But I will try anyway - I can do WORD pictures with supporting illustration (all real pics are pre-broken cam) so here goes....
I am doing the Creatures of the Reef shawl in lace weight linen. It's a gorgeous willow green that is cool, airy, slightly slubby, threadlike, flowing and a real pain to frog when mistakes happen.
Here is an early incarnation - about 6 rows worth (that's 6x400+ - 2400+ stitches).
It is now about 4 inches deep by 400 stitches long. It's loooooong. (figure about 6 rows to the inch - 6x4x400=9600 stitches) Why am I obessessing about how many stitches? Dunno. Except maybe there is some "whine" factor involved for when I goofed up and had to tink back one stitch at a time for two whole rows. But we are on track now and a lifeline is in place!
So picture it - mostly border, just the teeniest edge of the seahorses and crabs in place.
/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8
So if I cast off right now, it could be:
Picture this.
A sofa dust ruffle.
~~~_______________ ~~~
~~(_______________) ~~
~~[@@@] [@@@] [@@@] ~~
~~/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\8/*\ ~~
Or maybe:
A bandolier
~~~~ _____] ^ ^ [______~~~~
~~~~( (.'.'. /*\ .'.'.'.' /8\.'.'.) ) ~~~~
~~~/ / .'.'.' /8\.'.'.' /*\.'.'.' \ \ ~~~~
~~/ /~ .'.'.'.' /*\.'. /8\ .'.'.'~\ \ ~~~
~ [ \~~ .'.'.'.'.'/8\/*\.'.'.'.'.'~/ ] ~~~
~~\ \~ .'.'.'.' /*\.'. /8\.'.'.'.~/ / ~~~
~~~\ \ .'.'. /8\.'.'.'.' /*\.'.'. / / ~~~~
~~~~() \\\\\\\\\//////// () ~~~~~
3 comments:
Gaah! Sorry to hear about the camera! But you've rallied magnificently...
A belt? A swag over a doorway? Of course you won't cast off until the lovely thing is done. I bow to your laciness!
Mercury may explain why both of our cameras are broken. Gaaah.
Hello- Amazing Lace pit stop here! I have seen the Creatures of the Reef shawl completed on another blog. It's a beautiful pattern and certainly not a quick knit. Best of luck!
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