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Another little shawl (Daybreak) « »
OK, so, I’ve moved on from Ishbels, but now we are in negotiations on the house! The inspector went through and found several things to be fixed, and we’ve turned in our “waivers and objections” and are waiting to hear what they agree to do. STRESS. I’m trying to funnel the stress into miles and miles of stockinette stitch.
So…I started on another zoomy little scarf / shawl. This one is Daybreak by Barry Manilow. I mean, Stephen West. I’m just barely old enough to remember this song, but I can’t stop singing it while I’m knitting this darn thing! 
So far, I’m just in the first, solid-colored section. One set of increases is done “halfway to the marker” which was a pain to count out every time at first. BUT…if I can remember that I just knit 3 stitches past the point that I did the increase four rows ago, I’m good. (You can’t use a marker for the increase because you increase either end of each row, so the number of sts on either side of the marker change every time.)
HINT: Write down the number of stitches you knit before the last midpoint increase if you put the shawl down (or are pregnant and have no memory.)
I also had to work a little bit on the muscle memory for the M1L and M1R / M1L(purl) and M1R(purl) increases. Now that I’ve done about 100 of them, I’m good.
One problem that I have is that I’m used to slipping the first stitch of every row. I do this when knitting garments because it provides a nice stable edge for necklines, cardigan fronts, etc. When shawl knitting, you WANT a wiggly edge, so that you can block the heck out of it and get a nice taut fabric. So I’m having to consciously remind myself every row to KNIT not SLIP.
All in all a very fast knit (so far) with lots of stockinette in between increase rows.
I’m using a variegated hot pink / tan yarn (Schaefer Yarns: Anne) for the “sun” and a nice semisolid green (The Fiber Denn SW, N Quasi-Solido sock yarn) for the grassy fields over which day is breaking. (Too cheesey? I’m pregnant, jerks! I get to be cheesey if I want to!) 
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2 Responses to “Another little shawl (Daybreak)”
Long time reader, but I never post. Until now. Because I had a dream that I stopped by your house with a whole bunch of friends while you were having a big family dinner. I brought friends even I have not seen in years. Anyway, your house was lovely, full of antiques. And your daughters (you had two) were active and playful. Odd.
I love it! Your pink and green actually match the sweater I wore yesterday.
