Flower Basket Shawl
July 18th, 2005
I finished the Flower Basket Shawl over the weekend! That was a pretty quick knit.
Pattern: Flower Basket Shawl from Interweave Knits Fall 2004
Yarn: Suri Elegance by America’s Alpaca. Around 400 (or so) yards. Two strands held together. Color is 5011 Raku
Needles: Denise Interchangeables, size 7
Started: July 7rd, 2005
Finished: July 16th, 2005
Here are some other pictures:
A closer view. I love this colorway!
Here she is draped over my plastic patio chair.
Here is a shot of the back. You can really see the fucked up flower baskets in this picture. And I don’t know why my shoulders look so hulk-like.
Here it is tied around my shoulders. This is how big it is with one extra repeat ( 8 total) of the lower flower basket chart.
So..what did I learn from my first lace shawl? well, The first thing is that I can’t be lazy. I tend to be a lazy knitter. At the end of a row I would sometimes find myself short a stich or two. I compensated by doing an M1. Bad, bad idea. Because some of the pretty flower baskets are totally fucked up on the ends. I don’t know why I didn’t think you would be able to totally see these fucked up flower baskets. So I definately need to utilize the concept of the lifeline. Next shawl I will be much more anal-retentive perfetionist about, as lace requires this kind of attention.
I did enjoy this project, though. It was challenging, and I liked that. I love how beautiful lace shawls are, too. They are so delicate and pretty, regardless of how much you fuck up the pattern. I like that I made something so delicate and pretty. Definately more lace shawls in my future.
So right now, I am almost finishing up one of the little baby sockies from the Summer 2005 IK. Will post a picture of that in a few days, along with my progress on the sleeve of my lucky clover wrap.
Have a good Monday!
Entry Filed under: FBS
9 Comments
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Christie | July 18th, 2005 at 10:22 am
Look at you! That was quick! It looks great…I’m just amazed how quick that was!
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amanda | July 18th, 2005 at 10:27 am
it looks awesome, well done Moni! Such a lovely colour too.
I’ve been eyeing all the Flower Basket shawls I’ve been seeing in blogland lately. I’ve never done any lace knitting, I think it’s almost time.
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heather | July 18th, 2005 at 11:24 am
wow…great lace!
I’ve totally the same problem…I MADE myself NOT do a m1 at the end of a row…I hate ripping, but in the end it feels better.
I think it goes faster, because you see it grow. I got 4 pattern repeats and am on the 5th after only one day…I was like wow! I did a lot my first day!
It looks terrific! Way to go girl!
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Eilene | July 18th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
Beautiful, beautiful FBS & I really love the color! You go girl! Lace is so very addicting! I’m not done with knitting lace by a long shot!!!
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andrea | July 18th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
oh i love the color - so dramatic
very pretty, go you!
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Lolly | July 19th, 2005 at 3:13 am
Hi Moni~ Lovely new shawl
That was a quick knit! I was just talking to Heather about it last night… I am not sure I have the patience for lace (hence me not touching Lucky in a LONG time) but I so admire those that do! It looks great on you!
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Erin | July 20th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Hi Moni- Your FBS looks great. Thanks for all of your comments latley. I hope your move goes well.
Erin
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Nancy | July 21st, 2005 at 8:38 pm
That’s beautiful, especially for a first effort. Black hides all darlin’! Very elegant.
I think you knit faster than I do, but my best tip (as a recently self-taught lace knitter) would be to get a feel for which stitches go over which so you can “see” a mistake brewing within a stitch or two of making it. Then you can go over the last 5 or six stitches to find the problem in that row or the previous RS row and fix it without ripping. This saved me since I deeply sucked at keeping count and was always ending up with extra stitches at the ends. I know a lot of people put markers every X stitches, but it doesn’t work with some patterns, including FBS, and slows you down.
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Karma | July 29th, 2005 at 10:03 am
Yay! So pretty! That will definitely come in handy when you move back up here… you know how changeable the weather is.