The dyeing turned out just as I had hoped (though these pictures were taken at 8:00pm and look a little muddy). The pattern turned out just as I had pictured when I first sat down to begin charting. The size is right on target for what I estimated when I decided how many rows to chart. It looks like a sea urchin, and the edging works with the body.
I can't believe I made this.
I love how the Print o' the Wave pattern in the edging looks like seaweed.
Resident three-year-old for scale:
The specs:
- 298 g /~10.5 oz (~3750 meters/~4125 yards) Ornaghi Filati Merino Oro yarn, 40+ wraps per inch
- 1 24" US 2 Addi Turbo circular for the body, a US 2 double point for the edging
- 84" diameter while blocking, I expect it to relax a bit when the pins are removed
- original pattern
- There are 314,004 stitches in this shawl.
- It took approximately 200 hours to knit, probably another 20 or so to chart.
- There are 2.34 miles of yarn in this shawl.
- The edging alone consumed a full skein of yarn plus a bit.
Happy happy joy joy, HAPPY happy JOY, happy happy joy joy, happy happy JOY!
14 comments:
Sue, Urchin is absolutely gorgeous! I can understand how proud you are - feel free to post pictures for weeks to come! If charting and knitting weren't enough, having the courage to put that freshly finished shawl into a dye pot shows nerves of steel :-) That's a great tip about the waste yarn tab too.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Shawl is beautiful! You must have been knitting constantly to finish that one!
lovely shawl! and so urchin-like, color, design and all. Very nice work, congratulations!
WOW blocking sure makes a huge diffrence with lace. it's huge not to mention just I can't spell the word I want to use as I just woke up but it's the best looking piece of knitting I've seen all year. merry holidays
You are amazing, and I will bow at your knitterly feet for a very long time to come.
Wow. Just wow.
Wear it with pride (& Merry Christmas Sue!).
Ooohhh! Aaahhhh! What a beautiful job you did with the whole execution of this shawl: design, knitting and dyeing. Big congrats!
What an incredible accomplishment. I have really enjoyed watching the shawl grow over the past year and I've been eagerly awaiting the results. It was well worth the wait. Congratulations! I can't wait to see what you do next :-)
It IS a sea urchin! And a beautiful one at that! The overhead photos you took give me the illusion of the dome shape of the urchin...it is brilliant! What a wonderful representation of nature in a knit pattern Sue...it really is nice...lovely edging too....wow....awesome job!
gorgeous beyond belief!
Oh my! I am speechless! What a gorgeous piece of work. You so deserve to be proud and show it off to the world. ( I get proud of a finished pair of socks!)
Incredibly beautiful!
Thanks for allowing me to post this on Yarnival!
Absolutely spectacular! I love it. Great work, and it really does look like a sea urchin.
It is absolutely spectacular!! Bravo!!
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