The Night is Purple and Full of Stars
Finished
May 19, 2013
December 31, 2013

The Night is Purple and Full of Stars

Project info
Southern Skies by Audry Nicklin
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
n/a
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Colinette Jitterbug 400
1200 yards in stash
Purple
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
May 2, 2013
Notes

5/19 Cast on using Emily Ocker’s crochet cast-on. Working on Chart B.
5/28 In the one-step-forward-two-steps-back category: I had completed Chart C and started Chart D (barely) when I felt something odd on the back of the work. Somehow I managed to hopelessly twist a stitch towards the beginning of Chart C. The quick fix didn’t work and I had to unravel all the way back to round 30. Sigh…working on round 45 again.
6/6 Starting round 76 (chart D). Bought the purple beads I need for the edging.
6/12 Finished Chart D. Halfway through the next set of increases (round 101). The shawl is approx. 20-inches in diameter so far and I’m still on skein #1. I’m going up one needle size (5 US) for Chart E
6/24 Starting round 115 using size 5US needles and almost to the end of skein #1. Based on my experience with Celestarium, skein #2 will take me to the edging.
7/8 Working on round 121. Progress has slowed due to Tour de Fleece and two projects that are due at the end of the month.
8/19 Starting round 151 of 158, only 7 more rounds before the border! I have purple 6/0 beads ready and I’ve knit a sample of the modified edging I plan on using. So ready to start the edging!
8/26 Finished chart E and the 4 setup rows for the edging. At the last minute, I decided to use amethyst magatama seed beads on each point of the edging. Waiting for my bead order to arrive so I can start the edging. Edging is a modified version of the Leaves of Grass border.
9/9 Completed 5.5 edging repeats of 58. I haven’t been able to spend much time on it as I have two quilts that must be completed ASAP.
10/28 Yes, I’m still working on this shawl. I am knitting edging repeat #19 again. Somewhere along the way I lost a stitch and had to pull out 22 rows to get back to the correct count. Sigh. My goal is to finish this by the end of the year.
11/15 Finished edging repeat #30 of 58 last night. I’m past the halfway point of the edging and am 85% done with the shawl. I’m getting there!
12/31 Finished the edging and grafted the edges. Ready to block!

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May 19, 2013
December 31, 2013
 
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by Colinette
Sport
100% Merino
400 yards / 150 grams

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  • Originally queued: May 16, 2013
  • Project created: May 20, 2013
  • Finished: January 1, 2014
  • Updated: January 4, 2014
  • Progress updates: 16 updates