I've gotten a handle on my new shawl pattern, and finalized most of the details. I blocked the swatch and was quite pleased with the result. Isn't it amazing what blocking will do to a lace pattern? What I initially thought was meh at best turned out to be pretty awesome. I wasn't thrilled with the yarn when I bought it but it met the criteria so I took a leap of faith and cast on. The more I knit, the more I like this yarn--AraucanÃa Ranco Multy. I'm going to alternate the skeins about every eight inches, since each skein is slightly different. I won't bother with alternating two skeins every two rows. I'm thinking that would add too much bulk to the edge of the shawl and the pattern will camouflage the variations. That's all I'm saying about it right now.
I should be able to get in a lot of knitting this week. The pollen count is so high right now I can't go outside without coughing up a lung, so I'm pretty much house-bound. We'll get some relief tomorrow when (supposedly) it's going to rain so hard we'll need boats instead of cars, so that means another day of staying inside. I hope the weather prognosticators are right this time. I haven't seen a hard rain in forever and they repaired the leak from the puny rain we had a few weeks ago. What could go wrong? Besides, they found Noah's Ark, so I'm good to go.
Oooo, that colorway is so pretty! *pets*
ReplyDeleteAnother pattern on the way? You are productive!
ReplyDeleteI am looking into Photoshop too, but don't know for sure if I am going to be really into it. Always an adventure :)