That’s a Wrap! Geogradients Shawl

And that’s a wrap! My Geogradients Shawl is done! I love it!

I finished the knitting on Saturday. I weighed my remnant balls of yarn so that I could better plan the way to use it for the fringe. I had 13g of the Honeydew and Fern (the lightest and medium colors) and 30g of the Emerald and Cypress.

I weighed out 13 g of each color to make the fringe from. Then I cut them into 6″ pieces. The next thing to decide was how I wanted to use the colors. Should I use all four colors for each tassel? That was my initial idea. After trying that idea and then an alternate plan of continuing the striping sequence I used throughout the shawl. I decided I liked the alternating colors better. I spent Saturday evening applying the tassels. It was a bit fiddly but I think the alternating colors idea was less so then the mixed color idea would have been.

I washed it Sunday morning and left it on the blocking board until this morning. I used 360 g of yarn for the shawl so it took a bit longer than a lace shawl to be fully dry. I also trimmed the tassels while it was pinned out. I did that by using a piece of plexiglass and a rotary cutter. I did small segments at a time. I cut them all to about 2″.

This project was fun and interesting to make most of the time. I got somewhat frustrated at times because the techniques for the slipped stitches and elongated stitches required using a loose hand. I knew that was necessary to get the fabric to not pucker but it felt wrong to this consistent lace knitter. I worked through it until it started to feel more comfortable, trusting that it would look great when finished and properly blocked. And it does. I am very happy with it. I’m glad I decided to try something new because it’s good to get out of our comfort zone sometimes.

I am back to work on Mingling Daisies. I haven’t taken a recent picture so I will save that for my next post.