It's 15 repeats, and it grew from 45 inches by 24 to 75 inches wide by 36 inches deep. It's much heavier yarn than the first: it's sock yarn (Blue-Faced Leicester sock yarn from Fyberspates) but it must be for boot socks as it's about double knitting weight, and I used 6.5mm needles. I was trying to squeeze another pattern repeat out of the yarn, but I decided to rip it back and make longer pointy bits on the border instead, which I'm very happy with. I had a satisfactorily tiny bit left over.
Australian readers might be amused to see what I used to soak it: this is wonderful stuff, imported to the UK by Lakeland. I think I've got the need to knit a larger shawl out of my system for the moment and I'm willing to go down a needle size or two. Judith suggested the Swallowtail, which I have looked at in the past and thought, 'Oh I couldn't possibly knit that,' but now I'm beginning to wonder. It would suit that Schaefer Anne yarn, which I now seem to have wound into a ball. My new lace needles haven't arrived yet, so I am paused. I'm still intending to do Icarus, just having a dither about the yarn - can't decide whether to do fuzzy or plain.
A commenter in Germany has asked about knitting rips in a sweater. I think the method used in patterns is to make a stitch where you want the bottom of the rip to be, knit it in subsequent rows, and then when it's long enough, drop the stitch and rip it down - it won't rip further than the row where you made it in the first place. I didn't like the appearance of that in All Seasons Cotton, so I just knitted a column of purl stitches instead.
When she Was Knitting has done the Movie Meme. I'm still working on my list for this.
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Ooh! I love the colors of that shawl! It turned out very nicely -- isn't it amazing what different yarns will do to the same pattern? As an aside, I did my Icarus in Kidsilk Haze, and love it. It's incredibly light and airy and warm. But you've got to be willing to have a bit of fuzz to use that yarn...
I wonder what it's like to knit the same thing twice - at the same time! Except for knucks, and a sweater I designed and then upsized, I don't think I've knit the same thing a second time.
Perhaps I should consider a second "shower gasket"
I am sure that you can knit a Swallowtail, the nupps are not that bad! I found they were easier to do with a stretchy, firmer yarn such as Rowanspun 4 ply and fiddly with Kid silk haze but less noticable as you got less "bump" I also did one out of angora and that again was easy. I also always do the last 2 rows and cast off in a larger size needle which helps with the blocking. The end result is a very attractive shawl with an elegant border and end. You can see some on my Ravelry page. Judithknits
Woo hoo! I know where to visit now! My goodness, that is some lovely knitting. I'm inspired.
That shawl is absolutely beautiful.
Well there you go...I turn my back for a few days and you've been knitting like a demon. They are both LOVELY. Aren't you glad you took the plunge over the Forest Canopy pattern now?
I'm planning a sock yarn FC for holiday knitting.
You've knitted TWO lovely shawls in the space of two posts?! (I know I know)Thanks for your comment on my blog. I first saw S.C. in about 2002 so it is possible they were around in the late 90's. And yes, I had to crack and buy a copy of Knitting Nature - itching to get started on a project or two!
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