Here's the veggie shawl off the blocking board:
It turned out well, and it will be great to wear in the dead of winter when I'm desperate for some color.
Last week, I reported on some frustrations with the late-for-spring shawl. After ripping back the row for the tenth time, I was able to correct it based on the information I got from another knitter on Ravelry who had knit the pattern and verified the mistake in the written instructions.
The offending row was finally conquered, and I was ready for the upcoming row that required the stitch marker dance again, so no yarn was beaten with a tree branch after all. The shawl and I have made our peace with each other.
Progress so far:
The pattern is knit from the bottom hem up, which is definitely my favorite way to knit these things. You start out with a huge number of stitches and decrease the number on every other row until you're down to only a few stitches for bind off at the top center.
This will be bigger than the veggie shawl. I had more yarn than the pattern called for, so I did some math and worked out how many pattern repeats I could add in (two on each side of the center).
The yarn is Cascade Heritage. The color is 5602, a nice blue grey in a tight twist, so the stitch definition is showing up nicely.
Really loving the Signature needles for lace work. Well worth the money, and made in the USA! The pair in the picture are size 6.
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