I finished this up this past Saturday. It ends with an I-cord bind off and edging, which requires you to pick up stitches all the way around the shawl. I had been using the Smart-Stix needles that came with the club, but there was no way that they were going to hold all of those stitches so I pulled out a 47 inch size 5 from my needle stash. On the edges I picked up the two outer legs of the stitch between the purl bumps and alternating between knitting a stitch in it and knitting front back in it as the directions called for 3 stitches per every 4 rows and each garter stitch ridge represented two rows. I almost didn't do the I-cord edging and bind off, but that last skein was purple (Iris), which is my favorite color. I did work a couple of extra rows of I-cord where I had to turn the corner from the cast off bottom to the picked up sides just to give myself a little more room to make it around that point.
It is a nice crescent shape. I blocked it fairly aggressively to bring out the garter stitch ridges as well as the lace. I may make more of this pattern, it was fun and is a good way to use up leftover yarn or mini-skeins.
Pattern: Sunshower Shawl by Ambah O'Brien
Yarn: Tosh Merino Light
Needle: US 5 (3.75 mm)
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