08-02-2016

Wound the yarn today, printed out the pattern, and got my project bag ready for this shawl. It will be hard to wait until Friday!

08-04-2016

Having second thoughts about the colors. I think the green is too dark and the blue too turquoise, but I am determined not to buy yarn for this project. So I decided to follow Kaffe Fasset’s advice - when in doubt add more colors! In addition to the original colors, I will add red, yellow-green, and a darker blue.

08-05-2016

I cast on today and finished sections 1 and 2. I used size 6 needles for section 1 in hopes of having a smaller hump, then switched to size 7 needles for section 2. I saw this in another pattern - Helen Stewart’s Spindrift shawl. The beginning of Section 3 was really confusing until I looked in the forums and realized it was a colorwork row. And about halfway through I understood what was meant by crossing one yarn over the other, but I wasn’t going to go back and redo the row. I figured it will all be bunched up around my neck. No one will notice that I didn’t cross my yarns consistently.

08-08-2016

Started section 8 today. I’m a little unsure about the directions because it says to turn the work but I don’t know if that means I should wrap and turn or just turn. After deep and ponderous thought, I decided it wouldn’t make a difference so I will wrap and turn like I did for all the other short rows.

08-09-2016

Started Section 10 today. This shawl is zipping right along! I am on vacation so have had quite a bit of time to knit. Things will get busy over the next few days, but barring some catastrophe, I’m pretty confident I can get this finished and blocked by the time the Olympics are over.

I decided not to use the red. I couldn’t work it in and figured it would be better to stick with yellow, green, and blue.

08-11-2016

I began the last section today. I realized that I forgot to weigh my Wollmeise before starting, so my totals for yarn usage will be off. Oh well.

08-13-2016

Finished binding off today! I’m really happy with how it came out.

The shawl weighs 191 grams, but the yarn totals above are 158, which is a difference of 33 grams. So, on average the 3 new balls of Wollmeise were about 161 grams. I’m glad that I have over 100 grams of each one left, which is enough for another project per color.

08-14-2016

Finished weaving in the ends today. Ready to block!

08-15-2016

Blocked and photographed today. I love it! Too bad it’s 100 degrees today. I might not get to actually wear it anytime soon, but as soon as the weather cools down this will get lots of use.