Monday, February 22, 2010

Act II: An (Even)Star Shawl is Born


Scene: EK's bedroom. She is alone in the house except for the collies and birds.
Action: The Evenstar "toe" is on the needles, ready for more wrestling into submission.

EK: (takes deep breath) OK, I boiled the cables of the Addi Lace needles beyond al dente. Oh I like that, cables with no minds at all! Let's move these stitches onto compliant needles. (moves stitches, starts knitting). Behold!! Sharp tips really matter! Soft cables are so much nicer. Joins could be a tad smoother, but what an improvement.

In the space of a few hours, what looks like a shawl, and not a toe, is created:
Evenstar shawl beginnng

EK: Wow, 3/4 of the way through the chart. If I didn't have to go out tonight, I'd finish it. What joy!

DH walks in; is shown infant shawl.
DH: Lovely lace but it doesn't look like a shawl yet.
EK is left pondering other uses for sharp needles.
End of Act II.

2 comments:

Donna Lee said...

I like the image of a toe. I got halfway through chart one and had to rip it out and start over. It is an enjoyable thing to knit and I don't really mind doing it a second time.

Experimental Knitter said...

I admire your patience. If I were to do that, I'd start over with fingering-weight yarn, not lace-weight. I just this second finished Clue 1.