Print O' the Wave Stole
Firstly, my apologies for the blurry photo that my Guido took-- :)Specs:
Pattern: Eunny Lang's Print O' the Wave Stole, free PDF on her sidebar (pattern was modified: see comments below)
Yarn: Peruvian Collection Baby Silk from Elann (3 skeins and a bit)
Needles: US 5 circulars
Modifications: I left off the border because I was pressed for time, and did 3 repeats of the wave pattern instead of 4. Also, I didn't do the pattern wave motif in two sections (which you are to graft together). Instead, I simply cast on, knit until I ran out of time, and then did the eyelet border pattern to complete it.
Views: I loved this pattern and the yarn (though I do find the Alpaca a bit scratchy on my bare skin). My only wish is that I would have had more time so that I could have made the stole longer and wider. (I made this stole in too much of a hurry, but I wanted to wear it for a friend's recent wedding.) I would, if doing this again, do 4 wave repeats so that the stole is wider, and I would make it at least another 12" in length. I'm not sure I would do the border, and I don't think I would bother with the grafting because the waves going in one direction do not bother me at all. I don't think it makes much difference, and in fact, I wouldn't want a graft line, no matter how invisible, going down my backside!)
Blocking Shots:
posted by KODACHROME at 3:24 PM
2 Comments:
This is really beautiful. I just started knitting myself, and the best I can do is the stockinette. I just keep going back and forth until it's long or I've made a mistake. I'll continue to do it, until mistakes are slim to none, then I'll move on.
Thanks Vertigovirgo! Good luck with the knitting, and if you can do stockinette, then you are well on your way to knitting anything you like-- :)
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