After much soul-searching and internal debate, I finally bound-off the edgeless Dragon Wings last night. The I-cord cable that I had mentioned in Monday’s post was too narrow to suit me. I finally realized that the shawl was going to sit here and rot before I made a decision and did something - so I bound it off. I will block it today or tomorrow and, with luck, have the pattern written up for you sometime next week.
Right now, it looks to me as though the length will seriously improve with blocking. First, the pattern will get stretched a bit to show it off to its best advantage and second, that should take care of the edges’ enthusiastic rolling :)
I love this stitch pattern so much that executing it - even to this extent - hasn’t dimmed my admiration or bored me in the slightest. I’m already trying to think of how to use it next! Socks do come to mind - maybe a hat? Hmmmm….
In other news….
The baby jacket now has a front as well as a back.
I think it is a couple of rows too long so I will have to check again carefully and make any necessary adjustments. I’d plead not guilty by reason of the 24 season finale, but I really do know better than to try to work when there’s something exciting on the tube :)
Finally, I turned the heel on the second Japanese Feathers sock…
Now it’s clear sailing straight down to the toe and I’m looking forward to having this done - not because I’m tired of it or because I don’t like it. I’d like to have it done so I can think about what kind of socks I’d like to tackle next! This sock thing can be a bit addictive, eh?
Oh! I forgot to mention this Monday. There’s a new button on the sidebar - see it? It’s the “White Knuckle Knitting” button. Colleen over at Musings of a Silver Rose made it. It for those of us who experience the occasional sense of trauma over our knitting - which is most of us at one time or another. See her entry for Friday, May 19th for a detailed explanation. I love this button because it’s both funny and heart-felt and pretty much describes how I knit my first two or three pairs of socks :)
Also, Chatters is on tomorrow night. I have added a link to the log-in tutorial should anyone need it - if chat rooms are new to you, it can all be a bit confusing. We have a good time talking about our projects, how to do different things and what we’d like to do in the future. But it’s not exclusively knitting either - we have fun. If you have a few minutes, stop by and say hello!
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I LOVE the dragon scale pattern. Definitely a good one for socks. And for shawls.
Forgot to ask: how does this stitch pattern affect gauge? Was the gauge you got significantly smaller than the ballband recommendation?
Sock, addictive? Naw….
Dragon scales shawl looks wonderful. Yes, I’ve considered that pattern for socks too. :P I believe there is a pattern on the web that uses it (much like Japanese feathers), but I’m not terribly fond of it.
Hey, it could make a pretty nifty hat. If you did the same sort of increases that you did for the center of the shawl, but over four or five wedges?
Rob - The yarn is Cascade 220 and it claims 5 sts/inch on #7s and 4.5 sts/inch on #8s. I used a #9 circular and got 4 sts/inch which seems about right to me. This is a heavy worsted/aran type weight so I went with a slightly larger than recommended needle for the sake of flexibility and drape.
Colleen - I know of a sock pattern too - Wyvern Woman’s Sock Pattern but I don’t believe they’d stay up on me so I’d like to figure out how to incorporate some ribbing. I also don’t really want to work toe up.
Yeah, the hat thing could be very cool - wedges, just as you said!
Lovely, lovely shawl. :) Well done!
Bron - Thanks :) I’ll do the “model” (heheh…) shot when I’ve got it blocked and gotten the pattern ready for prime time.
