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Why did it take me so long to finish this scarf? Projects go faster when I know that I am making progress. With this scarf's simple 4 row pattern repeat, it grew at such a slow rate I had no measure of how close I was getting. (Yes, I can measure length... but the difference between 2 and 3 feet doesn't appear to be very different.) I ended this epic project with YO Row, K row, bind off K wise.
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The scarf before blocking
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The length of the scarf before I blocked it.
I blocked the scarf to 9" wide, and ~ 6 feet long. The pattern held its shape fairly well without blocking, but it looks so much more polished once I took the time to complete the finishing.
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I knit the scarf on size 3 knitting needles with KnitPicks Shadow Lace yarn, color Snorkel. The scarf required 1.4 skeins (70 g).
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The oldest edge of the scarf has bloomed a bit, but I know that with some wear the entire scarf will age more consistently.
Journey of My First Lace Project (at least the first one that I started):
Call me crazy, but I already have multiple lace projects in my queue. Hopefully these will go by faster than 3 years!
- May 22, 2009: Knitting on the Commute
- June 27, 2010: Very Lacy Scarf (WIP)
- May 29, 2011: Look at all the WIP's
Call me crazy, but I already have multiple lace projects in my queue. Hopefully these will go by faster than 3 years!