7/13/12 - Last weekend, my mother gave me a pattern, written out my by Maw Maw for a triangle shawl, which she found in some of Maw Maw’s old knitting books. I’m assuming that my Maw Maw copied the pattern out of a book. When I saw this pattern, I was so excited. I wondered if Maw Maw had ever got around to knitting it? And if she did, did she use the yarn that the pattern called for? It called for 5 skeins of Columbia Minerva Reverie. I knew I had to make this shawl and out of the same yarn. Ideally, I would have loved making it out of yellow, which was Maw Maws favorite color, but knowing this yarn would be hard to locate, I was willing to make it out of any color. I immediately went searching eBay, Etsy and Ravelry for 5 skeins. I came across another Ravelrer (monbol) who had 5 skeins for sale. She sold me the yarn, and it’s the most beautiful turquoise color. She even shipped it out the same day. I was so excited yesterday to find it in my mail box. I casted on immediately. The pattern says just to “increase”, but doesn’t say how. I looked in an old knitting book (from 1942) and the only increase method mentioned was “kfb”, so that is what I will be using.

12/16/12 - OK, so after putting this shawl down for months, I decided this rainy Sunday afternoon would be the perfect time to pick this back up, as I’m almost finished. I’ve knitted the last 2 inches and binded off. Now all I need to do is add fringe and weave in my ends. Yea!!!

Notes: I wasn’t very fond of this yarn, as it felt “scratchy” to me as I knitted with it. Perhaps that is what took me so long to finish it? The shawl itself seems soft though. When I read my grandmothers notes on binding off it said “Bind off firmly”. I thought to myself, “Seriously? This is a shawl, shouldn’t I bind it off using a stretchy bind off?”. So against my better judement I started binding off with a stretchy bind off and then noticed the top was way out of shape, so I ripped out my stretchy bind off and used the first bind off method I ever learned (the one my Maw Maw taught me as a child) and the bind off was perfect. Thanks Maw Maw! :)