Knit Diary

I finished my peacock feathers shawl. I used the yarn called for in the pattern, the Jaggerspun Zephyr in sable. I love this pattern, but I wasn't too thrilled with the finished shawl. My gauge was so off! The final measurments of the shawl is 98' across and 55" from top to tip. It's about 10" longer than the pattern says. I used US 3 addi naturas (which is smaller than the US4 needled called for in the pattern) but I guess I'm a loose knitter. Here are some photos:

I'm 5'6" tall -- see how there's about 8" hanging from my hand.

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Here's Irvine's sky around 5:40PM today.

The clouds are starting to break up after looking like rain all day. It's been yucky hot and humid today.

I finished my Peacock Feathers Shawl on Tuesday. I haven't had time to get a picture of it on, yet. Here it is blocking.

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(Ok, this is the obligatory blog entry title for anyone knitting the Peacock Feathers Shawl. Just at "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" is for anyone knitting a Diamond Fantasy Shawl)

Yay! I started the final edging chart for the shawl. It's slow going right now and taking me an hour to complete one row of the pattern (including the purl/wrongside row). Gah! I've been trying to knit at least two rows each night. I had to really haul ass last night because I needed to finish my two rows before Project Runway -- I can't knit lace while watching that show. Oh so sad to see that Malan from Taiwan is gone....

I hope to finish and block by the end of this weekend.

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I'm progressing on my shawl. I finished chart 1 last night.

A pretty detail shot (click for a bigger picture)

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