Friday, August 3, 2018

Rapunzel and Rapunzel Redux - Clue 5

First a shot of the unmodified pattern.

Now, on to Rapunzel Redux.
When you are modifying a lace pattern there are two very important aspects to understand - there are horizontal repeats, dictated by how many stitches you have in your piece and how many stitches the motif requires and there are vertical repeats, dictated by how many rows the motif requires.  In modifying Rapunzel into Rapunzel Redux I am, obviously, affecting both.

As you may recall, I worked chart 1 and half of chart 2 before switching to chart 3.  This left me with only 5 repeats of the flower instead of 6 and only 103 stitches in each wing, instead of 121.  I already know that I'm going to have to shift the motif in the chart 5 wings in order to make everything line up.  I have two more stitches at the beginning and end of each row when I compare the last row of the chart 3 wings with the last row of the chart 4 wings.  If you look at row 147-153 of the chart 5 right side wing you will see that the final repeat of the motif butts up against the edge of the chart, similarly, on the chart 5 left side wing the first repeat of the motif butts up against the edge of the chart.  And, if you look at rows 155-169 the end of the chart 5 right side wing and the beginning of the chart 5 left side wing deviates from the established motif because there are not enough stitches in the original pattern to finish out that last repeat.  In fact, you would need two more stitches at that point in order to finish out that last repeat, which is exactly how many extra stitches I have.

There is one other slight adjustment I'm going to make.  On rows 149 and 163 the right side chart 5 wing starts out with k2, yo, k2, yo ssk and the left side chart 5 wing ends with k2tog, yo, k2, yo, k2. Because I have two extra stitches at the beginning and end I am going to extend that motif down into rows 147 and 161.

So here is how it works out when I make all of my modifications:
Chart 5 right side wing modifications:
Row 147: k2, yo, k2, ssk, yo, k7 - work pattern as set to last 4 stitches - end k3, yo
Row 149: k2, yo, k4 - work pattern as set to last 4 stitches - end k3, yo
Row 151: k2, yo, k6 - work pattern as set to last 4 stitches - end k3, yo
Row 153: k2, yo, k8 - work pattern as set to last 4 stitches - end k3, yo
Row 155: k2, yo, k10 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end yo, sk2p, yo, k2, yo
Row 157: k2, yo, k9 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo
Row 159: k2, yo, k9 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo
Row 161: k2, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k5 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo
Row 163: k2, yo, k4 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo
Row 165: k2, yo, k6 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo
Row 169: k2, yo, k8 - work pattern as set to last 5 stitches - end k2tog, yo, k3, yo

Chart 5 left side wing modifications:
Row 147: yo, k3 - work pattern as set - end k7, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, k2
Row 149: yo, k3 - work pattern as set - end k4, yo, k2
Row 151: yo, k3 - work pattern as set - end k6, yo, k2
Row 153: yo, k3 - work pattern as set - end k8, yo, k2
Row 155: yo, k2, yo, sk2p, yo instead of yo, k2, k2tog, yo - work pattern as set - end k10, yo, k2
Row 157: yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo - continue pattern as set - end k9, yo, k2
Row 159: yo, k1, k2tog, k5 instead of yo, k1, k2tog, k3 - continue pattern as set - k9, yo, k2
Row 161: yo, k1, k2tog, k3, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 -continue pattern as set - end k5, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2
Row 163: yo, k1, k2tog, k3, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 - continue pattern as set - end k4, yo, k2
Row 165: yo, k1, k2tog, k3, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 - continue pattern as set - end k6, yo, k2
Row 167: yo, k1, k2tog, k3, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 - continue pattern as set - end k8, yo, k2
Row 169: yo, k3, yo, ssk, instead of yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 - continue pattern as set - end k8, yo, k2

And here is how it looks :
Right side wing:
Left side wing:

Pattern:  Rapunzel Shawl by Janine Le Cras
Yarn:  The Unique Sheep Eos
Needles:  US 3 (3.25 mm)

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