The amazing folks at The Unique Sheep custom dyed the yarn for me to a paint chip I sent them. IT’S FABULOUS!!! It’s so pretty I cried when it came! I’ll be working this to transition from the pure white to the medium blue.

When I got the book, I took the charts and entered them into my knitting software so that they are all neat and organized and I printed both sides out so I wouldn’t have to ‘think’ as I knit ;)

08/13/2010 - Cast on around 6:30 pm. Got to row 35 before going to bed. (8.173% finished)

08/16/2010 - Through row 71. I started the transition to the 1st skein of the blues at row 69 just after the ‘fan’ section finished. I’m also adding beads! Yeah!! I really really really wanted to keep knitting tonight and finish the transition section but I must be responsible and get some sleep so I can actually do my job tomorrow ;)

09/06/2010 - IT’S FINISHED!!! Note to self though (and anyone else making this) make sure that you purl back row 127 VERY VERY loose! I ended up tinking it back and doing it again just so I’d have room to slip that pesky crochet hook through all those stitches. The bind off took nearly 2 and 1/2 hours :( NOT FUN. But, it’s finished. I’ll block and take photos tomorrow (hopefully).

Finished Measurements (because so many have asked):
60 inches from wingtip to wingtip,
25 inches long at center back