This weekend, the Wheel of FOs was dismanteled in favor of a trip to the beach to see family in southern Deleware. It went out with the trash Sunday night and, therefore, won’t be making any more appearances. Instead, you’re stuck with me going through the list in the order I decide. Bwahaha.
The last time I made a Tuscany shawl, I had some issues. I’d never really done lace before so I kept screwing up the chart. First I tried it in silk which, ugh, never worked. I actually gave that silk away because it drove me so batty. Next I tried it in cotton. Cotton’s not *that* bad to work with but, blocking, you have got to be kidding. To add insult to injury, this was also back when 1) I hadn’t heard of a gauge swatch and 2) I still knit “funny.” My mom was the recipient of that disaster but, thankfully, her love for me saw through it and she’s promised to preserve it somehow for posterity (it really is too horrible to be worn).
This Tuscany went much better. I decided to use half the ball of yarn (about 200 yards of Cascade Heritage) to make Lori – one of the Aunt Shawls project Aunts – a small shawl. I’m not sure why, but she strikes me as the type to like smaller shawls. Maybe it’s her fondness of simple clothing paired with a statement piece like a necklace. Or I just coped out with a smaller shawl. Either way, here it is. This will get mailed shortly as she lives in Ohio and I’m not sure when I’ll see her next.
Project Ratings
Yarn/Pattern Combination: 9
Execution: 9
Pattern – Overall: 10
- Instructions: 10
- Finishing: N/A
- Stitch pattern(s): 8
- Interestingness: 6 (same pattern over and over drove me bonkers)
- Desire to remake: 8
Ravelry has all the knitty details here.
You can see how tiny is really is if you wear it like this.
I think it looks best like a kerchief.
