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SOAR

Yet another fabulous SOAR. And again, there appears to be no photos on my camera, save this. The Circle of Life Shawl at the SOAR gallery. I didn’t get to the edging, so I just finished it with a crochet bind off so it can make it into the gallery.

And here it is on the hotel bed for scale. It’s a queen sized bed.

After much consultation, I have decided to skip the medium brown that just started to appear in the progression and jump straight to the dark brown for contrast, and a wee bit of drama. However, I won’t start it for a few weeks. After a summer spent on 2 major projects, I feel a need for a few instant gratification projects.

So far, I’ve finished a sock, singular. I need something a bit more frivolous. Suggestions?

Progress Update

Circle of Life Shawl Progress

I’m now half way through Chart 8 (of 11). Round 195 of 223. Just shy of 70%. And yes, this is all before I start the border. Each round is taking more than an hour to complete now. I have serious doubts as to whether I’ll be able to finish this in time for SOAR.

6 yards

I have woven the minimum required yardage for the jacket workshop with Daryl Lancaster. I have 3 more yards of warp. I want to weave as much of it as I can as “backup” yardage — just in case.

31. The number of quills used in a 3.5 hour session. (That equates to about 2 yards of fabric.)

Chart 7 Finished!

As I finished the last rounds of Chart 7, I moved on to the next color in the sequence…100% of the lightest brown, as opposed to the marled of the lightest brown with white.

Last round of Chart 7 means 178 of 234 rounds complete. A whole whopping 58% of the main body of the shawl is now finished. Sigh. I still have a long way to go.

I learned something else last night too. It’s not a good idea to knit when you are exhausted and falling asleep at the needle. I spent most of this morning trying to fix the errors I made last night without unknitting 4 rounds of lace, at 728 sts/round. I think I was mostly successful. It will take quite a bit of careful examination to find the errors (I hope).

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