Ha! I proved the theory right. I knit as fast as I could and as constant as running a household would allow and --- TA DA! --- the Swallowtail Shawl is complete, and with a little yarn to spare. That little bundle of Bluefaced Leicester that was sent along with my spindle really went a long way! The shawl is having its pre-blocking bath right now. Photos in the near future.
Now what was I up to before I was distracted by this? ---- Ah yes, the Lace Trimmed Denim Sweater. More on that soon.
5 comments:
now..really..how fast do YOU knit? Gorgeous shawl! I guess it's like driving faster when your running out of gas? haha..
Wow, *look* at that! Gorgeous!
Me, when I'm afraid I'm going to run out of yarn, I tend to avoid the project. It can't run out if it hasn't run out, or some such weird mind game. Going faster and getting it over with, one way or another, is a far more useful approach.
Beautiful, beautiful shawl! Glad you had enough to finish the project...and wow you knit fast! :)
Yay, you made it on the shawl! Nice racing. Your spindle is really gorgeous, too.
PJ and Ruinwen, I'm really not all that fast. I'm not s-l-o-w either though. I knit "lever" style (I hold my right needle like a pencil and don't remove my hand from the needle to make the stitch), which is faster than most "throwers" can achieve, but likely no faster than someone knitting continental style.
Alison, if it's going to be bad news (running out before I'm finished) I'd rather find out sooner and then get on with knitting something else or come up with some creative solution to the yarn shortage.
Thanks Carrie. It' a lovely spindle --- made even more special by the fact that I won it. I keep it in a basket near the kitchen so I can spindle in little stolen moments while waiting for pots to boil. Otherwise I generally use my spinning wheel which is faster and makes larger skeins.
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