I had been working on a turquoise, lacy baby shawl as a gift for my grandson, Tyler, who is due on May 30th. The thin, cone yarn I was using had been found at a Salvation Army Store. To make the yarn thick enough I had to knit with two strands of it together. Everything was going swimmingly until I got about half way up the last side of the shetland shawl. That's when I knew for sure I wouldn't have enough yarn to finish the shawl. I frogged the entire thing and spent the next two days separating the two strands of yarn and rewinding them into balls. I paired the single strand of turquoise with a single strand of off white and started again. The shawl is turning out much nicer than the first one. The darker turquoise has been toned down to a nice light, heathery shade, much more appropriate for an infant. Another four weeks and it should be ready. I just hope Tyler appreciates the blood, sweat and tears (and swears) that have gone into it. LOL
I tried to get a picture but my scanner won't pick up the green and the shawl ends up looking like it's a grey/blue colour.
3 comments:
You are one of the people I need to have linked to my blog. I saw you on Apos links and came over here to say Hi. I am glad your lastest project is coming along after having to pull it all out...
Thank you for stopping by my blog I will add you as one of my links then I won't forget to stop by here more often :) And about the Knifty Kniter, yes I find it knits up way faster than knitting, and it is great to use on trips on the bus way easier than taking two needles to manage :)
Hey You. Heh...yeah I guess welcome to My real blog world aye Marg :P
I still drop in over there just some days them bloody post-its get a tad annoying for my mood in that particular moment. I caught that you are foosball neighbour less...what a stroke of good luck that was aye. Reckon it was all the good vibes/thoughts/wishes sent from your readers ;)
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