Eye of the Needle
Finished
April 23, 2014
May 29, 2014

Eye of the Needle

Project info
Ojo de Dios Shawl by Vanessa Ewing
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
Plymouth Yarn Gina
6 skeins = 654.0 yards (598.0 meters), 300 grams
Notes

Gift yarn! Beautiful colors, and a nice wool to work with. Very interesting and beautiful pattern design - I love geometrical shapes.

NOTES:
I’m off gauge - 4.5 st/in in stockinette with size 8 but I didn’t want to go down in needle size because I like the drape of the fabric this way. I figured gauge shouldn’t be too much of an issue here, and I only had DPN’s in 8.

I tried magic loop as that’s my go-to for working in the round, but it became way too fiddly for this project. So I settled on 16” circulars to cast on and begin the triangles, switching to DPN’s about halfway in.

I’m doing a long tail cast on 56 sts, placing markers after each 28, then picking up the 28 sts from the previous triangle. I’m finding it easier to join in the round this way than with DPN’s.

I also tried one standalone triangle, easier to work that way of course, but was not happy with the look of the seaming. If you aren’t comfortable with joining as you go, that’s always an option, especially if all the triangles are done that way so the look is consistent.

I’m getting 5 triangles per skein, so roughly 20 yards per triangle. Because of the larger gauge, and because I’m short and narrow shouldered, I plan on only 15 triangles.. Thanks to MTnester for help figuring out how to adjust the short row stitch counts accordingly. Basically, knit to half a triangle past the midpoint before starting short rows, to keep the short rows centered.

German short rows: k127, t&w, k29, t&w, from then on K3 past the double stitch before turning.

I almost always like a sewn bindoff. But in this case it actually caused some buckling, which I’m sure will block out, but also because the sewn bindoff takes forever on this very long edge, it might not be worth it in this case.

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Finished
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May 29, 2014
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by Plymouth Yarn
Worsted
100% Wool
109 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: April 22, 2014
  • Finished: May 29, 2014
  • Updated: January 31, 2015
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