It's knitted in Rowan Felted Tweed in colour SH153 held with Rowan Kid Classic in colour 832. I used 4 skeins of the felted tweed (764 yards) and 5 of the Kid Classic (765 yards). I knitted it almost according to the pattern, although I cast on 10 more stitches for a little extra length. I also knitted the rufffle until the yarn ran out - rather than for 5" as specified in the pattern.
I fastened it with a carved stick that I bought at Stitches. The finished wrap is lovely and snuggly and I think I will wear it a lot (since I wear my clapotis wrap a lot), but it was terribly boring to knit! The stockinette portion was OK as it was quick and besides, I was looking for a boring project, but the ruffles took an eternity and I hate to knit rib!
I had to buy an additional needle to knit this so bought a 10.5 mm harmony wooden tip from Knitpicks. It was quite a pointy tip, which was good for knitting two strands of yarn, and I was really impressed by how smooth it was to knit with.
So overall a successful project, which thanks to my teleconference, was completed in just over a week.
3 comments:
This turned out fantastic and looks great on you. Can't wait to see it in person! I have actually been looking at that pattern since I have a metric ton of Joseph Galler Alpaca.
A FIVE day teleconference? Holy cow!
great idea to do something like that wrap, which looks wonderful :-)
I LOVE This shawl. And I agre with Lisa - it looks great on you. I'm having so much fun perusing your blog. You have such an amazing gift!
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