September Entrelac

We pruned the alder bush to bare bones.

Sassy photographed  the entrelac sample 

in the September sun.

This  piece was knitted on size two needles

using a fingering weight yarn. Knitted

in the round it's the Sassy one's equivalent 

of a kindergarten level knitting gold medal.

Hours of youtube watching and many

false starts were required to create 

this minor almost self taught masterpiece.

Totally exhausted Sassy will require

a respite before she tackles

a full blown project in this

technique.

However, it holds all the charm

of braids and there is a pattern

for Harlequin slippers knitted

using entrlac.

I'm not promising anything but

the temptation is there.

*Entrelac is a knitting technique used

 to create a textured diamond pattern. 

While the result resembles basket-woven strips 

of knitted fabric, the actual material comprises 

interconnected squares on two different orientations.

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