{"id":3218,"date":"2024-10-04T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:13:04","slug":"starflake-shawl-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/2024\/10\/04\/starflake-shawl-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Starflake Shawl (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pattern: <\/strong>Stephen West’s Starflake
Yarn:<\/strong> Western Sky Knits Zebra Sock (Holden (light), Colleen’s Summer Storm (dark))<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/strong>: Handknit (4mm needles)
Completed<\/strong>: October 4, 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2023, on a flight to a week-long meeting in San Francisco, I realized with horror that my travel knitting project wasn’t going to last through my whole trip. Nothing for it but to secure some more yarn and start a new project! I went to Imagiknit, and picked up the Western Sky Knits yarn that caught my eye. I worked on the starting lozenges as a travel project through that week, and then when it came time to work on the rest of the shawl, it became an “at home” project until done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two things that I had not done before this project: icord (cast on, bind-off, edges) and brioche stitch. Both provided interesting results. I really enjoyed the pattern, even though I managed to frustrate myself once or twice. I thought I was within a dozen rows of finishing the project when I realized I had messed up increases a dozen rows back. I banished the cats, pulled out the rows, and picked up all (approx) 600 stitches to restart from there. Managed not to drop any!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m pleased with the result — it’s warm, it’s pretty, and I like the colours from the yarn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wings to spread!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wraps niceley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flung over shoulder — works like a poncho!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flat look #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flat look #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Center patterning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Point detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lozenge detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brioche detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picking up approx 600 live stitches!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Do I have enough blocking squares?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blocking without enough blocking squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The yarn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sample swatch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Underway!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting “purrfessional” help…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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