The photo posted here is of the progress on Laminaria shawl I previously blogged about and it will be frogged because I don’t like the fact that the left and right sides don’t match. If you look closely you can that the stitches on the right side of the spine are horizontal while the stitched on the left side are vertical. The pattern calls for a 3 into 3 stitch which is [k3tog, yo, k the same 3tog] all the way across. But as you can see the effect is different on either side of the spine. So instead of the 3 into 3 stitch as the pattern states on the set-up and star charts, I will try the sssk on the left side of the spine only and that should make the left side a mirror image of the right. I will also be going up one needle size to a 6 instead of the 5 the pattern calls for because I chose a colorful yarn I think the lace pattern will show up better if it’s a little larger. Hopefully it won’t make it too large.
4 comments:
Hello! Just noticed you have a blog now! Welcome to the bloggy world. I hope your daughter is doing better.
Glad I saw your post on 360 so that I can now follow your blog once again. Will have to read your other blog as well. I've added you to "Google Reader".
I'm sure you've tried stretching it out to see if the stitches would still look vertical and/or horizontal when blocked. Weird that the designer didn't take that into account. It will be gorgeous when you've got it the way you want it, though! Good luck.
This is lovely -- I'm looking foward to watching your progess. Keep in touch -- I moved as well. I have added to you google reader.
Jill from 360
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