It is begun! It was the difficult beginning. Today it is knitted already about 50 rows. Used yarn Merino Oro 100% wool (100g = 1250m/ 1375 yds), knit needles nr. 3.0 and 4.0
Estonia has a long history of knitting and is home to some of the oldest knitted artefacts in Northern Europe, dating from the end of the XIII century. On the west coast of Estonia is the resort town of Haapsalu, famous for its thirteenth-century castle ruins, curative mud baths, and pleasant beaches. From the early XVIII century until 1918, when Russia ruled Estonia, it was during this period that Haapsalu became a destination for tourists and a flourishing resort town. The women of Haapsalu, being industrious and creative, began a cottage industry of knitting lace shawls that has continued into the XXI century.
This book is the first one with detailed instructions of techniques and patterns. In Estonia a true Haapsalu shawls (square, triangular and rectangular shawls) are made with openwork lace patterns, and if there is a lacy edge, it is always knitted separately and sewn to the completed center section by hand.
The Haapsalu shawl is so very lacy and thin that it is possible to drag a shawl through a ring.
Why I had written so much about Haapsalu shawl? Because I was started knitting the one :)
