I was expecting the Gaia shrug to be simple and quick, and I planned to use my lovely red and purple alpaca/silk handspun. Of course, I hit a major snag, which was that no matter how many different ways I measured, I could not get the patterns dimensions to match mine. This is a problem because I had calculated the amount of yarn I would need by following the pattern. I figured that I need to knit at least 6 more inches (66 square inches) to make a shrug that will fit me, but I don’t have that much yarn. Sigh. I realized this after I was about 4 hours into my knitting.
So plan B. I went and bought 4 skeins of gorgeous Malabrigo worsted in Intenso:
The knitting in the pic is a swatch, not the shrug.
I’m going to make this shrug (because 'shawl collar vest' is too long and boring a name,henceforth my version will be called Dropped Rib) , only with a different stitch pattern, which I‘ve wanted to knit for a long time. I expect it to take longer than my original plan, but wow, these colors vibrate with awesomeness and I’m inspired to knit this!
Naturally I completely neglected the Onesie (which I'm calling 'Just Duckie') while I was driven to figure out my shrug plan. Luckily it is small. I’m using a lovely yellow shade of Bliss Cashmerino DK, which immediately tangled hopelessly. I think I need one of those yarn socks to keep the ball intact.
That’s been my last couple of days. Happy Valentines Day, and good luck to my fellow Knitting Olympians!
1 comment:
Good for you! I'm doing Ravelympics because there is a WIP event, but not the Yarn Harlot's because I just couldn't see casting on any more projects just now. Go for the gold!
You are doing a great job with your weekly posting--I'm still not committing, but your inspiration is making me do a little better anyhow!
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