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April 13, 2025
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Tropical Dilemma

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Tropical Dilemma by Laura Dobratz
Taos Mountain Shawl
Knitting
Neck / Torso → Shawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
19 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
Wooly Wonka Fibers Aerten Sock
5 skeins = 1085.0 yards (992.1 meters), 250 grams
poolside kit
Mooncat Fiber in Taos, New Mexico
March 24, 2019
Notes

bought this kit for taos mountain shawl years ago. no longer crazy about the pattern. May do this one instead.

04-15-2025

Took a while to wrap my head around this but on a roll now.

I did frog and restart because I do not like the k2tog decreases. Instead, I am doing a m1r and m1l

possible border option: Kindness KAL Shawl

05-07-2025

15.2
13.5 1.7
12.2 1.3
10.7 1.5
9.2 1.5
7.5 1.7
6.0 1.5
4.4 1.6

52.1
50.3 1.8
48.9 1.4
44.1 4.8

47.2 1.7

16.6
13.2 3.4 3.88

54.4
50.6 3.8

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Tropical Dilemma
by Laura Dobratz
from LD Purls
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About this yarn
Aerten Sock
by Wooly Wonka Fibers
Fingering
80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere goat
435 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: April 8, 2025
  • In progress: April 8, 2025
  • Updated: May 19, 2025