I was inspired by a workshop I took at the Knitting Retreat last November at Bedford Springs Resort. Kathy Zimmerman had us knit three lace edges for scarves and shawls. We started with the lace edge and went from there. This is the bell ruffle knitted in reverse on the edge of a little sweater. I am knitting it out of worsted weight washable merino, #8 ndls. It is for a one year old little girl.
The sweater is knit top down without reading pattern, just making it up as I knit, the beginning is similar to a sweater I knit several years ago as a store sample. I had to rip it back a couple times but I enjoyed the knitting. I like how this ruffle edge looks. Thank you Kathy for the inspiration. We talked about the possibility of knitting this on an edge in reverse and I was happy to find that it was not hard to figure it out by just knitting backwards. I decreased the purls to two between the bells to get the bells to stand out more in the last row before casting off.
Now I need to pick up and finish the sleeves. I am considering a few bells on the sleeves edges. What do you think? Email me if you want to help me decide. I have to stop knitting and wrap gifts for tomorrow morning so I will not work on this again till Sunday.
Have a great holiday!
May everything you knit and give as a gift this season find a home with someone that appreciates your efforts and enjoys wearing lovely hand knitted things.
Nancy
