For years I had been considering knitting the Charlotte’s Web shawl, but never could commit. Then I saw Turtlegirl76’s at Sock Summit and I (as well as some of the Chicago Group) all suddenly had to knit it.
After just a few days I’m already on the 3rd color. The pattern in the book Knits from a Painter’s Palette is not the easiest to follow, but with a little concentration I figured out what I needed to do. I’m usually a die hard chart knitter, but the chart in the book is frankly one of the hardest to read that I’ve ever seen so I’ve found following the written instructions for the 8 row repeat the best. I’m also using the chart provided by this blogger to keep track of rows and color changes (the excel file is on the right hand column of her blog).
I’m knitting the shawl with Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock in Lightweight. So far the colors I’ve used are Stonewash, Peaseblossom, and Never on Sunday. This project seems to move very quickly for lace as it’s so fun to see what the next set of colors will look like.
Oh your Charlette colors will be right up my alley! Can’t wait to see more.
I LOVE the pinks and grey together! lovely!
Debbie Stone was wearing hers today and talking up this pattern and their kit. She said that two people can get two shawls from one of their kits. You just have to reverse the colors for the second shawl. Still kind of hard for me to bite at a kit that costs $150!
Yours has a pretty start. Scored a couple of Laci Rare Gems in the $8 bin on Saturday, lots of shawl materials there. 😉
YOU Are still the amazing knitter you always were. My tip: Tear yourself away from your daughter for a weekend away with your husband. She’ll never remember and you always will!
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