![]() ![]() Since there are 9 colors in the cool and warm parades, start with #9 of each and only work it through 1 repeat of the chart and change parade colors. Instead of starting and ending with ribbing, start and end with seed stitch. I will report a final gauge in my summary once the project is complete and blocked. my gauge at this point is 34 rows / 4” & 30 stitches / 4”. I would love to get it to 72”, but I would need to buy another colorbridge, a warm parade and a cool parade. If I want 72”, I need at least 3 more sections. So my shawl is running at 62” in length, with each colorbridge section running 3.875”. : 4 sections block out to be 15 1/2” long. I wanted to complete color 5 before doing a preliminary block as I want to measure the first 4 colors with some accuracy. Its likely I will need to buy another colorbridge and more of the warm & cool parade colors, as I will likely need to knit at least another 4 repeats and maybe the full 8. This means I will end up with about 52 patterned inches + about 1” in border, before blocking. I measured the length of the stranded pattern (not including the ribbing) area and got 13”. This will never block out to the pattern gauge.Ĭomplete color 4. My unblocked row gauge is 39 stitches / 4”. I think I might need to add a third colorbridge to get sufficient length. : Complete color 1 (2 repeats of chart B). I’m now getting in the groove of the pattern. Complete row 9, chart B, Color 1, first repeat. Complete starting border and Chart A transition. I’ll make use of the crimson-midnightblue-purplecerise in another project.Ĭast on 121 using GTCO, starting with Botanical Green. : I looked at both color combinations and decided to stay with my original colors. Once the diamond sequence stitches are complete you will have N stitches on the right-hand needle. This means that as soon as you have completed the bind off you will knit the diamond symbol stitch N-1 times. The last stitch of the point bind off is the first stitch in the diamond symbol sequence. This can be a bit confusing until you get used to it. The pattern uses the standard dot for purl to mean a twisted knit or purl, depending on the row. ![]() Yarn Remaining (Warm Parade): - won’t start until halfway through shawl since each ball gets used twice starting from opposite ends of the shawl: Yarn Remaining (Cool Parade): ~ Color 9: 2.6 grams ~ Color 1: 2.7 grams (also used for the ribbed edging) Yarn Remaining (2 colorshisfts, starting with botanical green): I think this is a cleaner way to end the graft. This way the ends are “pointing” at each other rather than both poking out the end. I then remove the needle, pick up the other end and weave it back through the graft, half way through. So after I pull through the first part of the graft, I turn and re-enter the graft with the same yarn, but only go half way through. ![]() I’ve had to change the graft a bit because both of my ends were ending at the same “end” of the graft. This allows me to work through the pattern much faster. Since I don’t want to count the number of stitches each time, I used GoodReader to add counts on top of each of the long runs. The chart has quite a few long stitch runs. I then created a PDF around the image and loaded it into good reader. I then copied the legend and pasted it under the right-hand chart, so both sides of the chart have an instance of the legend. In order to make the chart easier to read, I took screen shots of the 2 chart pages and then manipulated them in Photoshop to put both charts on the same page. I am using the yarn as follows: main color shift, 2 pattern repeats per color warm and cool color parades, 4 pattern repeats per color. Entire shawl will be knit using the left hand side chart. I am not using the alternate left side chart. Don’t know how competitive I can be on this one, since I’ll be in the middle of my 4-shaft weaving class.įirst time using my stainless steel DyakCraft heavy metal needles. Several of us at GPY wanted to knit this, especially after seeing one knit up by one of the Friday night regulars. I’ve been waiting for a while to start Sari.
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