I am SO excited! I finished Lace Chart #3 today on the Icarus Shawl. The muscles in my arms are killing me but, man, it was worth it!
I spent most of last night (after putting Ben to bed) knitting this chart while watching alternately "The Shining" with Tim and then "Lost" with Ian. I really need to get a better light in the bedroom. Thank goodness my yarn is white and the needle tips are dark.
Just to catch up....here is the shawl BEFORE I started the lace charts. (It is reeeeeally soft!)
So, now here is what it looks like from far away after 3 lace charts are finished....seems small, doesn't it? But, it will be perfect once it's blocked and I do still have one more lace repeat to go. (I think it's 24 or 26 rows. Ugh...I'm up to over 400 stitches otn!)
Lemme show you a close up of the lace. Some of it is knitted with purl stitches, so the opposite side has some variation of knits and purls, which I l-o-v-e. It sometimes gets horribly boring (and painful) to only purl across such a huge row.
I'm off to knitting group tonight...yippeee!....and I am relieved that I got the shawl on a lifeline before getting ready to go. Not sure if I'll bring it tonight. Chart #4 looks mighty intimidating and talking while doing lace is not always a good idea. You know what I mean?
Love the pattern (Miriam, you are a genius!!!), love the yarn, love the needles (KP Harmony) and this is my most enjoyable lace yet. I'm definitely doing ANOTHER lace project next!
Happy Knitting!
8 comments:
pretty!!!
Beautiful!
Love it! Can't wait to see it blocked, that's when the magic happens. It is also usually when I say, "I knit this!?"
How about Laminaria from the new Knitty? I really want to do this one!
Gina, that is really coming along beautifully. Nice job!
lovely! My own Icarus has been languishing in the corner...this was just the motivation I needed to pick it back up! Can't wait to see it blocked:)
It's coming out soooo pretty Gina.
I met a friend of yours last night - Caroline. She showed me one of her many Amanda hats! I am hooked now. I will have to make one. I'll post a photo on my blog when I actually finish it....
It looks awesome! I love how soft your is too ;o)
Oh she looks so perty!!! I just started wearing mine to work last week and I don't know why I hadn't started earlier-this is my favorite shawl. It will be worth every stitch of effort-trust me!
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