Knitting In Translation

Seeing double?

No, not exactly*.

But, what else can a knitter do when someone dear to her is coveting her latest favorite creation and a major gift giving event is fast approaching?

* The yarn is different as I couldn’t find the dark purple Casbah I used in my original and I really wanted to try the most inviting Madelinetosh  Pashmina!

When I finished the 14 stripes suggested in the Different Lines pattern I had too much purple yarn still unknitted, so I knitted an extra stripe. When I finished it I still had quite a large ball of purple but not enough for an extra stripe. I couldn’t stand having such a large leftover, so instead I decided to add some stripes before the green edge!

Last night I finished knitting my shawl.  I bind it off, it was after eleven o’clock. I went to the balance to weigh my little green ball and decided there is enough yarn for one more ridge. I opened the bind off (and we are talking about over 220 stitches people,,,!), knitted the extra ridge and bind off again. I used the k2tog method and I am really pleased with the way this bind off look on this shawl. It was after midnight when all was knitted and done.

This morning this was the sight (or almost this,,,) that greeted me:

And these are my leftover balls:

I am very pleased and in love!

My first Different Lines knitted in two colors of Casbah. I know there will be others in my future. I started it Friday evening, since then I want to knit all the time.

I also want to try all sorts of variations. I want to play with the stripes on both sides of this beauty.

The shape that is emerging makes me think this can be the first half of a lovely bell shaped shawl but I have issues how it can be knitted. I would like to keep the lovely border created by the M1R two stitches before the edge but how can I do it with a decrease instead of an increase? Do you have any idea?

Excuse me,  now I must go back to my knitting ,,,