The Chicken Dance Shawl
Finished
January 12, 2023
March 8, 2023

The Chicken Dance Shawl

Project info
Aurora Cabin Shawl by Stephen West
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Heather
Adult
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Cascade Yarns ® Heritage® Silk
1 skein = 437.0 yards (399.6 meters), 100 grams
Cascade Yarns ® Heritage® Silk
Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere
1 skein = 400.0 yards (365.8 meters), 113 grams
Valley Yarns Charlemont
1 skein = 439.0 yards (401.4 meters), 100 grams
LoveCrafts.com
January 11, 2023
Valley Yarns Charlemont
1 skein = 439.0 yards (401.4 meters), 100 grams
LoveCrafts.com
January 11, 2023
Notes

Finished first A/B section. Now waiting on LoveCrafts yarns. They are sooooo slow at shipping orders! Frustrating!

01-18-2023

Yippee!! Yarns C & E finally arrived!

01-18-2023

Was a little concerned with how similar colors A & D are; but now that I’ve knit a little bit of both, I think I’m gonna like it. We’ll see.

03-07-2023

Since it grew to over 1,100 stitches woozy_face by the time I reached the last row, was curious how long the iCord bind off would take. After FIVE HOURS of knitting, I’m HALFWAY through the bind off! laughingrolling_on_the_floor_laughing And I’m here thinking “WHY did I already buy yarn to make this again???” Yes, it’s lovely, but all those stretched stitches (chicken feet) about drove me crazy! Seriously, there’s got to be at least a couple hundred chicken feet!

If you need to work on your patience, this would be the pattern for you.

03-08-2023

Yarn chicken fail. disappointed_relieved Luckily, I knew I’d used a very similar color in my Scrappy Lap Blanket, so searched my leftovers. Turned out it was the exact same yarn, and there was about 3 yards left!!! Lucky me!

03-10-2023

So far I’ve spent 2 hours blocking. Ran out of space and blocking mats (see pics), so covered the unblocked portion with a wet towel; will block that part when the blocked portion dries.

I HATE BLOCKING!!! Would happily pay someone to do all my blocking!

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by Dream in Color
Fingering
70% Merino, 20% Cashmere goat, 10% Nylon
400 yards / 113 grams

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by Valley Yarns
Fingering
60% Merino, 20% Bombyx, 20% Nylon
439 yards / 100 grams

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by Cascade Yarns ®
Fingering
85% Merino, 15% Silk
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: January 17, 2023
  • Finished: March 8, 2023
  • Updated: March 11, 2023
  • Progress updates: 10 updates