The second instalment of Evenstar was released at 6pm last night. There is one chart of 34 rounds, worked over 280 stitches – so there are 4 setup rows, with the stitches first being doubled to 288, then reduced to 280. I executed the setup rows, then set the work aside until today. Am currently …
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Evenstar 1:3
I was true to my word and set about re-knitting my Evenstar yesterday.
I am now the proud owner of a far finer piece of knitting than attempt number 1 was ever going to be. It was worth the extra effort.
Clue two is to be released earlier this week, so that we European knitters can make a start today rather than having to wait until Saturday.
Evenstar 1:2
I completed the first “clue” of the mystery shawl tonight. There is a photograph, here It has not gone smoothly. I used the Thom Christoph circular cast-on. The link given in the pattern to a photo tutorial defeated the pair of us. Mr L did find me a You Tube video that was more helpful. …
Evenstar 1:1
This post might have been more amusingly entitled “two sticks good, four sticks bad” though I confess that now I am on to five sticks things are looking up, so five sticks are definitely better than four… but I much prefer two. I simply do not have the required manual dexterity – not for multiple …
Evenstar Swatch Results
I swatched four yarns for this project (click to see larger): 1 – A Colourmart 100% silk in 3/50NM weight ( over 1,800 yards per 100g), colour “Tinfoil” A very fine yarn and, although agreeable to blocking, it is not surprising that it came up short: 5½” wide by about 3½” high. I love the …
Swatches
Lousy photograph on a gloomy horrible day – these swatches are still wet so the colours do not show yet Clockwise from top right: Swatch #4, the Glisten (100% silk) – the heaviest yarn sample and the most readily blocked to size (6″ wide, 4″ high) Swatch #3, Hipknits laceweight silk – a totally different …