This one took me forever to knit and finish. People actually knit socks out of this weight?! Pairs of socks? In a matter of days?! Do these people work? Do they sleep? I can't fathom it. I must just be a very slow knitter. Yikes!
I've been pondering my shawl pattern... okay, hold on sec, I'll take a photo of the sketch... my scanner isn't hooked up...
This is my original rough sketch so I don't have any measurements and some changes will likely happen. Sorry it's taken me so long to show this. Now you can see just what I've been talking about. Okay, so the center panel will have the cable - pattern to be determined. The green Merino/mohair I spun will be the dark edging and possibly a couple of rows along the center panel. I wanted the entire shawl to be out of my handspun but since it doesn't look like I'll have enough of the Polwarth/kid mohair (that I'm still in love with), I'm now thinking I'll do the center panel out of millspun yarn. The center panel may or may not come to a point. It depends on the cable pattern I use. I like how the point looks, at least in the sketch, so I want to keep it if it works. I'll knit the center panel first, then pick up stitches along each side and knit out to each point.
I'd like to say I did a lot of knitting this weekend, but what I really did was a lot of sleeping and reading. I hung out at Barnes & Noble a bit and checked out some knitting books, none of which came home with me. Next weekend is my dyeing class so there won't be much napping then. Woot!
Becky will the edging be a lace style?
Posted by: val | March 23, 2008 at 11:09 PM
forgot to say love the mitt- the colours in it are like the yarn i used for those baby socks ;)
Posted by: val | March 23, 2008 at 11:12 PM
That shawl design looks awesome! And should you wish to make your next pair of mitts out of worsted weight yarn, let me know--I have a great pattern!
Posted by: Maggie | March 24, 2008 at 02:19 AM
Love the mitt! And yes, people DO make socks out of that yarn! I don't know how they do it so quickly, and what's more - I don't know how they manage to cast on for the second one without losing their mind to boredom, but there ya go. That's why I have 3, 4, 5 single socks lying about!
Posted by: elizabeth | March 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Nice mitt and striking shawl design. I've started casting on two socks at a time (seperate double pointed needles) to avoid second sock syndrome with really fine wool. It probably isn't faster but it seems like it is.
Posted by: Judy Bushey | March 24, 2008 at 06:04 PM
I think the shawl will be gorgeous, & I definitely think you should keep the "point". Good luck:)
Posted by: yarn-frog | March 24, 2008 at 06:58 PM