Diamonds in the Sky
Finished
December 29, 2015
February 17, 2016

Diamonds in the Sky

Project info
Ethereal Wrap by Evelyn A. Clark
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
Cascade Yarns ® Heritage® Wave
2 skeins = 874.0 yards (799.2 meters), 200 grams
1508135
Blue
The Knitting Garage at Stickle's in Rhinebeck, New York
Notes

Lately I have been using a lot of BIG , WIDE, rectangular shawls. I totally fell in love with the pattern when I saw it in the Skacel vol. 8 2015/2016 booklet. The Cascade Wave with its long color run seems a good match and I was drawn to the gradient blue/ grey color scheme.

Since the yarn is heavier 200g for the 874 yards (two balls), and as I am a tight knitter I am using a needle size 6. The yarn is a little bit “splitty”, but not too bad so far.

I have to read more carefully before plunging into knitting! I misread row 9 and did “YO, k2tog “ all across the row, basically repeating row 5…I am going to restart over :(

Please note:The repeats in the written instructions don’t match up the repeats in the chart.
Also in the chart for the middle sections of the beginning and ending borders, it should say “8 stitch repeat” NOT “6 stitch repeat”.
There is also a small errata to the numbering of the stitches in the Chart 2- Center Body& Borders. The left border should start with 64,65,66 etc (66 is missing and the left border is 20sts, the right border 21 sts and seven 6 stitch repeats in the center (21+6x7+20=83)

Just to be on the safe side in case my calculations were incorrect, I put in a lifeline before starting the last pattern repeat and upper border. I had used one skein for a little over 14 repeats and took out several yards of yarn on the second skein so I would finish with the blue color.
I did have enough to finish this with 28 pattern repeats for the center section.

About the yarnI wound the first skein blue to grey and the second skein grey to blue. After finishing I notice that the colors don’t repeat exactly the same way in each ball of yarn, much like the crazy Zauberball by Schoppel. I kind of like it even better this way rather than having an exact mirror image.

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December 29, 2015
February 17, 2016
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by Cascade Yarns ®
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: December 29, 2015
  • Finished: February 17, 2016
  • Updated: November 30, 2020