Nope, I cast off my project today.
My newest design - called Magpie - it's hard to see, but it's chock full of beads. I'm pretty pleased with it, for the most part. It's just... well... it's wider than I planned.My plan was to make a wide, but shallow shawelette, absolutely glittering with beads. I was aiming for at least 60 inches wide and whatever depth I could get using the entire skein.
Well I used the entire skein - there's only a few yards left. But...
It's really wide. 72 inches wide, and 15 inches deep.to put that in perspective, it's roughly the same size as the shawl I just finished
Now, I could leave it the way it is and put the pattern together. Or... I could grab another skein, start over and make it deeper and not quite so wide.What do you think?
4 comments:
Nice! How does it function that long, is it comfortable to wear? How does it look worn? If it looks good and its comfortable, then I would say 72" is successful.
I'd make the second one, then decide which I liked better.
Or you could offer both versions in the pattern when you write it up.
(And you'd get to have more fun with beads...)
I wish I could tell you, but the only wide, and not so deep shawl I've knit was huge too, and I liked to wind it around my neck as a scarf.
I hope you'll show us your new design in daylight photos, because I think it's beautiful.
Whatever you do...don't change a single thing about that edging! It is spectacular!
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