Knitting with lace, the easy way

There are a few tips and tricks that will make your life a bit easier. It’s a Wrap is a great yarn to start with because it’s on the heavier side of lace, and it has a nice firm twist. If you get a yarn that’s a bit slippery or easily splits, it can be a very technical knit.

The number one thing you can do to make your lace knitting easier is to swatch and make sure you are using the right needle size for your tension. With larger yarns it’s easy to not quite have the right needle size and the yarn makes up for the rest.

With It’s a Wrap, if your needle size is off, your knitting will either be too tight, which is easier to fix, than too loose. If your needle size is too large, your knitting will be very relaxed.

Just knitting a couple rows isn’t enough, you need to knit a proper swatch. The cast on, knitting, and bind off are all important and you need to see how your needle size compares. My knitting tension, for example, is looser so I usually have to go down a needle size or two. Normally I can get away with knitting larger yarns with the recommended needle size, but lace I need to be very conscious of how my fabric looks.