Shawl update

Ok, the yarn almost won, but I think I've found the ideal pattern for it.
Basic triangular batwing shawl, garter stitch, four increase points every
other row. So far I'm up to about bazillion/2 stitches and haven't screwed
it up yet.

Methinks the yarn is happy now.

In article ,
says...
Ok, the yarn almost won, but I think I've found the ideal pattern for it.
Basic triangular batwing shawl, garter stitch, four increase points every
other row. So far I'm up to about bazillion/2 stitches and haven't screwed
it up yet.

Methinks the yarn is happy now.



I'm doing a happy dance for you, and pray the jealous yarn goddesses
leave you alone!
IF you have time (lol, who does?) scan a corner of it and send it to me
off-list.
Hugs,
Noreen

--
Noreen's Knit*che
(Knitting, Crocheting, Tatting & BobbinLace are my NICHE in life...)
NATA #447
(my family tree is FULL of 'nuts')

"SlinkyToy" wrote ...
Ok, the yarn almost won, but I think I've found the ideal pattern for it.
Basic triangular batwing shawl, garter stitch, four increase points every
other row. So far I'm up to about bazillion/2 stitches and haven't
screwed
it up yet.

Methinks the yarn is happy now.

Good to hear, Slinky
Katherine

Whine! I thought it needed a new home. VBG

JJMolvik

Poor thing!

"Molvik Family" wrote in message
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Whine! I thought it needed a new home. VBG

JJMolvik

PS -- Learn to spin and you too can have more half-skeins of yarn in the
house than you know what to do with

"Molvik Family" wrote in message
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Whine! I thought it needed a new home. VBG

JJMolvik

Here's a scan. The yarn was spun from Shetland wool, from a sheep known as
"musket", which means the wool is a shade of off-white with dark brown or
black fibers. In this scan the color variations in the yarn are quite
obvious - I'm looking at the work and I don't see the splotches that come
through on the scan, I see a uniform background (cream) with the brown
fibers all over it.

http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/shawl.jpg

Basic pattern for the triangle

CO3

First row: k1, yo, k1, yo, k1
2nd row: (k1, yo) across, end k1
3rd and all odd rows: knit
4th and all even rows: k1, yo, knit to increase line, yo, k1, yo, knit
across, end (yo, k1)

The pattern I'm using (from XRX Knitters Shawls and Scarves) includes some
fancy lace edging, for which I'll probably need to spin more yarn. I've
got the 2002 clip from this particular fleece in my stash, so I certainly
won't run short of yarn!

For those of you who want technical details on the fleece and spinning:

Shetland musket ewe, 4 years old
Staple: 5-7", slight primitive coat, zero VM, no yolking, no breaks, no weak
tips
Scoured lockwise
Flicked and spun worsted off the butt with no predrafting.

The size of this yarn varies, it is some of my earliest handspun. When I do
come down to spinning more yarn for the project I'll be hard put to
duplicate this particular yarn. I'm quite good at producing consistent yarn
of a given size - which this is not. Some (short) lengths are nearly
DK-weight, some (longer) stretches are finer than cobweb (and 2-ply!), and
MOST of the yarn is consistently about 2-ply jumper weight or a bit finer.
The spinning will be a challenge, that's for sure!

"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Ok, the yarn almost won, but I think I've found the ideal pattern for
it.
Basic triangular batwing shawl, garter stitch, four increase points
every
other row. So far I'm up to about bazillion/2 stitches and haven't
screwed
it up yet.

Methinks the yarn is happy now.



I'm doing a happy dance for you, and pray the jealous yarn goddesses
leave you alone!
IF you have time (lol, who does?) scan a corner of it and send it to me
off-list.
Hugs,
Noreen

--
Noreen's Knit*che
(Knitting, Crocheting, Tatting & BobbinLace are my NICHE in life...)
NATA #447
(my family tree is FULL of 'nuts')

Nah, not really. I'm only up to about 170 stitches, give or take. I think
I missed a YO in the last row, so I need to count to see if I have the same
number on each side of the center increase line. My scanner handles legal
paper, you're looking at half of the shawl - which gives you an idea of the
size at the moment.

Michelle
Who is off to
1. pay kindergarten tuition
2. pick up the Adderall (gods preserve me, I'm medicating my child because I
can't find a therapist I trust and he's starting kindergarten next week at a
school in which he'll be doing in K what I did in 1st)
3. go buy more potty parts for the potty her husband disassembled and lost
innards from
4. let someone else cook dinner

"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Here's a scan.
Technicalities snipped
http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/shawl.jpg

Basic pattern for the triangle

CO3

First row: k1, yo, k1, yo, k1
2nd row: (k1, yo) across, end k1
3rd and all odd rows: knit
4th and all even rows: k1, yo, knit to increase line, yo, k1, yo, knit
across, end (yo, k1)

The pattern I'm using (from XRX Knitters Shawls and Scarves) includes
some
fancy lace edging, for which I'll probably need to spin more yarn.
I've
got the 2002 clip from this particular fleece in my stash, so I
certainly
won't run short of yarn!

The spinning will be a challenge, that's for sure!

Slinky, it's going to be absolutely GORGEOUS!
You work FAST, too!
Hugs,
Noreen

In article ,
says...
Here's a scan.
Technicalities snipped
http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/shawl.jpg

Basic pattern for the triangle

CO3

First row: k1, yo, k1, yo, k1
2nd row: (k1, yo) across, end k1
3rd and all odd rows: knit
4th and all even rows: k1, yo, knit to increase line, yo, k1, yo, knit
across, end (yo, k1)

The pattern I'm using (from XRX Knitters Shawls and Scarves) includes some
fancy lace edging, for which I'll probably need to spin more yarn. I've
got the 2002 clip from this particular fleece in my stash, so I certainly
won't run short of yarn!

The spinning will be a challenge, that's for sure!

Slinky, it's going to be absolutely GORGEOUS!
You work FAST, too!
Hugs,
Noreen

"SlinkyToy" wrote in message
news:1wUXa.152057 Michelle
Who is off to
1. pay kindergarten tuition
2. pick up the Adderall (gods preserve me, I'm medicating my child because
I
can't find a therapist I trust and he's starting kindergarten next week at
a
school in which he'll be doing in K what I did in 1st)


NO! NO! NO!

Please don't do this without even giving him a chance to see if he can learn
without it.

Aw.
Darn it.

Too often, people medicate their kids for themselves, not for the kids. Get
some earplugs and keep looking for the therapist.

Jane