace scarves with them.  I use worsted silk, or Halcyon Yarn's 2/5 Gem silk twist, with size 6 and up needles.  I put picots on the straight edge so it won't be plain.  But they are like edgings on steroids!  I either put another lace on each end when I'm done, or cast on and bind off with picots.  People have been loving them, as they seem to be completely unique.  There are lots of lace scarves, but they are all symmetrical.  These are the only asymmetrical ones I have ever seen, and at 6' long they are perfect for our Southern California weather.  I'm making one in worsted silk+alpaca for an English friend, who'll be able to wear it as a spring & fall scarf in the UK.

I'm with the Aussies! I'd rather read the pattern than try to keep track with a chart... the pattern is just more straightforward.

And yes, thanks for the free pattern that is versatile for many uses. I remember my great grandma making her own lace to stitch to her pillowcases... it was quite a luxury then... as slow as I work, it still will be!!

One more thing about these trimmings:  I've been a Piecework subscriber for forever, and actually have the article on the trimmings in my file, cut out of the magazine.  Made 2 silk scarves w/ the widest one.  But also if you like this stuff, you'll love the book Lace from the Attic by Nancie Wiseman, because it's all Victorian knitted lace patterns for edgings which she put into modern notation + charts for each one.  Incredible stuff, if that's what you're into (as I am).  I'd love to know where to find more edgings at about 25-35 stitches wide, because that's about right for my scarves.  I always check my Piecework, hoping for more!

I loved it. Just what I needed to renew a twin set

I have similar to these in my mother and grandmother's old patterns.I love them,because they add to sweaters,shorts,and skirts.Giving them new life and purpose.

I am crochetting a collar with a3.25 hook and this metallic thread. The crochetted piece keeps twisting while I'm working on it. Is this supposed to happened. I've never used thread before or a small hook.

I, too, would rather have written directions at any time with any needlecraft than diagrams.  I have to follow the diagram and write it out first before I even start with the needles or hook, so it might as well be in writing to begin with.   marien marting,  Minnesota

I, too, would rather have written directions at any time with any needlecraft than diagrams.  I have to follow the diagram and write it out first before I even start with the needles or hook, so it might as well be in writing to begin with.   Marien Martin,  Minnesota

I prefer having a graphical representation of what I'm doing rather than have to slog through and decrypt a string of letters and numbers. In a flash, I can see the correlation between the holes in my lace and the Os of the chart, or the /s telling me to blend two stitches such that they point to the right, but a block of text makes no picture that correlates with the fabric in my hands. Yeah, I can do written directions, but why bother?

Peg...If you love lace edgings and lace insertions, you've got to get this book....Barbara Abbey's Knitting Lace available from Schoolhouse Press.  All trims in varying stitch widths!  The designs are "written" but in symbols...makes for easy reading and a compromise between written and chart lovers.  

knittipina  .. I agree with you.. charts, for those who are vision impaired are not easy.  I avoid patterns with charts. They say some patterns are too complicated not to use charts. But I have many MANY complicated patterns that are written out.  I also find more errors are made with charts.  But, that's my opinion.. Down with Charts! *chuckle*

We should start a non-chart group!

Learning to knit lace from charts took me a while.  After 3.5 years, I had an "aha!" moment and all the difficulty vanished.  I still have to work carefully, but it is now so much easier with the charts.  

I have an old [1947 published] crochet book with many edgings like these.   I had to make my Aunt a set of edgings for her towels as the price of getting the book.   Seemed like a high price for a 12 year old.   But, I still have the book.  Working from it is like going back to the stone age, at times.   I like charts and the crochet ones really simplify the directions.

Being the scientific type, I'll be charting the written instructions.  I love being able to glance at a chart and see the logic of a stitch pattern.  It's especially useful when the stitch count changes, and makes for fewer errors.  When there is one, it's certainly easier to spot.  Normally, I find that the errors in a pattern show up in the written instructions.  Call me crazy, but it is certainly a lovely pattern and I intend to use it as an edging for EZ's garter baby blanket that grows into a shawl for MOM by reblocking.