Larger than Life
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 9:04AMMy Circus Showgirl shawl is finished. It was completed about a week ago and lay blocking as a friend came in the door.
"Damn Gina," she said. "That's huge."
"No it's not." I replied. "It always looks smaller when squished up on needles. I'll get the sample to prove it."
I trotted off to get the sample and lay it atop my blocking shawl. It looked something like this:
Only when wet it dwarfed the pink and blue sample all the way around. As it dried, the garter stitch scrunched back up and only the span of it stayed bigger. But I think it illustrates the different ways people knit. I used the same stitch count, the same needle size and the exact same yarn as Bree and got a slightly bigger result. Still I am happy with it. My favorite design elements about this shawl were the picot bind off, the no increasing in the border bit and the garter stitch.
On this chilly morning in the last bit of January I had my husband photograph a couple of other knitted items as well. My finished test knit of the Foster sweater for Ter of Ninja8Tofu Designs and the Thistle hat by Liz Abinante.
Reader Comments (2)
Aaack! It's a gorgeous shawl and the sweater is fantastic as well as the hat. You have such amazing colorsense.
I love it all.
Oh, and your hair is ridonkulous!!!
AWESOME! Love it! Love you! You're adorable :)
P.S. I am NOT an aggressive blocker whatsoever!