7/22/10

awol interrupted

Since I started rock climbing a few months ago I've been too distracted to focus on much else, but I've been sidelined with a shoulder injury for (hopefully only) a couple weeks so now I can catch up on this blog. I recently completed a Citron shawl with the Jojoland Melody I bought at Stitches last year. I highly recommend this fun and quick project. But be forewarned, it is a lot of stockinette...I even added an extra section to make the shawl bigger, so there were 636 stitches by the time I got to the final ruffle!

In less happy knitting news, I had to frog the Eve shawl I had been working on. The beautiful and soft Malabrigo Lace was just the wrong choice of yarn for the pattern. As you can see from the photo, the stitch patterns are obscured, especially in the Indian Cross Stitch section at the top. I couldn't even frog past that point because the yarn had felted together completely. Another lesson learned!

4 comments:

pdxknitterati/MicheleLB said...

Gorgeous Citron! Sorry about your shoulder, but it's nice to get an update from you.

Khalila said...

I can't believe how fast you busted that thing out! I totally feel compelled to cast on immediately.

Lisa said...

Wow...love the shawl.

Dreamcicle Journeys said...

Wow- Edina, your Citron shawl is incredible- you must have lots of patience knitting. Hope your shoulder gets better soon and you're back climbing. Believe it or not, I used to climb rocks.