Watermelon Slice aka Daybreak
Finished
June 17, 2012
June 29, 2012

Watermelon Slice aka Daybreak

Project info
Daybreak by Stephen West
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
myself
112cm x 52cm (while blocking)
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Leisure Time Yarn 100% Wool Fingering
2200 yards in stash
Green
Wisdom Yarns Poems Sock
266 yards in stash
Pink
Notes

The hardest part with this shawlette was to choose colors and their combinations. :)

6/18/12 - First solid section doesn’t have an option for Medium size (it jumps right to Large). So, I recalculated stitches (24sts) and made it work.
My solid section ended with 157 sts total and it is 24 sts for repeats.

6/19/12 - Learned the color row repeats and don’t need markers anymore. I don’t like using markers and get relieve when I can remove them safely.

6/21/12 - Very intrigued to watched color changes with my variegated yarn! It keeps me going and I stay focused.
Few mods -

  • To reduce flared up edges, on the stripe part of the shawl (second segment), I add only 1 st at both edges - every other row, instead of in every row.
  • To keep the slip st loose, I add a yo (next to the st to be slipped) on the last stripe of mail color A. Then drop it on the next row

6/28/12 -
The shawlette is done. Pretty cute. I will change the name, though! It looks delicious, but not what I wanted it to look.
I have left 22gr from two balls of Apple/Lime Green yarn.
Cannot say about main color, because I was changing the colors, using different balls of the yarn.

Used KnitPicks needles. One cable got a burr, had to change it.
Blocking is done with KnitPicks blocking wires and WalMart sport mat.

Will weigh my dry shawl after it is done blocking.

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Finished
June 17, 2012
June 29, 2012
 
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100% Wool
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75% Wool, 25% Nylon
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  • Project created: June 18, 2012
  • Finished: June 30, 2012
  • Updated: September 10, 2012
  • Progress updates: 2 updates