Mystery Stole 3

I have completed row 150. The yarn is gorgeous, I ordered from Perchance to Knit. It is a 50/50 Merino/Tussah silk laceweight in the Midnight Rainbow colorway. I am enjoying the pattern and can't wait to figure out the wings.

I have short blocks of time to knit. That sometimes makes lace very challenging to keep track of where I am. If you remember, I developed a method of keeping up with the Forest Path shawl. That will not work for this stole as the rows are longer so I had to figure out another system. We have a tray with legs that we use as a lap desk. I taped the two sections of pattern together and lay them across the desktop. I use another set of papers to lay across the paper to identify the row. The desktop also provides a place to keep my beads and crochet hook close by and safe. As I finish a row, I place a check mark by the row count and then move the paper marker to the next row.

The lifelines have proven to be just that - life savers. At the end of a knitting session, I thread a lifeline. I used to do some french hand sewing for my children when they were little. I still have some cording thread that I used to the tucks. It works great for the lifelines in lace.