I like the challenge of knitting lace but there are too many wonderful patterns for scarves and shawls I want to make. Also I don't like to commit to large projects like shawls and scarves and I don't even like to wear scarves and shawls.

So to get my lace fix, I'm rewriting and charting many of the stitch patterns in The Art of Knitting, 1897.

Why am I rewriting the patterns?
The text and abbreviations are nothing like the way patterns are written today. It's almost like translating a foreign language.

Example: n is k2tog and th o is yarn over

You can find the charts and patterns I've completed thus far on my website.
http://www.technicalillustrator.net/Lace.html

The Art of Knitting, 1897 is copyright free but the digital version is copyrighted. You can buy it from http://ivarose.com.