How to use knitting in lace
Watch how to use knitting in lace in this step-by-step tutorial. This video demonstrates how to knit in lace, showing exactly how to join the lace, work it into your knitting and complete the row correctly.
In this video you’ll learn:
• How to join the knitting in lace
• How to work the knitting in lace into your work
• How to end your row of knitted in lace
Knitting in lace, sometimes referred to as knit in lace, is a traditional technique used to add decorative eyelet lace directly into your knitting as you work. Learning how to knit in lace is easier than many knitters expect and can add a beautiful finishing touch to baby garments, reborn doll outfits and other knitting projects.
The video above has kindly been provided by Jenny Pillay. Thank you Jenny, you are a star!
Alternatively, you can follow the written instructions on knitting with lace below.
Written Instructions
With the purl row side of stocking stitch facing you, place the lace to the back of the work against the knit row side of stocking stitch which will now be away from you.
Working as if you are going to do a row of garter st, insert the needle into the first stitch AND also through the first eyelet hole in the lace at the same time. Knit the stitch as you would normally.
Follow this procedure of every stitch to every eyelet hole, to the end of the row and cut off the lace making sure you don’t cut through the last eyelet hole you have just worked.
We have a small selection of knitting patterns that use knitting in lace. Please click the link below to see our patterns that use knitting in lace.
Check out our own design knitting patterns using knitting-in-lace.
What is knitting in lace?
It is sometimes also called eyelet lace or knit in lace. It adds a very pretty, and permanent decorative embellishment to any knitted or crocheted item. As its name would imply, it is knitted into your work as a row of knitting with the yarn you are using to make your item.
The standard lace is usually around an inch wide and has a line of eyelet holes running along the centre. It can come in a variety of sizes, colours and styles with more new varieties coming onto the market just recently. For its use in knitting or even crochet, the eyelet holes of the lace are key.
There are approximately 78 holes in each metre of standard lace. Knit in lace is usually priced by the metre, so make sure you order sufficient length to complete your project.
Many traditional baby knitting patterns use knit in lace to create decorative cuffs, hems and yokes, making it a popular embellishment for classic baby garments and reborn doll outfits.
In usual circumstances, the lace doesn’t touch the skin of the wearer. A few rows of garter stitch are worked first for either a cuff or a welt area before attaching the lace from the wrong side of the work you are placing it on.