I know that every year I say that
I won’t knit anything at the last minute, and every year I seem to end up doing
it. This year I am knitting a shawl for
my mother. I started doing this last
year but didn’t like the finished result.
This year I am knitting a two-coloured shawl from a pattern that was in
Issue 126 of The Knitter magazine. It is
called Ramsey by Melissa Schaschwary.
I am using two shades of Rowan
alpaca soft dk yarn which is 70% wool and 30% alpaca. It is very soft. I chose the colours to go with 2 cardigans
that my mother wears.
The pattern was fairly easy until
I got to the border and then I kept going wrong and finding that the holes did
not line up. I think the problem is that there are too many instructions – I
kept doing things automatically and then reading the next bit and doing them
again. It is the wrong time of the year
for concentration. However, I have almost
finished the shawl now – I only need to cast off. This could take some time as I have got to
create the picot edge as I cast off which involves casting on more stitches.
It is not the New Year yet – but
I have 2 New Year resolutions that I won’t stick to! I will finish some of my partly finished
projects and I will try to write this blog once a week.
