Abrazo
Finished
August 11, 2010
August 25, 2010

Abrazo

Project info
Abrazo by Susanna IC
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
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Needles & yarn
Knit Picks Gloss Lace
0.9 skeins = 396.0 yards (362.1 meters), 45 grams
Blue-green
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Notes

I cast on for this project THREE times. Three cast-ons times 367 stitches = ouchie. The first time, I tried the backwards loop cast on, and got frustrated with how uneven it became as I knit into it. The second time, I ended up with an error that I couldn’t track down in the third row. I spent two nights trying to fix it until my hubby, exasperated, told me to frog it and redo. So I did, with a long tail cast on, and the third time was the charm.

I did no mods other than using this method for adding beads rather than a crochet hook, which is how I’ve been doing all my beading. It’s great.

For my beads, I used the leftovers from my Shipwreck Shawl - a mix of sea glass inspired colors. They look really nice with this turquoise yarn.

The yarn itself is wonderful. It’s soft, not at all splitty, and has a luscious drape. I’d use it again in a heartbeat. Plus, I just made a wool/silk blend shawl for $4.29!

I knit this quite loosely and blocked it severely (mmm, severe blocking), so it ended up being a good bit bigger than what the pattern specified: 74x23” on the wires, rather than 64x17”. It remains to be seen what it will measure post blocking, but still will be larger than the pattern specs.

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August 25, 2010
 
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Lace
70% Merino, 30% Silk
440 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: August 20, 2010
  • Finished: August 25, 2010
  • Updated: August 26, 2010