July 06, 2003
Back in the Saddle!
I took a little hiatus to finish up other projects (and to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), but I'm back to working on this shawl again.
Here is an "overview" photo (with terrible color, I'm not sure what's up with the digital camera), but at least you can see that I'm making progress. I've just finished the shoulder shaping, so it's pretty straightforward knitting from this point on. One of the projects I was finishing was on 2.5mm needles, and the 3.5mm ones I'm using for this shawl felt huge when I picked it back up. All relative, I suppose!
This photo is much truer to the real shade of the shawl ( which is called "Elderberry"), and shows more detail of the stitches.
The knitting is moving along pretty quickly. This next week I want to get back to graphing the "Springtime" lace pattern. Doing this shawl was a good move, however. I do understand the parameters of this shawl construction much more clearly. And I have a renewed appreciation for what Myrna managed to do with this book (Stahman's Shawls and Scarves).