I've been knitting away. The shawlette is still pretty small, but it's going well, and I'm engaged with the knitting. And wonder of wonders, my charts are working! Hurray!
I had to laugh at AmyP's comment. I have been a pretty sporadic blogger, but it does seem to help me stay focused when I've got a project on the needles.
Here's a detail of the back panel of the shawl. I want to redo one row of the chart, but otherwise, I think I'm good to go. And I wouldn't have known that I wanted to redo without the prototype.
Observant readers will notice I've switched from my ebony needle to an Addi Turbo. The stitches were getting hung up on the join of the ebony and it was driving me mad. The search for the perfect needle seems to be never ending!
I've started using my "Maine Ring" markers, purchased from www.mainemerino.com. They're little latex slices, brightly colored. You can slip them completely over your stitches, where they stay embedded until you cut them out. I'm finding them quite handy. They give me enough guidance to figure out where I am without having to slip markers around from needle to needle, something I find annoying. I'll get a better detail photo of the markers later.
Listening to: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco, read by George Guidall.
Shelda this looks gorgeous! I came back on your blog to look more at your archives and was pleasantly surprised to see this today. I can't wait until it "grows". I looked at your pics from the previous posts where you were discussing making the charts and the pattern looks incredible. Were you changing the charts over so that you would have symbols you are familiar with or is there another reason? I do not have that book you were using so I am not familiar with how it is done. I'm going to keep checking in on your progress! Theresa (AK member who asks a lot of questions on shawl shaping!)
Yay! Shelda is blogging again. I can't wait to see how this project turns out. I am novice where charts are concerned and I really admire you for adapting these charts for your shawlette.
Rose-another shawl loving AK member.