Yarn: Skacel Merino Lace in Cranberry
Needles: Addi Turbos size 3
Start date: October 30
End Date: November 22
I think this was one of the fastest knits I have ever done. From start to finish, it was just over three weeks. I think the fact that the pattern was so easy was such a help to me. After the first day of knitting, and first pattern repeat, I didn't have to refear to the chart again until I was on Chart 2. I did find a bunch of mistakes in my work after I was done with this, snags that didn't block out, SSK and K2togs that were backwards, but I am not going to let them bug me, and nag at me, keeping me up late at night any more.
I did let C help me unpin in Friday night, and he had a blast pulling up all the pins. I guess that means that I can't do any major blocking while he is awake or around.
The shawl did keep me nice and warm in the chilly banquet hall where R had her wedding (which was so beautiful!)
I did cast on for PFS on Wednesday night, and I am on chart 4 right now. This was taken 24 hours ago when I was just starting chart 3. So far PFS is a lot of fun, and I can see myself knitting another one for me. I do hope it doesn't turn out as large as Icarus, since D is so tiny
3 comments:
Hi, surfed in through Miriam's blog. Lovely finish on Icarus. I love the color.
Just wanted to give you a head's up on the Peacock Feathers shawl. It is huge. Much bigger than Icarus is, I'm sure. I just finished knitting mine in October I think and even though I went down a needle size in hopes of making it smaller, it still was nearly 80 inches across the top.
Lovely pattern though. My absolute favorite design I've seen so far.
beautiful!
Love the sheer-ness of the shawl, esp in st st. ;)
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