2009-01-08: I’ve now worn this once, and it’s a little too long. It keeps slipping down my arms. I’m going to rip out one of the extra pattern repeats and see if that helps. I’m also considering crocheting along the back of the top garter stitch panel with elastic thread, to lend it a bit more structure.

2008-12-25: Momentary panic: after washing, when I blocked, the width was over 40”!! Way too large. It wasn’t quite dry this morning, but I tried it on anyway, and it was much too large. I was about to rip out the two extra repeats, but thought I should wait until it was completely dry, and then figured what the hey, and threw it in the dryer. 10 minutes later it was 36”, which is about perfect. Whew.

2008-12-24: Yarn held double throughout. My tension on the small side--I got 9” width, but had to knit the pattern repeat 15 times in order to get it around my shoulders. Probably should have used a 6.5mm needle. I would have done one more repeat of the pattern, but I was going to run out of yarn and I didn’t want to try to patch in another skein, as the variegation is very uneven between skeins. I’m hoping to block it just a bit larger and if that works I’ll probably be happier with it.

This is a quick knit once you get into the flow of the lace pattern.