So, i started "swatching" for the Forest Canopy Shawl on Thursday, last night i finished the 14th pattern repeat!! I tried 5mm bamboo and thought it looked way too much like fishnet so i tried my new Addi lace needle what was purchased at our expedition to Get Knitted and it looked much better with the 3.75mm needle :o)
What a quick knit it was - i say was because the repeats are now taking longer to do as each repeat grows by 16 stitches and the recommended repeats are 11 with 195 stitches so i now have *does some maffs* 243 stitches! *eeeeek* that's probably the most number of stitches i have ever knit in one go... i say probably, it DEFINITELY is! *lol*
I managed to memorise the pattern after about ooooh, ten repeats and i have made lots of silly mistakes along the way, mostly because of not concentrating and doing a decrease when i should have been making a new leaf, but there's been nothing that couldn't be tinked and fixed, it's just frustrating!
I've been weighing the remaining yarn since repeat #11 and it goes like this:
#11 - 52g
#12 - 46g
#13 - 38g
#14 - 30g
So, i reckon i can do another repeat which will bring me down to about 20g, then it's 8 rows of border and two rows of cast-off and i'll have the remaining variegated and the mini-skein of pale green to work with and Mum will have a decent sized shawl to keep her cosy :o)
All i need now is to find somewhere to block it, and some WAY to block it. I am trying to find some stainless steel welding rods but they all come in massive packs and i only need a few, i am also looking into purchasing a couple of pots of stainless steel pins, the type with the coloured ball on the end. Gotta block it somehow *sigh*
4 comments:
The shawl is looking great.
I know how you feel. :~)
When I blocked my moms shawl I had to put it on my bed. The dang thing still ended up draped over the sides.
Its looking good Franster, but I know what you mean about those loooong rows :) I used the Yarn Harlot method of blocking, really good instructions (here in case you need them http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2005/08/23/walk_around_the_block.html ). I used some of my dress making pins (the ones with the coloured bobbles) and blocked it on my mum's spare bed. Don't touch until its complete dry - just savour the magic that is lace blocking :)
great shawl, I love the colours. I used my kids foam alphabet mat thingy to block mine and a shed load of pins - very tedious and time consuming it was too!!
That looks lovely. Which yarn is it? I've finally bought the FC pattern. Jsut got to get around to knitting it now. LOL. I got some blocking wires from Knit Picks and they make blocking so much easier.
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