Shard
Finished
September 3, 2023
October 30, 2023

Shard

Project info
Shard by Rosemary (Romi) Hill
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Holiday Yarns FlockSock Sock
in stash
1.05 skeins = 420.0 yards (384.0 meters), 105 grams
Multicolored
Notes

Whoever first said this pattern is potato chip knitting was right. Once you figure things out, you don’t really need to look at the pattern much.

09-05-2023

Had a direction reading fail. Uses sock yarn so, must use US4s. Nope, pattern say US3s. It knit up fast, maybe I should start over.

Started over with the correct needle size.
Already using virgin yarn again!

10-22-2023

Started over again.
Figured out how best to do the shards with my slightly longer color runs.
On the RS, do shards as written, but on the last k8 knit to the end of the pink.
On the WS, w&t when you hit pink, then knit as for RS. When you would w&t at the end of the pink switch from p to k and continue with the row.
When a shard starts at the edge of a WS row, knit a 3 row shard instead of a 4 row normal one. 10, 6, end of color.

10-26-2023

When I started over I was almost done with wedge 7. I am now on wedge 6, so now that I like how it’s looking better, it’s moving faster.

Other notes

There are I think 3 spots were I did a random w&t, knit x, w&t in the green/yellow to disrupt the pooling or move a shard.

There are also a couple of spots where I made the executive decision to knit the wrap of a w&t.

Yarn Usage

Start - 107.7 grams
Wedge 1 - 97.9 grams left
Wedge 2 - 88.6 grams
Wedge 3 - 79.5 grams
Wedge 4 - 69.8 grams
Wedge 5 - 59.6 grams
Wedge 6 - 50.7 grams
Wedge 7 - 41.3 grams
Wedge 8 - 31.7 grams
Wedge 9 - 22.2 grams
Wedge 10 - 12.8 grams
Wedge 11 short the last row for BO - 4.6 grams

BO - 2.9 grams

I used a total of 104.8 grams.

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October 30, 2023
 
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by Holiday Yarns
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75% Merino, 25% Nylon
400 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 16, 2017
  • Project created: September 4, 2023
  • Finished: November 5, 2023
  • Updated: November 15, 2023
  • Progress updates: 2 updates