Feb. 28th, 2010

FINISHED!

Feb. 28th, 2010 10:43 am
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and pretty pleased.  i was a little bummed after i finished knitting, because it was so short - figured it would fit around my shoulders, but just barely.  i expected it would get a lot wider once the dropped stitches were pulled out, and i considered just ripping it all out and starting narrower, but i figured i might as well see how unravelling it came out.  and it was amazing!  it actually increased more in length (50%, from 45 to 68 in) than in width (a mere 40%, from 10 to 14).  i will probably be up nights figuring out how that works, but i'm really thrilled with the result.  this means it should work perfectly for its intended purpose, as a light wrap to go with my W - but it's narrow enough, I can also wear it as a scarf.  see?



by itself (i may actually be rather sad to see the wisteria bloom this year, it does make a convenient thing to showcase shawls).

as a wrap:

and a scarf:


colors in the pics are actually pretty good, although the weather is grey.  it was beautiful and bright and sunshiny when i woke up, but by the time i finished breakfast it had greyed up....hope it doesn't start raining, i can do the grocery shopping today.

not sure about blocking this - it's a cotton/acrylic blend, so i don't know if blocking will do much, and with the weather like this, it will take forever to dry.  it will be a little while till it's warm enough to wear, so i'll rethink it then.  haven't decided if i will post this for 10 shawls in 2010 - it meets the yardage requirements, but just barely - i may hold it in reserve, if i need something to fill in a month, if one of the other shawls (like the thordis...sigh) takes way more than a month to complete.

oh - and i was so thrilled with the results, i immediately cast on a clapotis.  that one's definitely going to be more a scarf - i have about 1/4 the yardage in the instructions, and i want it long.  really eager to see how the colors come out - it's one of those japanese yarns, with really long color runs, and a bit of a surprise in the middle.

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