Patriotic Shawl
Finished
September 28, 2020
October 11, 2020

Patriotic Shawl

Tester project info
Stars & Stripes Shawl by Cheryl Beckerich
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
As written but with DK - finished 76” x 32”
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
721 yards = 2.16 skeins
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo
0.75 skeins = 250.5 yards (229.1 meters)
Blue
Freeman's Creative in Durham, North Carolina
September 2019
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo
0.45 skeins = 150.3 yards (137.4 meters)
Red
Freeman's Creative in Durham, North Carolina
September 2019
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo
0.96 skeins = 320.6 yards (293.2 meters)
Freeman's Creative in Durham, North Carolina
September 2019
Notes

I’m going to say that Arroyo is more like DK than sport weight.

Dyed with

Red: Jacquard 617 Cherry Red + Dharma Trading 402 Fire Engine Red

Blue: G&K Craft 413 Navy + Jacquard 622 Sapphire Blue

10-01-2020

Had to frog back the 3rd white section - the tension of a plain garter stitch was OBVIOUSLY too loose in one row. Picky Picky Picky.

10-11-2020

The red dye bled onto the natural during blocking cry but Oxyclean managed to get MOST of it out. It looks less obvious outdoors.

The lace really ‘blossomed’ and the finished dimension went from 64” X 27” to 76” x 32” - will be a nice addition for my shawl collection!

Biggest pet peeves were my own mistakes - PLEASE NOTE: Really scrutinize the garter stitch sections for visible mistakes/inconsistencies in tension before moving on to the k2tog/yo lace sections… the ability to ‘tink down’ is nearly impossible if you do spot a mistake later on.

Fun project and a ‘lesson learned’ in hand-dying with red dye. (I thought the blue was going to be the issue, alas).

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by Malabrigo Yarn
Sport
100% Merino
334 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: September 25, 2020
  • Finished: October 11, 2020
  • Updated: October 12, 2020
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