So I've had Spitzenstricken Teil 5 by Erich Engeln/Editha Fischer Verlag laying around for a bit and thought I'd tackle Schultertuch D aka #96. Well after knitting Trachentuch A & B with perfect patterns I was expecting nothing less from C & D. Well can't say anything about C yet but D has proven to be a bit quirky.
I should have been suspicious when I first looked at the pattern key and realized it wasn't the same as A & B. It looks like (from my sketchy german) that this chart was redone by EF which I'm assuming is Editha Fischer. This isn't bad - just should have been a hint.
So I cast on 11 and had no problems thru Row 51 -as I looked at the chart the center section and full pattern repeats were fine but the right edge was off - I ended up refitting the edging by counting back from the center stitch and redoing the edge charts. Then by
the time I got to Row 94 I knew there was something really amiss. I'm guessing there was some shading in the original that was left off in the Lacis version. On Line 94 there are six blank squares in between the 2 large diamond motifs - if you get rid of those squares you should be able to keep the continuity of the design. I'll post again after I finish with any more changes and a finished photo!Now I'm no expert and if you'd like to do some more reading about this "German" stuff check out the Cromulent Knitter's Blog there is tons and tons of info there!
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