26-08-2024
28 hrs of knitting in total
Semicircular shawl
Bamboo/angora/nylon
25-11-2024
Had to change the yarn, I’m not supposed to use any animal protein fibre for this project. Switched to 100% bamboo handspun from the Fiber Imp handpainted top.
27-11-2024
Using 3 or 3.5 mm needles.
Just COed the sts and started writhing up the pattern.
Planning the design and thinking through the knitting way took approximately 1.5 hrs (included in knitting time in stopwatch).
01-12-2024
2 hrs 55 min into knitting, 36 rows done
02-12-2024
Bamboo fibre handspun yarn was chosen for this project because it is suitable for shawls - silky, drapy, lustrous. From my previous experience with bamboo I know I enjoy both spinning and knitting it.
90 g bamboo top braid is a good weight for spinning to make enough heavy-lace-weight yarn for a small/medium size shawl.
In order to be practical and use up as much spun yarn the best pattern would be the one knitted top-down until all the yarn is used up.
The shawl is planned to be lace-patterned. That type of knitting works best with the solid and gradient colours. Chain plying was chosen to avoid heathered effect which can often happen with multicoloured braid spinning if plying from multiple bobbins.
Approximately 1.5 hrs was used to decide on the shawl shape, knitting needles size (no swatches were made, the decision on needle size was based on previous bamboo fibre spinning and shawl knitting experience, and looking up previously knitted shawls), stitch/pattern choice, and creating a pattern sketch.
03-12-2024
6 hrs 04 min
68 rows done, 74 g left
04-12-2024
10:20, 98 rows
05-12-2024
11:37, 108 rows
08-12-2024
should I add 2 hrs to the project time if that wasn’nt knitting but a mistake fixing?
08-12-2024
12: 12, 112 rows, 48 g of yarn left
13:05 118 rows, 43 g left
(6 rows 5 g of yarn)
09-12-2024
14:14 126 rows, 35 g left
14:37 128 rows
10-12-2024
16:40 140 rows (aproximately 13 min a row)
10-12-2024
18:27 148 rows, 13 g left
11-12-2024
19:47 154 rows, one row takes approximately 4 dining table lengths
11-12-2024
22:49 the colourful part is done!
15-12-2024
Started knitting the edging.
7 min 300 sec - one point
There are 40 points in the edging and a few short rows to establish the pattern.
Approximately 5 hrs - 5 hrs 10 min to complete the edging.
16-12-2024
70 live sts left,
31.5 points knitted
17-12-2024
finished knitting!!!
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