Scotch on the Rocks
Finished
February 26, 2012
April 18, 2012

Scotch on the Rocks

Project info
Andrea's Shawl by Kirsten Kapur
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
L
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
Abstract Fiber Matisse
1 skein = 420.0 yards (384.0 meters), 100 grams
Red
Stitches West in Santa Clara, California
Abstract Fiber Matisse
Gray
Notes

Finally photographed! This maybe one of my favorites, particularly the picots at the neckline.

Knit the larger size and used bigger needles for a lacier look. After knitting the edge I tinkered around with how to pick up stitches and ended up lifting up one bar and knitting it through the back of the loop so the pick up looks like an extra row of eyelets.

Easy and fun pattern but I did have one problem, not in the shaping but on the right edge where the yarn for the stripes is carried. I must have pulled the yarn too tightly because it had no give when it was blocked and in the end result is a slightly off center neck. Next time I knit something striped like this I’ll try a yo on that side and drop it on the way back to loosen it up.

Blocking worked it’s magic on this yarn. The drape is amazing. You’d never guess considering how rumpled it was coming off the needles.

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Finished
February 26, 2012
April 18, 2012
 
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by Abstract Fiber
Fingering
100% Bluefaced Leicester
420 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: February 27, 2012
  • Finished: May 18, 2012
  • Updated: January 9, 2014
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