Lace knitting

Lace knitting is a style of knitting characterized by stable holes in the fabric arranged with consideration of aesthetic value. Lace is sometimes considered the pinnacle of knitting, because of its complexity and because woven fabrics cannot easily be made to have holes. Famous examples include the Orenburg shawl and the wedding ring shawl of Shetland knitting, a shawl so fine that it could be drawn through a wedding ring.

Shetland knitted lace became extremely popular in Victorian England when Queen Victoria became a Shetland lace enthusiast.
Her enthusiasm resulted in her choosing knitted lacework for presents, for example in c.
1897 when the Queen gave a lace shawl as a present to American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

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