Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Traveler Shawl - DONE!

Started Dec 21/10
Finished Apr 6/11










I’m not new to knitting but it took me a 2nd try before I figured out the chart. It shows one side of the shawl. For example the first five line written would be:




1. k2, yo, k1, yo, move marker, k1, move marker, yo, k1, yo, k2




2. k2, p3, move marker, p1, move marker, p3, k2




3. k2, yo, k3, yo, move marker, k1, move marker, yo, k3, yo, k2




4. k2, p5, move marker, p1, move marker, p5, k2 5. k2, yo, k5, yo, move marker, k1, move marker, yo, k5, yo, k2





Apr 7/11 - I have lots of yarn leftover. I did 10 repeats of Chart A and 1 of Chart B. I probably had enough to do 14 repeats. I decided to see how big it will be. I still need to block it.

Apr 26/11 - I washed & blocked it. It's 56.5" wide & 22" long.













Needles: Size 5 circular 32"




Yarn: The Sanguine Gryphon Little Traveller in Traveler's Rest




Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dover-castle-shawl









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