Dear Liz, There's one on Ravelry. If you google Rauma Sweater, or Rauma Sweater Pattern, look for the round yoked sweater with a pattern that looks like lace. Model is blond, sweater is grey. lrb
"My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." Lyn, Is there a picture of the sweater somewhere? I tried looking through the web site and could not find it. Liz Redford > On Oct 7, 2022, at 11:06 AM, lynrbai...@supernet.com wrote: > > The sweater from Rauma, Finland, with a free pattern, has been a popular > project among lace makers, myself included. I saw a picture of the lace from > the sweater, and made inquiries. Turns out you can order it from the Finnish > lace guild at > > nyplaa...@nyplaajat.net (http://nyplaajat.net)is the website, which has > some English. > > Sometimes it takes a few days for a response. In order to buy their patterns > for the lace, which is a copy of the pricking with a photocopy of the lace, > number of pairs and usually the size of the linen thread, you have to send > them a bank transfer, and, of course, provide them with your address. They do > not have Paypal. The big pattern with the half stitch and leaves is called > Mandeljepyri. There are 6 variations, some curved, as in the sweater, some > straight. There is also a pricking, copied from a book, with a pricking, > pictures and a colored diagram, called Uusi kultaseppa. That is the lace > toward the neck of the sweater I ordered all the prickings, which came to > 15.60 euros, with shipping costs at 4.60 euros, with .20 euros of that for the > envelope. It was shipped economy, so it took a while. The patterns are > pretty basic Torchon, except for the leaves which some do not like to do, but > the prickings are easy to decipher from the photocopy of the finished lace. > > I have the sweater, now I'm going to make a lace edging for a petticoat which > will show under a skirt. How cool is a sweater with matching lace? > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
