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February 25, 2005
What to do....
Ah so my camara is fixed~not that it was broken just that the program needed to be reinstalled after the computer crasheroonie. I decided I better just shut up about STTS cause I had completed the last lace round and chose to do another repeat. My fault I am antsy to be done already. There are, however, reasons for my making the choice. First the picture in the book shows the model standing holding shawl out in front of her. It's huge and I had it in my heart to have a shawl that extended beyond my wingspan. Even tho I achieved gauge I don't see how this is possible with only one repeat. I stretched from CO edge to last round of lace pattern and it didn't reach from fingertip to collarbone area and I couldn't see how the edging was going to add @5" Even more nail in the coffinish was my sense of aesthetics. Each ring is twice as deap as previous ring and we just didn't have that happening. Here is a picture of scrunched up lace on needles so you can maybe see the lack of depth in last lace ring. Keep in mind I have worked 6 of the 36 rounds for second repeat:
Being a sick puppy I said I was gonna go knit on something else and sat down to whip out 6 more rounds. Of course, keeping the canine analogy going, I have the self control of a flea infested dawg and Cast on for Clark's Jan/Feb Piecework Shawl. Shoal water or something like that. It calls for one hank/ball whatever of Misti alpaca and I had on hand 3 balls of lovely handpained Kid Mohair purchased at MS&W last year. I have swatched this yarn a few times and its torque-y. I felt that I either had to tighten up the pattern into a basketweave or slipped st pattern or use a lace that was firmly blocked to control this ickiness. Kid mohair in a tight pattern seemed a waste and I only have a bit over 600yds not enough for a mean little pattern. Lace it was. My shawl is ruffling already and I blame it on torquiness. I will probably knit a few more inches and then block and let it sit a week while I see how it behaves. Til then its good TV knitting[or hanging with hubby knitting] since no charts are involved at the moment. Tell me what you think
OK knitbuds, have a great one!
Posted by Elka at February 25, 2005 08:44 AM
Comments
I could never wear that kid mohair but the colors are beautiful, like the inside of a seashell!
Posted by: CarolineF at February 28, 2005 10:06 AM