Yeah, that lasted till March. At least it was late March. A co-worker and his wife are expecting their first baby, and it's a girl. I have been wanting to knit a bunting every since the terrible Failed Bunting Experience of 2011. So I searched all through the Ravelry archives till I found this free Shell Bunting pattern.
I didn't have 880 yards of any one type of yarn, so I waited till they knew the gender -- a girl -- and went to the yarn store to get some pink Cascade 220. I had super-wash in mind, but they had no pink on hand. Luckily, as it turned out. The day after ordering four skeins of a pretty bold pink, I overheard father-to-be saying his wife had stated emphatically that she wanted purple baby stuff, no pink! I changed the order before it went through, luckily. It is a very simple pattern. I hope I don't mess it up.
And in other news ... again, don't judge me...
I've taken up the Gail Nightsongs project again. For the fourth time. This poor Manos del Uruguay yarn is getting frayed.
Smaller needles, and with about 20 stitch markers to delineate the leafs. Every time I start the row with the new leaves, I add four more stitch markers. I don't want to think how many I'll be up to by row 7. In any case, so far I've only had to tink once. There's one row where the stems and leaves both have nine stitches, and I got a little confused. I only had to go back three rows, but it had to be tinked, not frogged, in order to preserve the YOs.
Normally, I'm not a glutton for punishment ... but 1,460 people have successfully made this shawl. I am determined to be one of them.
Hopefully the smaller needles won't make the pattern hard to see ... I sure hope I can do it this time.
Don't forget to stop by Tamis Amis for Work-in-Progress Wednesday!
Crossing my fingers for making the 4th time the best one!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the baby bunting will come off the needles beautiful!
And I had plans for mot buying yarn too... But I had "forgotten" about a 3 month yarn club and my mom desided to give my some of her stash she didn't need. So, so far I have bought/gotten more yarn than I have used up *sigh*
That pattern is lovely! And the purple will be beautiful! I did a lot of greens and pinks when I had my daughter :-)
ReplyDeleteI fudged mine a lot. It was a slog to get through, but eventually it was done. Good luck on yours. Yay for baby knitting!
ReplyDeleteNo judgement coming from me! I think this is my second year of "No new yarn" and i've already bought new yarn twice....For very good reasons, I promise! :)
ReplyDeleteThe bunting looks really nice, can't wait to see it finished!
4th times a charm?!? The pattern does look a bit complex..lots of notes!
ReplyDeleteNo judgement from this reader! Your work is excellent and you were nice to change from pink to purple...heck the mom should have been happy if it were ANY color!!
ReplyDeleteIt must be the spring weather - I'm supposed to be de-stashing too yet I'm fighting a terrible urge to buy new yarn for a baby blanket. No baby expected as an excuse though, so perhaps that's why my willpower has held out. Thank goodness you could change the colour in time. Imagine all that work only to find out it wasn't what they'd want :)
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great! Buying yarn is OK if you have to knit a gift. Or at least that's what I tell myself:)
ReplyDeleteI'm cheering you on! You will knit this shawl and it will be Awesome!
ReplyDeleteHopefully I will be the 1462nd person to finish Nightsong, tho I still wonder how I'm going to figure out my place in the pattern after not touching it for a year. I really admire your persistence.
ReplyDeleteI can't judge you for any of the above. I've been buying yarn left right and center lately. You WILL finish the shawl, I have faith in you.
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