I did think about starting another project with this yarn.
I bought this yarn to make a particular shawl, Jahrezeiten Herbst. I love that shawl still. I even started it but I would never wear it. I thought about what it was that attracted me to it. The colours. It was that mix of glorious colours. I thought about it and decided that two row stripes would give me much of the same feel. I may even do some of the colourwork from the shawl on the yoke.
I thought hard about starting it. I picked up a sock while I was thinking about it. Fairly soon I realized the sock was working. It was what I needed to be working on.
After working on that for a while, I decided to pick up my bed shawl and make some progress on it. When I talked of it last, I had decided to restart. I used 2 increases at the start of each row and while I like the depth of it for a bed shawl, the width at the part that would go over my shoulder and arms would also be shallow.
The whole point of a bed shawl is to cover the parts of me that stick out above the blanket, my shoulders and arms. So I ripped it back and restarted.
One increase at the start of each row is what I wanted. I keep stopping to squish it and look at the colour. The yarn is Ulta Alpaca Light and is just so gorgeous. I am staying with the slightly large needles I started the first iteration of this shawl with. The plan still is to use the Eden in the Hyacinth colourway for the border.
I spent a lot of time pondering lace borders and I think I am going to pull out some books. I want a lacy edge that will still show off the colours of it.
I will have to alternate skeins. The skeins are quite different so that is something I need to keep in mind when I pick the lace.
That pretty much was my weekend work. Changing projects did what it was supposed to do. I am eagerly waiting to knit on my Work Sock sweater. Time now for a big cup of tea. I already finished my coffee. And time to knit.
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