Sweet Garnet Shawl -- #8
Finished
July 2, 2010
November 30, 2010

Sweet Garnet Shawl -- #8

Project info
Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
large
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
795 yards
Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight
378 yards in stash
0.95 skeins = 342.0 yards (312.7 meters), 120 grams
Natural/Undyed
The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga!
none left in stash
1.1 skeins = 453.2 yards (414.4 meters), 124 grams
Red-purple
The Loopy Ewe
May 2010
Notes

I’m hoping that knitting the large size on slightly bigger needles will give me a larger shawl. I plan to use the Cowkiller (maroon color) for the main triangle and a stripe between the lace section and edging, done in the barely-dyed Sweet Pea.

7/6/10 -- Up to about 90 stitches of the garter triangle. I love it so far. There’s a lot of interesting variation in the Cowkiller color.

I plan to step this up in size, as I should have enough yarn. I will increase the counts for the large size by an additional 32 stitches (the difference between the small and large). So for the garter triangle, I will knit until there are 186 stitches, and I will pick up 92 loops on each side.

7/9/10 -- 113 stitches on needle… garter garter garter…

7/24/10 -- Knit to 186 stitches on needle and bound off with size 9. My skein must have been oversized, as the shawl weighs 125g so far and I have 13g (~47 yards) of yarn in MC remaining.

11/22/10 -- Finally beginning edging!

11/28/10 -- KNITTING FINISHED! Time to block.

72” across, 32” down center. Love it.

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November 30, 2010
 
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by Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Fingering
100% Merino
405 yards / 146 grams

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by The Sanguine Gryphon
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70% Merino, 20% Cashmere goat, 10% Nylon
412 yards / 125 grams

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  • Project created: July 2, 2010
  • Finished: November 30, 2010
  • Updated: November 28, 2011
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