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EDITED 11/9/09  Here’s a tracking spreadsheet for the Girasole – take, use, adapt as you wish. Remember to leave a comment to say you took a copy.

Girasole-Tracker.xls

Girasole Tracker.xlsx

My first circular shawl. This was intended to be a practice run, in preparation for a blanket-sized version later.

This pattern is very simple to knit and suitable for the relatively novice lace knitter. The beauty of the piece arises from its geometry and simplicity.

Sunflower

Knitted without lifelines. Some tinking involved: once at 320 stitches and once at 640 stitches. Both times in setting the pattern after the increase row, when I lost rhythm. Once the pattern is established, it is easily “read” and errors can be corrected swiftly. I tried stitch markers at 640 stitches, with 40 repeats to mark. They lasted one row before I took them out again!

Abstract?

Max repeats in the pattern as written is 80.

Most of the shawl was knitted between the 12th and 23rd of April, with a few days’ rest in the middle. Edging took two days…

Pre-blocking

Cast on Date: February 11, 2009

Cast on: plain

Pattern: Girasole by Jared Flood at Brooklyn Tweed

Yarn: Colourmart Baby Merino 3/15NM Fingering Weight £11.58/300gms

Amount: 218 gms

Cost: approx £8

Colour: 1639 Rustic

Needles: 4.0mm Addi Lace circular

Stitches: 640

Pattern Repeats: as printed

Blocked: Yes

Finished Size:

Cast Off: knitted-on lace edging

Cast Off Date: April 23, 2009

Ravelry Project: Girasole the First

Edging took 2 days