Franklin Habit

Heirloom Lace Edgings

Franklin Habit
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  • In-depth Instruction; over 189 mins
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  • Available for purchase: $15.99
Meet your instructor, Franklin Habit, and jump right into the fascinating history of lace edgings, including early illustrated patterns, uses for lace edgings and the practice of knitting and collecting lace edgings. You'll also learn about the gauges and yarns used in edgings.
When should you add lace edging to a project or purchased item? Franklin goes over a variety of ways you can use them.
Franklin explains how lace edgings work and shows you how to read a lace-edging chart. You'll also learn about selvage stitches and get a homework assignment to practice!
If you want to embellish hand towels, pillowcases or handkerchiefs, or any item that might wear out, you can sew on lace edging for easy removal later. Franklin shows you how, with a variety of stitch options.
Some lace edgings are knit-on, either after a project is completed or simultaneously with the project. Franklin introduces some of the uses for these edgings.
Franklin walks you through the process of knitting a lace edging onto a project, including picking up stitches and turning corners.
Simultaneous edgings are knit as you work on your project, which means your project is finished all in one go. Imagine: No more abandoned shawls waiting for you to come back and add their edging!
Follow along as Franklin walks you through a charming project that incorporates simultaneous edging. You'll be raring to go with any edging project once you're done!
 
 
8 Lessons
3  hrs 9  mins

Whether you’d like to embellish a simple project such as a baby bonnet or tackle an elaborate lace shawl, Franklin Habit makes it doable, not daunting. You’ll learn how lace edgings have been used in the past and how to create your own modern-day heirlooms. Find out how to sew on an edging that you can remove – perfect for embellishing items that wear out – or how to knit edgings on permanently. You’ll even learn how to knit an edging simultaneously with the center of a shawl and practice with a project you can complete in less than an hour. New to lace or a long-time needle-crafter, you’re sure to enjoy knitting along with Franklin as he shares his wit and wisdom.

Franklin Habit

Designer and teacher Franklin Habit is the author of It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons (Interweave Press, 2008) and has been a regular columnist for both Lion Brand and Knitty. He is also the proprietor of one of the web's most popular knitting blogs, The Panopticon, where readers worldwide drop in for a mix of essays, cartoons and the continuing adventures of Dolores the Sheep.

Franklin Habit

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Heirloom Lace Edgings Purchase this class for $15.99.