After this chart, there's some garter stitch, a final (small) lace chart, some more garter, and a bind off. So far, my yarn supply is holding out fairly well, so I think my plan of using a smaller needle was a good one. I think the shawl will end up being smaller than the pattern specifies, but that's totally okay by me. I hardly ever use or wear the really big shawls I've made over the years, so a smaller shawl is much more likely to get worn.
Meanwhile, I pulled my Sybaritic socks back out for my lunch break knitting. I'm nearly through the gusset decreases on sock number two, so there isn't much knitting left to do before I have a finished pair, but I have to say that I'm over these socks. They look cool, but knitting through the back loop of every stitch on the instep is really tedious. Usually I'm a fast sock knitter, so it frustrates me a bit that I can't zoom through these. I know they'll be really nice looking when I'm done, but I'm ready to move on to the next thing. I have another sock design I've been playing with that I'd like to swatch as well as a lace shawl design I've been working with. Then there's all the baby knitting that I'd like to knock out now if I can.
Too much knitting -- not enough time!
I know the feeling. Sometimes I find myself frustrated that I can't get enough knitting done and have to remind myself that knitting is supposed to be fun and not a series of deadlines and unachieved goals.
ReplyDeleteLoving the pink, by the way...
"Too much yarn, not enough time" is pretty much the story of my life.
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