First Stitch Sampler Shawl 68"x15"
Finished
September 27, 2013
October 10, 2013

First Stitch Sampler Shawl 68"x15"

Project info
Stitch Sampler Shawl by On This Day Designs
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
nursing home
68" x 15" unstretched
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
Caron One Pound
0.67 skeins = 553.4 yards (506.0 meters), 303 grams
Purple
Notes

Using up odds and ends of acrylics to learn a couple new stitches and get a feel for “organic” knitting before attempting a Jane Thornley project.

I began losing patience on the second half. I lost row count (thanks to watching Netflix) and couldn’t get colors properly lined up on the “p1 sl” section to be mirror image of first half, so I wound up doing stockinette such that the color changes were splattered on the front. If I use these instructions again, I would need to think through whether the “p1 sl” section will work properly with color changes every two rows.

Still, it looks very nice -- much nicer than I thought the colors would look together. (I had ripped out several earlier projects because I didn’t like the coolness of the main blue-lavender color, but this time was a winner.) One of the contrasting yarns is a warm pinkish purple, the other a colder, blue-purple.

I think someone will like it. :)

Not sure exactly how much yarn I used. Possibly 1/2-2/3 of a skein of Caron 1 Pound, plus maybe 1/3-1/2 skein of each of some unidentified acrylic worsted similar to Red Heart.

Dropped off at nursing home October 2013.

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  • Project created: September 29, 2013
  • Finished: October 10, 2013
  • Updated: April 5, 2014
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