05.02.2017

Off to a slightly late start after dithering over colourways.

Eventually settled on L-R MC Blackbird, CC1 Andromeda, CC2 Nob Hill.

I’m going to add some silver beads - my inspiration and thinking is coming from the colours and shades in the placeholder image.

09.02.2017

Decided to really go for it with beading on the lace section.

On alternate RS rows I switched between placing a bead on stitch 10 (Rows 3,7,11 ) and stitch 7 (Rows 5,9,13)

About 20 mins after finishing up the lace section of clue 1, clue 2 arrived in my inbox. Glad to see a nice stretch of Garter stitch after all that beading !

16.02.17

All finished up on Clue 2 - I’ve worked through a whole pack of beads as had to add the same amount to the second lace section so things remained balanced ! I estimate about 300 beads in total so far.

I still have about 600 of the same beads left which I am anticipating will all get used up on this project . I think as the bottom edge approaches and rows get longer more beads will be needed to keep things in line with clue 1 and 2

At the end of the clue I have 42g of MC and 32g of CC1.

26.02.2017

Clue Three done in a day - this clue zips along quite quickly now the pattern is established.

10.03.2017

So, I suspected that when clue 4 was released I may regret my decision to place beads on each and every right side row.

With 81 pattern repeats per row I’ve placed almost 600 beads in clue 4 alone !

12.03.2017

I worked the picot bind off very loosely to allow for lots of stretch - it has formed quite a distinct scallop edge once blocked.

I love the design and I am happy with the colourway and beading being in keeping with the cosmic theme. I do wish that I had used Blackbird as the CC2 though as it is just so bold as the MC.

Thankfully Blackbird didn’t bleed when washed - although the pink speckles in Andromeda colourway have bled out and become a touch blurry. Not a problem for this design but worth bearing in mind if using this colourway for another project - the grey background of Andromeda can very easily turn pink !