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Angel Lace Shawl

Pattern: Angel Lace Shawl

Designer: Evelyn A. Clark

Yarn: Dawn by Naturally

Color: shade 9

Needles: 3.5mm bamboo

Notes:
- Started with four balls of yarn and ended with 10gms
- Added two extra repeats

Swallowtail Shawl

Pattern: Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark from Interweave Knits Fall 2006

Yarn: Lace weight alpaca yarn from La Droguerie (no label)

Started with 100 grams and used 96 grams total.

Needles: 3.5 mm bamboo

Notes:

It might be obvious to some but the pattern repeat is worked as many times necessary to complete the row. For example, on second time working chart pattern, repeat will be done twice on each side of center stitch.

Safety pin is placed at end of wrong side row as a reminder that the last two stitches are knit and not purl to maintain garter edge.

Eveyln mentioned to me that there are no swallowtails in the pattern; they're all floral. Apparently Interweave changed the name.

I dressed the shawl using dressing wires and stretched it out by attaching it to a metal bookcase using clips and some yarn.

It was started during a long flight from Europe and finished two weeks later. Makes a very good vacation project since only one ball of yarn is needed.

Smoke Ring with Lace Edging

Pattern: Smoke Ring with Lace Edging

Designer: Jackie E-S at Heartstrings FiberArts

Yarn: Tajmahal by Le Fibre Nobili
8% Cashmere, 22 % silk, 70% merino
170m, 50g

Needles: 4.0mm

Comments:

- Made smaller size, 22" around

- Very difficult to do lace edging with nickle plated needles. Would recommend wood needles.

- Yarn is very soft but almost too soft. Bottom edge tends to curl.

- Instructions for top edge were a bit confusing at first. Basically, it is knit with very short rows (only a couple of stitches at a time).

- Quick project, no longer than a week to make.

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Seaweed Scarf

Pattern: Seaweed Scarf from Virtual Yarns

Designer: Alice Starmore

Yarn: Hebridean 2-ply

Color: Sea Ivory

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Notes:

- Used needle size 3.75 instead of  4.5mm

- Did cast off on last row, purlwise on wrong side

- After knitting all rows didn't have enough yarn to make fringe the same lenght as stated in the pattern. Mine are 10 inches long. Had just a few yards left over after it was all finished.

- Blocked by laying scarf flat and placing several small damp towels on wrong side. Let it sit like this for one day then removed towels to let wool dry.

- Knitted all rows but scarf only blocked to 200 cm in length instead of 208cm. Width blocked to 37cm.

Scottish Wave Scarf

Pattern:  A Treasury of Magical Knitting by Cat Bordhi

Yarn: Tahki Shannon (100% wool,  50 grams/  92 yards),
colors - 14 red blend & 11 charcoal blend

Knitting Adjustments/Notes: First check out the corrections to this pattern on Cat's website, because there are some major corrections. Note that the correction for round 4 essentially changes the row numbers in the directions until row 25. So round 9 should be 5, 10 should be 6, 21 should be 17, 11 should be 18.

I knitted  this scarf using the suggested size 9 needles and didn't work a swatch before starting. Luckily, I ended up with a scarf almost the same size as mentioned in the corrections (40" circumference and 11" wide). I  later looked closer to the gauge listed in the pattern which says, 20 sts = 4" on size 9 needles. That's seems odd since the gauge shown on the yarn label is 4 sts = 1" on size 7 needles.  So, I don't think  the pattern lists the right gauge.

Comments: Once I found the corrections to the pattern and practiced Cat's method of casting on for several hours,  the project went quite fast. Although, knitting a moebius in this fashioned proved to be a bit more awkward than knitting a simple tube in the round since the bend in the circumference tends to bunch up the stitches. Frequently I would have to stop and shift stitches around.

I love this yarn's very unique color affect. The knitted fabric displays flecks of colors that highlight the base colors without pooling in clumps like some other space dyed yarns. At some point in the future, I'd like to try duplicating this yarn with my spinning wheel. I keep dreaming about a handspun sweater made with yarn like this.

Flared Lace Smoke Ring

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Pattern:  Flared Lace Smoke Ring from HeartStrings FiberArts
Yarn: Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool (65% wool & 35% silk) - color 005 Lava