made as specified in the pattern, but subbed yarns, with double-stranded laceweight on the garter portion and a heavier sockweight for the darker hexagon.
This is a great smaller shawl to throw on.
| Began | June 8, 2010 |
| Finished | April 27, 2010 |
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| Edited | June 8, 2010 |
| Pattern URL | Aestlight Shawl by 128212 |
| Made for | kristine |
Tried several ideas for using this slippery ribbon in a project and settled on this 3-D grid idea. It will also get flowers placed on the grid when it’s done.
march top; 2 colors alternating, then finish with spectrum? March 2, 2016 confusion over the right side and wrong side of the chart and I had to restart after 6 or 7 rows because the chart wasn’t making sense. restarted with written instructions – even rows are right side. cast on with German twisted cast-on…
Worsted weight on size 7s instead of DK on 6s. Each hexi has a single crochet border in Fairy Tale, and then they are joined with a slip stitch crochet in Lady Slipper. Four hexagons in 7 colors make up the base of the blanket. Only did half hexagons on the short side of the…
weight remaining yarn: 42g left (79% of 2 skeins used), about 518 yards used. I think it ate up a little more yarn because of being Sport weight instead of fingering, but it made an awesome shawl. This yarn worked up so smoothly and knit like butter! The other great thing about this shawl is…
120 german twisted CO. 2 3/4” ribbing. 8 1/2” total before crown decreases.
This was my first attempt at lace knitting and dropping stitches. I was worried about my cast on not being loose enough, so I found and used Eunny’s "lace cast on". I also used a different bind off, but I don’t recall which one right now. The pattern was very simple – knit knit knit…
