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When I saw the Mountain Peaks Shawl pattern I just loved the geometrical shapes the pattern formed and then I realized how aptly chosen its name was and the fact that the exact yarn it required to make it had been living in my stash for several months without an assigned project (another of my "reach the limit for free shipping" purchases in Knitpicks). It was really meant to be.
It took much longer to complete than usual. First I got stumped by the instructions to attach the border, turn out that there was a slight contradiction in the pattern and, being my first time, I couldn't quite understand it. Then my life got in a turmoil and I stopped knitting for nearly three months, but I'm back to it with a vengeance :D
Being blocked. |
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Border |
Center detail |
Hills |
Mountain peaks |
Finished |
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YARN: Less than two skeins of Knitpick's Shadow in sunset. I tried to take some pictures under direct sunlight:
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NEEDLES: My long straight and my circular Denises in US size 5.
PATTERN: The Mountain Peaks Shawl by Miriam Felton.
TIME TO COMPLETE: I'm afraid I don't have a clue... let me think. I know I finished blocking it on the 24th of October and probably started it some time in May.
MODIFICATIONS: None whatsoever, I just followed the pattern.
THINGS I WOULD CHANGE: The shawl is slightly on the small size, but I'm not quite sure I would go to the trouble of redesigning it to allow for more repeats. Maybe trying with a slightly thicker yarn might fix that.
WHAT I LEARNED: To attach a border to live stitches, construct a triangular shawl by increases in the center and doing short rows.
