How to Knit Fishtail Lace

[@susannecollins8765]

You are a fabulous teacher. I am fairly new to knitting and have avoided lace. You have inspired me to try it. Thank you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you Susanne. Lace really is ultra simple. Usually it's just single decreases and holes (yarn overs) , artfully arranged. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@MaryCochrane]

Knit and purl. Only two stitches, and almost endless combinations. It's so beautiful...

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

It's one of the reasons I love it so much! Thanks Mary.

[@carolannemerick3343]

Congratulations on your 100th video. Thank you so much for all of these.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you Carol and you are so welcome for all of these. It seems like this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

[@MaryVivit]

Thanks, Cheryl! I love the technical aspects ... just deciding how to handle the double-decrease makes a big difference in the final look.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thanks for watching and commenting so regularly Mary. I always appreciate your input. Yes . . . the double decrease is the key to the look in so many pattern stitches.

[@annblachly8068]

Thank you for this. I have been having such a time understanding L and R leaning and how to execute them for a mock cable lace pattern. I found the 'fishtail' pattern in the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework called Horseshoe. It is all left leaning. But now I have two options R and Standing. Having it charted is much nicer..so thank you for the PDF. I'll be getting out the graph paper and making my knitting into charts from now on.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Ann! I always find it easier to work from charts because I take in information in visual patterns. p.s. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com and get more information than I share on YT.

[@annblachly8068]

Yes, I am on your mailing list. I had just enjoyed your latest video...and decided to look through your video list to find this charting and decreasing help. I knit Russian Speed Knitting. See sannyhawaii videos. I learned this way as it came naturally and it took awhile to find a video explaining it so simply and give me confidence to continue. Simple and lazy knitters way of knits and purls. The purls set the stitch legs to the back, so I still needed to figure out how to decrease to the R or L successfully. I knew I'd eventually have to understand what I needed to 'fix,' I just finally took the time to seek it out. What most will K2tog, I will have to do a SSK. What most will SSK, I simply K2tog. And although your knitting style is different, the results we all seek are the same. Now that I finally got it, I feel confidently socks and sweaters, etc. are now within reach....with the decreases leaning correctly.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I thought I recognized your name but with over 5000 on my mailing list I lose track. I'll look at this style of knitting!

[@rebenazad83]

You are the real mean of knitting teacher

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you again. When I first read this I thought it read that I was a "mean teacher." There are some teenagers in this community who would certainly agree with that. :)

[@BigTerKC]

Wonderful as always! Your video's are always so informing, I love the them. I also loved that twisted rib idea you showed at the end, very neat! Thanks so much for your time and efforts!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you Terry! KZbin is such an interesting medium. It's different from the instructional video format (like the ones I made years ago) or holding "classes." It's mostly people demonstrating, not teaching, and people use it to look up discrete techniques. It is not satisfying to me to do yet more techniques demonstrations . . . but I also want to conform to some degree to the conventions of KZbin and how people use it. I've studied visual production/media since the mid-60s so this is partly an academic exercise for me, especially as an English teacher. How do we communicate? Where do we communicate what? I'm starting to gain confidence that there IS an audience for more in-depth explanations. I wasn't sure at first if there would be. I'm enjoying the production piece more and more and I get more feedback. Thanks for being patient enough to watch these long programs and taking the time to comment.

[@BigTerKC]

Thats what I like about your video's, you explain the WHY of the stitches. Having a science background, Alton Brown's cooking shows were my favorite, because he explained the WHY the ingredients produced the results you got. I love that. Your the Alton Brown of Knitting! Once you know the why's, you can do most anything.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for that flattering comparison. Yes. I like his cooking shows too because I want to know the why. I think we learn better that way.

[@rinskehoogendorp]

Thank you so much, Cheryl, for sharing your knowledge ❤ I love this pattern, but I have 2 questions: To make the edge straight, just adding 6 rows of the twisted rib will do? (And good blocking when done) And when to make the pattern bigger, wouldn't it be nicer to also add an extra knitstitch at the end? Or a border like k2p1 on the rs and p2k1 at the purlside left and right? I hope I've explained the right way, since I'm Dutch. Thank you in advance

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

The 6 rows of twisted rib worked for me. You can experiment with more or fewer. Certainly, if you're are making something like a scarf, where the edges will not be sewn into a seam, it would work well to add edging sts. Her I just treated the pattern stitch itself.

[@rebenazad83]

You are reading my mind for the patterns I want. Thank you

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

It's actually my crystal ball that's telling me. :) Thanks for watching and commenting rebenazad83.

[@maytesmart]

This is simply wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to do this demonstration!!! :-)

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for watching and for this lovely comment Sophia.

[@dawnkaufman1188]

Is there a way to translate this over to the Bond?

[@franciscagravilha705]

muito bonito

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Obrigado!