Wednesdays Are UFO and Dog Days
Finishing this actually went a lot faster than I thought it would, which just goes to show that procrastination makes everything seem a little worse than it really is. I wish realizing that meant I would give up procrastination once and for all, but somehow I doubt that’s going to happen.
Anyway! I washed the Icarus shawl and blocked it. (I tried my blocking wires again, and this 2nd attempt went perfectly.) Two-out-of-two cats left the shawl alone while it was blocking. Amazing!
I have done it again in terms of making something much bigger than it was supposed to be. Finished dimensions as given in the instructions: 72″ x 36″. My shawl: 101″ x 49″. This would explain the extra skein of yarn I had to buy at the end. Doesn’t really explain how it got so off-track in the first place, but I’m guessing that “gauge” and “yarn substitution” might have had something to do with it. But nevermind.
Here’s a detail:
Casual disarray:
Nicely folded:
Project Details: Pattern is “Icarus Shawl,” designed by Miriam Felton, published in Interweave Knits, Summer 2006. The pattern is also available in “The Best of Interweave Knits.” Yarn is Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, color is Black Purl. I used size 4 needles (up one size from the pattern recommendation) and 6 skeins of yarn. And made a really huge shawl.
What’s Next? I don’t know! This was the last of my knitting UFOs, and now I can make anything. That’s so exciting to contemplate, I can hardly believe it. I’m going to spend some time looking through my books and magazines, considering the possibilities. It’s like the knitting world is wide open.