WIP Wednesday: February 16, 2011

I cast on for a new stash-buster project this week.  This time around, it's the Milkweed Shawl, by Laura Chau.

This is a very simple lace shawl - it'd be perfect for a first-time lace project.  It's mostly garter stitch.  It's knit with fingering-weight yarn, and it takes less than 400 yards, so it doesn't feel like you've embarked on a magnus opus.

 

I'm using a skein of Merino 100 from Lori's Oceanwind Knits sock club from... I think.... three years ago?  (Neither of us can remember exactly).  I suspect from sometime in the spring, cuz the colorway is "Printemps", which is a pretty blend of pinks and yellows and blues and lilacs.  It's working up beautifully with no pooling and a nice blend of the colors.

I have worked through charts A through C, and I have 40 rows left to work in the pattern - charts D, E and F.   My goal for the week is to finish 20 rows on this, and intersperse this easy knit with the 3 design projects I've got going right now, which take more brain power and from which I need an occasional break.

All for now.....

Comments

[margene]

I knit Milkweed last year. It's one of my faves!! The color of you shawl looks so soft and subtle. It will be beautiful!

[Toby]

Those colors look like a lovely match for the Milkweed Shawl. And what a great use of a sock yarn for a nonsock project too!

[Imbrium]

Don't you love those little, easy shawls? They always make me feel so accomplished!

[Laurie]

I love that pattern. 400-yard sock yarn shawls will be my downfall. :-)

[Christina Scovel]

Oh the color is so nice. I'm interested to see how large it is with 400 yards. Seems like such a do-able project!

[Kristin]

Very pretty! I'm starting to truly appreciate quick projects like this!

[mary lou]

Those colors will show well in that design it looks like. It is nice to have a brain break, no?