I enjoyed knitting this small shawl because of all the garter stitch and simple columns evolving into little diamond shapes at the end. I also really like the edging. It is not too pointy, but has some shape to it and the two far end points look like little wing tips.
I knit on US sz 4 bamboo circulars at Chris' apartment and during the whole train ride back to Chicago. The train was an hour late leaving Urbana, but that didn't bother me because I got that much more uninterrupted knitting time. I arrived at 1pm with a lot of time until my 6pm rehearsal in Chicago so I walked the short distance from Union Station to Loopy yarns to "waste" some of that time. I got a couple awesome skeins of sock yarn, Nova Sock in a rusty orangey red and Casbah Sock in shades of blue. Then I did EZ's sewn bind off on the Milkweed Shawl and worked on some fingerless mitts at the shop. There were a couple of really nice employees to hang out and knit with too.
Anyway, I am working on a lot of projects and several of my own designs as well. Getting some of my patterns out will be slow going as I am new to that process, but I am really excited about how my designs are knitting up!
Here is another picture of Laura Chau's Milkweed. I have more pictures on my ravelry project page.
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3 comments:
i, too, love EZ's sewn bind off, but whew! i can't even imagine the tail you'd need for a shawl! also, that jade sapphire yarn? gorgeous!
A little secret for long-tail COs that are super long is to use 2 different balls of yarn and just cut one at the end of your CO. That might help ya out
That shawl is nice. Maybe it's the grey color, but it looks like chains. Love it!
very pretty indeed - i like understated lacy objects.
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