25-07-2016

First attempt frogged. Increase row should have been alternated with knit row. Had gotten lost in pattern formatting. Attempt 2 with the said 2 row repeat will result in a more traditionally traingular shawl

26-07-2016

1 ball in: 30 cm (12”) high, 62 cm(24”) wide, 201 stitches

04-08-2016

2 balls in: 44(17”) cm high, 88 (34”) cm wide, 285

11-08-2016

3 balls: 353 stitches
Update to pattern 189 stitches each side, excluding edge and middle stitches. I have 16 more rows to go.
Edit: actual finalised stitch count should be 187 here - so my sample has an extra stitch on each side in middle and edge

20-08-2016

Finished with garter section. Up to here takes about 4 balls

25-08-2016

Colourwork section took 1 ball each of MC and CC. I didn’t have enough CC for the final row, so I have one row fewer in CC before the icord. I still have ample MC to do the icord in

Colourwork and float locking

Some resources that helped me:
How to weave in floats if you knit with both hands knitwise and purlwise without dropping yarns: https://youtu.be/fWHr3PH0RHg
How to weave in floats if you knit with both yarns in the right hand knitwise and purlwise: http://www.theyarnloop.com/article/midweek-masterclass-ca...
The Interesting concept of colour dominance in deciding how to hold your yarns: http://www.theyarnloop.com/2013/10/6-steps-fantastic-fair...
I held my background colour (grey) in the right hand and foreground ( brown) in left. I dont think it makes that much of a difference to be honest, but it certainly helps to make the back look neat if you pick a way of doing it and stick to it throughout the piece. Nevertheless an interesting idea that I had never thought of before.

It is important to be aware of yarn tension in this section and keep in mind the shift from wider gauged garter to stockinette on top of which colourwork tends to be tighter anyhow. I dont have a single cable long enough for this piece, so was knitting over two circular needles so that I could stretch out my knitting after every row to make sure my knitting was not too tight.

Yarn substitute and yardage

The pattern is originally written for a fingering weight yarn, so this shawl knit with a dk yarn is a bit bigger than the pattern’s size indication. Measurements are 62cm in height and 160cm in width(tip to tip) I used 4.5 balls of MC and 1 ball of CC, but I did not knit the final row in CC before the icord. The actual yarn requirements for CC in this yarn would around 60g to be on the safe side with gauge variation also.