I finished the Fallberry scarf yesterday afternoon. I even soaked it and pinned it out. Twenty-four hours later, it's still slightly damp, so I don't want to unpin it yet.
I'm still slogging through the middle section of the late-for-spring shawl, but I'm nearing the end of that.
Instead, I've got another of my startitis projects to show you.
This is the beginning of the Stacy Shawl by Wendy Johnson, from her new book.
The pattern calls for DK weight yarn, but I'm using worsted weight, which is slightly thicker. I've got just over 500 yards of it. The yarn was recycled from a sweater, and is 100% wool. I love the color. Since this shawl won't be worn next to the skin, I'm not worried about the scratchiness of the yarn. In other words, it's a layering piece that would go over other clothes.
The picture above represents the first of four charts. I got through it in an evening. It's an interesting pattern in that it starts at the top middle and is worked outward toward the bottom edge.
The only problem I'm having with it is that I'm always two stitches short on the right-side rows. I poked around on ravelry, and found a post from someone else who had the same problem. However, there's no explanation as to how to fix it. So I'm winging it by adding a stitch where needed. So far, it seems to be a good solution.
I've also altered the middle section. Rather than a yarnover spine (yarnover, knit 2, yarnover) as shown in the original, I'm just knitting the four stitches, which you can see in the picture above. I'm not going to do the bottom border from the pattern either. I might just do plain garter stitch instead.
There are two other shawls in the book that I want to make, and I already have the yarn for them in my stash. It's definitely going to be a stash-busting winter.
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