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Okay, I'm slow over here and I know it. Robin has been so busy lately with moving and whatnot, er, life, that she hasn't had a chance to post yet. She plans on it, but unfortunately, it hasn't happened.
Me, I finished a beautiful little silk shawl for my mom (aka Patricia), called Patricia's Feather & Fan Shawlette, and I hope to post the pattern for it soon. Very soon.
The shawlette was orignally to be my mom's, um, Christmas gift, which changed to Mother's Day gift, which got moved back some to birthday gift. Phew! Did I mention that I spun the yarn, hence the reason it kept getting moved back so much. I'm not that fast a spinner yet. I started knitting the shawlette, then ripped it out after 10 rows and decided to do the neck a bit differently. So, I started to knit it again, and I even finished it (bound off and everything).
Sigh, but it had problems. The neckline shaping was wrong. I had 1.5 inches of extra fabric sticking up around the back of my neck. Grrrr. So, I ripped the whole thing out. Yup, the whole thing. I was so mad at that point. It was for my mother's birthday and it would have been on time too. She lives over 2000 miles away, so I have to take into account mail time. I had a week at that point before her birthday. I was definitely not going to make it, but my mom's a sweetheart and she said that was okay, not knowing yet why it was late, only that I botched something and had to redo it. Sigh, go figure! I finally finish the project and it wasn't shaped right. I even checked the shaping too as I knit it. Live and learn I guess.
So, I changed my shaping entirely, and reknit the shawlette. The pattern is definitely from scratch now. It was a bit longer than I wanted in the back, but I have an idea on how to fix that. I'll write up the pattern soon, including some pictures I took prior to sending the shawlette off to mom. I ended up sending the shawlette along with a Father's Day gift for my dad, ony two weeks late! And mom loves it!
Me, I finished a beautiful little silk shawl for my mom (aka Patricia), called Patricia's Feather & Fan Shawlette, and I hope to post the pattern for it soon. Very soon.
The shawlette was orignally to be my mom's, um, Christmas gift, which changed to Mother's Day gift, which got moved back some to birthday gift. Phew! Did I mention that I spun the yarn, hence the reason it kept getting moved back so much. I'm not that fast a spinner yet. I started knitting the shawlette, then ripped it out after 10 rows and decided to do the neck a bit differently. So, I started to knit it again, and I even finished it (bound off and everything).
Sigh, but it had problems. The neckline shaping was wrong. I had 1.5 inches of extra fabric sticking up around the back of my neck. Grrrr. So, I ripped the whole thing out. Yup, the whole thing. I was so mad at that point. It was for my mother's birthday and it would have been on time too. She lives over 2000 miles away, so I have to take into account mail time. I had a week at that point before her birthday. I was definitely not going to make it, but my mom's a sweetheart and she said that was okay, not knowing yet why it was late, only that I botched something and had to redo it. Sigh, go figure! I finally finish the project and it wasn't shaped right. I even checked the shaping too as I knit it. Live and learn I guess.
So, I changed my shaping entirely, and reknit the shawlette. The pattern is definitely from scratch now. It was a bit longer than I wanted in the back, but I have an idea on how to fix that. I'll write up the pattern soon, including some pictures I took prior to sending the shawlette off to mom. I ended up sending the shawlette along with a Father's Day gift for my dad, ony two weeks late! And mom loves it!
-- posted by Annette @ 4:14 PM
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