Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2013
Finished
September 16, 2013
October 6, 2013

Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2013

Project info
Color Craving by Stephen West
Knitting
Neck / TorsoScarf
34' x 66' unblocked
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
982 yards = 2.34 skeins
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
84 yards in stash
0.8 skeins = 336.0 yards (307.2 meters)
Gray
Little Knits in Seattle, Washington
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
1138 yards in stash
0.84 skeins = 352.8 yards (322.6 meters), 84 grams
Gray
Little Knits in Seattle, Washington
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
1760 yards in stash
0.7 skeins = 294.0 yards (268.8 meters), 70 grams
Red
Little Knits and Mr. Yarn and Craftsy
Notes

Looking forward to this!
Ravelry Group here.

DETAILS
Yarn: 3 colors of fingering weight
Planned Yardage per Pattern:
Color A: 340yds (Smokestack)
Color B: 345yds (Silver Fox)
Color C: 300yds (Tart)

Candlewick, nebula,ginger? Baltic, charcoal, candlewick?
Debating all the color choices. Mmmmm…

SCHEDULE
✓Clue #1 - 9.13.13 Started and got to row 11. Re-thinking my colors which were French Grey for A, Candlewick(Yellow) for B, and Sequoia (Russet) for C. The French grey(which reads brown) and Candlewick yellow stripes are looking a little too bumblebee to me.

Attempt # 2 with two Greys, Smokestack (A) and Silver Fox (B), and will insert a pop of color TBD for “C” (perhaps Tart or Grasshopper)

  • Very helpful information for knitting Clue #1 is found in this post (link to a stitch count chart), in this post (hints on placing marker to know when you reach the middle of each row), as well as this post (useful placement of markers to keep overall count of your stitches) And of course there is the wonderful video. Summary Clue #1, Use stitch markers! (I did see a mistake when I was at Row 72, there were untwisted stitches across the opening (the holes) way back at about Row 60, so I ripped back and started that section over, adding another couple of days knitting time to Clue 1.) Clue #1 finished 9.22.13

59 grams remain of A (Smokestack)
66 grams remain of B (Silver Fox)

✓Clue #2 - September 20th (Begin 9.22.13)
After checking out the spoilers still anxious about my color choice for C. Bit the bullet, Tart it is.

  • Link to very helpful information (Stitch and Row counts)for knitting Clue #2 is found here.

I had difficulty for some reason and discovered the problem on proverbial Row 15. I ended up ripping out Clue 2 back to the second row, and knitting it all again. 2 times the charm. Clue 2 completed 9.24.13. I even have the correct stitch count in the end, yay!

66 grams remain of C (Tart), used 41 grams Clue 2.

✓Clue #3 - September 27th
(begin 10.1.13, completed 10.2.13)
24 grams remain of B (Silver Fox)

✓Clue #4 - October 4th
(begin 10.4.13, finish 10.6.13)
20 grams remain of A (Smokestack)
4 Border Rows used 16 grams of C (Tart)
50 grams C (Tart) left prior to I-cord Bind-off.
Bind-off used 14 grams, 36 remain.
It also took a little over 4 hours for the bind-off row.

3.3.14, wear this all the time and love it! This is a piece that gets noticed by strangers, they love it too!

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September 16, 2013
October 6, 2013
 
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by madelinetosh
Fingering
100% Merino
421 yards / 107 grams

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  • Project created: August 10, 2013
  • Finished: October 6, 2013
  • Updated: October 27, 2017
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