We went down to St. Augustine Florida from 25 October to 4 November and I took this project with me (along with three others). We drove down in my Element, and then took the Auto Train back. It has been a long time since we’ve done any traveling and I think we were both pretty stuck in our rut. I’m not sure either one of us was super keen on going, but we went and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We stayed at Bruce’s Mom’s house. She is an assisted living facility in St. Augustine. His son was there for the first five days with his family (wife, two little ones and a grandpa). The house was a little crowded, but not bad, and we enjoyed spending time with the little ones. We went to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which was a lot of fun. The next week Bruce and I went back and did the zip-line and obstacle course above the alligator farm - called Crocodile Crossing. It was a blast.
I did a lot of knitting on this during the drive down. The top picture is of Section 3. I finished it on October 28. I finished Section 4 - the complete shawl on October 30. Here is Section 4 before blocking.
And here is Section 4 blocking. I just soaked it and then laid it out. I did not bother pinning anything.
And here is a picture after it came off the mats. My beauty shot.
I only used about half of the yarn. I’m thinking of making a second one to use the yarn up, but using a needle one size smaller and changing the order of the colors to get more contrast.
Pattern: Duga by Janica York Carter
Yarn: Expression Fiber Arts Luster Superwash Merino Sport
I also am wondering about using up the remaining yarn from my skeins. Did you do a second Duga?
ReplyDeleteI have not yet done that. You could also do a Louise Tilbrook Comfort Blanket.
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