Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Ninty Degrees of Evenstar: WIPW


I have reached the 14th repeat of the border chart, which means I have cast off 1/4 of my massive circular shawl.


The good news:

I memorized the chart, I don't need the post-it note blinder anymore, which is making everything go much quicker.

The bad news:

It is still so freaking complicated I can't possibly carry it around. So it is on my dining room table, and I turn on my indie rock pandora station and I go to town half a repeat at a time.

My makeshift beading tool broke, but not where I expected it to. I can no longer load 40 beads on at a time. But the crochet hook end I filed in is still working like a champ. Who knew?























My cowl grows ever longer. It has reached the drag on the ground if I am not paying attention stage. I am taking a photo class on craftsy so I tried to apply some of what I have learned so far. Here is where I am so far, or 40 inches long, 7 wide.


This picture is fairly typical, oh crap I am writing a blog post, quick snap one on the table.


This one had more foresight. I took it during daylight. I arranged all of the elements artfully. Everything is in focus. The cowl is skewed to fill the frame


I have taken shots like these before. I was trying to get a sense of depth.

I really like this one. I made it so the yarn was in focus, and the cowl enters focus. It just seems very inviting, like please knit me!

This one is a macro shot on the fabric itself. You can see how textured and nubby and thick and thin this yarn is. I think it gives a sense of how it feels to knit this, since it is basically at the same scale as when you are holding it in your hands.

I have been learning a decent amount, and hopefully I will learn more before the class is over.

In the spinning department, I am still working on my fiber optic gradient. Evenstar has been getting more of my home attention. Not last weekend, but the weekend before I did another quarter. That was a lovely weekend. The only thing on the agenda was knitting a spinning. And I did!


I am almost to the light blue, just a smidge more dark blue to go. I think I am going to 3-ply this, and not even maintain the gradient. There will be plenty of time to learn how to consistently spin thin, and well, this braid represents a decent chunk of learning, and is somewhat chunky in places because of that.

Department of Stashquisitions:

I bought a skein of Wollmeise lace on destash in the Chim Chim Chimney colorway. 


I think it wants to be a cardigan, with closures. I love the crap out of my featherweight, and I feel like this skein is destined to a better version of it. As in a completely different pattern, haha!

I highly encourage you to check out the other WIP Wednesday bloggers. I love linking up with you guys.

That's all for now, take care guys

Molly : )

12 comments:

  1. Wow, that shawl is amazing! and you've memorized the pattern!!

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    1. I memorized the border pattern, chart 4 not the whole thing :D

      Molly : )

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous Evenstar. Can't wait to see the completion. Love the photo shoot. I need to tinker with my camera shots. I am too last minute, just snap a pic!

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    1. Thanks, last minute is such a hard habit to break. The good news is that winter's lack of sun is over!

      Molly : )

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  3. WOW. Simply. WOW. Your shawl is, indeed, massive. It's also gorgeous. I'm so excited for you that you're nearing the finish line.

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  4. Congrats on the shawl - it's always a marathon to finish! How do you like the photo class on Craftsy? I was looking at it as well - maybe I should take the plunge, but I really want my money's worth! :) You did beautifully on the shots. I guess not every one can be a winner, but if you take the time, it's bound to be worth something! :)

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    1. The photo class was my free choice. I will let you know what I think of it when I am done taking it.

      I am really interested about when we get to playing with the settings on my camera, because I really know very little about that part.

      Molly : )

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  5. You have so much going on, aned it`s all gorgeous. Congrats on nearly finishing evenstar it`s such a huge project. I really love your cowl, and your spinnning as well.

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  6. Haha, there is probably a couple more weeks before I finish evenstar. One day . .

    Molly : )

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  7. Oh wow, the color of that lace is just taking my breath away -- it's gorgeous!

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    1. Thanks Michelle. The colorway is Bromberre, which is a cold dead hands colorway for many people. Is is German for blackberry.

      Molly : )

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