At the size the shawl is now, these rounds still feel nice and quick – it’s one repeat, four times. It might not be quick by measurement of time, per se, but it’s quick by measurement of how fast it feels.
I may revisit that paragraph… but perhaps you know what I mean? Round 50 is 272 stitches so it’s not small, but they speed by, 68 stitches at a time. There are increases every other row, hence the project growing so fast, but it all feels very manageable.
I had to transfer to a longer cable; it had started to bunch up like a beret, which was cute and all but I wanted to be able to keep an eye on the cables and lie it out flat for photos. My mid-size needle cable is in the ether so I’m on my massive one and back to a magic loop of sorts. Where on earth do these odds and ends disappear to?
I’ve got to row 50 – further progress was delayed due to a) work on another project that has a birthday deadline, b) a not insignificant amount of time trying to set up a new ChromeCast to allow for wider choice of background viewing and c) a disagreement with row 47, wherein I knit, tinked, counted, re-read the pattern, and reknit the first section more than once.
I’m still not sure I got it right in the end – I’m fact I’m fairly confident I didn’t, since I had to make sneaky adjustments in the next rows, but I’m hoping that as long as the cables follow through correctly that it’ll all come out in the wash.
I’m also finding that I often forget to make a stitch at the end of sections as indicated – I think I’m so relieved when my count is right that I breeze on through it. I’ve been picking it up on the next row when that happens and so far, so good. Famous last words.
I’m now almost on to a new section – just four rows short of starting the short rows. I enjoyed writing that sentence more than I should have.
I don’t mind a short row, having used them to make a Topographical Scarf (Ravelry link) no less than three times. It remains to be seen whether I can perform them adequately in such a fine yarn though. Wish me luck!
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