I finished up my test knit last week, so I’m back to focusing on my Stillness Shawl. I’ve done the last increase, so I now have 577 stitches on my needles. The rows are simple, but long. This has been a very easy shawl to modify into a cape. At this point in the pattern, and since row 100, the extra stitch I have is worked as a k1 for the first pattern repeat. This makes the pattern symmetrical overall. I used leftovers from two of my other trio sets (Granny Smith, from an Autumn Trio set and Thyme, from the English Garden Trio) for the Color D stripes. I am almost out of the the Thyme and searched yesterday for a replacement. I didn’t really have anything that would work in my leftovers bag, so I checked all of the Kiri in my stash for a suitable color. I ended up going to my Yule Ombré set. It turns out that the second skein of that set matches the Thyme exactly so I caked it up yesterday. If I need more of Color D, I will have to decide if I want to go darker (the third skein) or lighter (the first skein). I can go either way. The Granny Smith is darker than the Thyme, so I already have a darker to lighter thing going with Color D.
Pattern: Stillness Shawl by Helen Stewart
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Kiri
Needle: US 5 (3.75 mm)
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