Yesterday was a big day here at FogKnits Headquarters. I got a job!?! Well, really it sort of fell into my lap and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I start Wednesday. That’s so soon! I’ve only got four more nights to stay up late knitting. Ack! I took full advantage last night and finished my Daybreak!
The applied lace bind off took two weeks! That’s a new record for my slowest bind off! I love the effect though! It was the perfect treatment for this self striping yarn! I thought the prescribed garter ridge bind off would look a bit too variegated because the rows had gotten so long. By turning the border sideways I was able to keep the stripes in the yarn looking like stripes instead of distracting blobs! I can’t wait for it to dry!!
Otherwise, I followed the pattern as written and I’m very pleased with the results. The striping yarn is a sock blank my Mom dyed. My goal was to highlight her awesome colors. Done and done! It couldn’t have gone better!
Congratulations! A shawl and a job make for the best kind of Friday :)
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It’s a weekend to celebrate, indeed!
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Awesome, the shawl is stunning and congrats on the job!
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Your shawl is stunning.
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Thank you :)
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Cool. It looks great. And good luck with the new job. Big changes.
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Looks great. Congrats on the job.
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Thanks!
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Congrats for both finishing the shawl and getting a job! The shawl looks amazing!
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Thanks! I’m pretty stoked with the new shawl…sadly, the job is outside the fog belt of San Francisco so no excuse to take the shawl along :)
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Looks awesome! I dig pretty much anything that has to do with orange.
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I’m normally drawn to cool shades–blues and greens–and my mom sent me two sock blanks, one warm colors, one cool colors…for some reason, I went opposite my norm! I couldn’t resist these brown, gold, orange and red tones! I’m just about to take it off the blocking board…very exciting!
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