Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Sangria Shawl update

Well, I finished Chart D of my latest KAL just a little while ago.  Then I wet it down good and finger blocked it for a picture, set a fan on it and now I am working on the last knitting chart of the shawl.  I am trying to use up most of the skein of yarn without running out.  Made a few changes from the 1st one I made of it.  Like I forgot 1 repeat of Chart A, I believe it was.  So I made an extra repeat of Chart B.  Now on Chart D, the designer said she stopped on row 154, while I went on to row 164 for the complete chart.  But I put in a life line on row 154 in case I run out of yarn & need to go back so that I have enough for Chart E and the bind off.  I really hope I have enough yarn to do the crocheted bind off again.  I love the way the points zig zag along the edge!

So I have 14 rows to knit before I am ready to try the bind off.  I think I may put in another life line about 2 rows from the end so that if I have to go back to start the bind off again and I don't want to go all the way back to row 154 to start again, then I only chance losing 2 rows of knitting while backing up to do a normal stretchy bind off.

Right now, as I write this, it is thundering outside and my male pom - Fred, is sitting beside my feet!  In fact, his chin is on my foot.  He hates storms - if he is indoors, but doesn't really mind them if he is outside.  So I think it is because he can't see what is happening when he is inside.

Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!

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    1. Thank you! I finished it yesterday while watching my 12 year old granddaughter's tennis tournament. Not going to get a chance to block it until tomorrow, so will probably be Monday or Tuesday before I have pictures of the finished project.

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