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Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde 2 hours ago

I did the Michelle shawl in five days, the Bigfoot in five days, and the faster-version Julia in two days in the first two weeks of being in this group: not to brag, just to say, I think these patterns work up quickly. I suddenly realized I hadn't said I'd finished the Michelle, where I'm on the fifth shawl since I'd mentioned working on it.

Comment by needles54 11 hours ago

I started Wanda's Flowers for the Hope Lodge. Its in RedHeart, but is coming out beautifully

Comment by sophiechihuahua 1 day ago

Still working in the BigFoot shawl, finished the yoke and am moving slowly on the body. My first major attempt at the lace knitting. I hope it turns out well and then will try the Julia. The pictures of the finished ones are breathtaking!!!!

Comment by rlaba51 on May 6, 2008 at 10:01pm

I got my book, poured over what yarn to choose and then ordered it. Got it the other day and wound it into balls. Now I have to muster up the courage to make the shawl!

I found a lace stole pattern at Lion Brand that used a light worsted weight yarn. Fortunately I had some in my stash that would be very pretty in that stole pattern. So I decided to make that first before attempting one of the patterns in the book and possibly messing up such beautiful yarn from KP. (Remember, I've only been knitting since Christmas so I am on a major learning curve here.) But the pattern I'm working is rather simple and it's going to turn out very pretty...I hope. Soon I'll muster up the courage to begin the Julia Shawl.

Comment by needles54 on May 5, 2008 at 2:09pm

Kisfor Knitting that is beautiful!!!!!

Comment by KisForKnitting on May 5, 2008 at 7:33am

Finished Julia now on to Peace of my mind.

Comment by suecq on May 4, 2008 at 7:50am

I am doing NIna's Ann Arbor in Gloss. I used CHipolte for the yoke and switched to Mango for the body. I will propably do the edging in Chipolte. I did add one pattern repeat to the yoke and will probably add one repeat to the body to account for the lace weight yarn.

Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde on May 2, 2008 at 3:40pm

I measure stretched out, but you can do it any way you'd like. I've been known to rinse a project in lukewarm water, still on the needles (keeping the wooden tips dry), and lay it out to dry on a white quilt back overnight so that the stitches will relax and I can get some idea of what it's going to be like when it grows up. Every yarn is different, and a small swatch doesn't quite show you how it's going to be when the weight of the shawl is added into the equation.

As for making the patterns your own by playing with them, that's what patterns are for, as far as I'm concerned. Have fun!

Comment by DolyDimple on May 1, 2008 at 12:11pm

Ooh, I really like how you did the two different colors.

Comment by Heybabs on May 1, 2008 at 7:12am

Question ~ When the book says to work until 22" in length and then start the border, do I measure that stretched or as is (ratsnest style)?

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