How do you know when to wield a tool or perhaps which tool to wield? Blocking for instance. For Shale I knew that to block it would be to lose all the ripples and puckers that are the consequence of the lace pattern. For Dawn I knew that blocking was the only way to go. I must take the time to attempt to translate from one digital to another (fingers to bytes) and speak about yarn choice. I know that wool is not for everybody but if you are considering this project I ask you to consider wool especially a classic single ply 100% wool lace weight like Isager Wool 1. Can you see the softness in the folds? The drape and the lightness? Can you see the body and crispness yet definition of the yarn-overs? Isn't it part of what makes this shawl?
Admittedly I was not smitten with Dawn the instant I saw it off the needles. It wasn't until I was stowing the pins from blocking it and had Dawn over my shoulder and realized as I walked from room to room exactly how fantastic it had become.
These images were taken at the break of dawn as the lighting reflected the colors that I most tried to capture - the reds pinks and oranges. This design being the one that uses the fewest stripe colors in the book (only 3) and a single contrast color, I found it hard to put together only 3 alternate colorways.
I AM TRYING TO KNIT DAWN AND I PLACED MY MARKER AND FOLLOWED IT, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING UP PERPENDICULARLY IT RAN OFF TO THE SIDE. HOW DO I MOVE THE MARKER ON EACH ROW TO MAKE THE K1-YO-K1 GO STRAIGHT UP TRIANGLE?
Posted by: DIANNE TAYLOR | January 13, 2010 at 12:02 AM