Science Experiment - Finished!

While I was letting my subconscious mind work on the question of what to do next on my Joy to the World project I focused on finishing up my Science Experiment shawl, completing it on December 16.  After finishing up 3 repeats of pattern B I switched to pattern C and worked the rest of the shawl in that pattern.  I didn’t quite work 6 repeats of pattern C, finishing on row 12.  When I bound off all the stitches I had about 1 foot left of color 25.  I love it when I use up all of my yarn, and win at yarn chicken.

Blocking took me a bit longer than I thought it would. And used up most of my blockers.  I ended up blocking the lace edge straight.  It just seemed to want to do that.  I absolutely love the gradiance of this set.  It is just so perfect, and goes so perfectly with the theme of the set - the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram for categorizing stars.

Day 1: Xi Persei

Day 2: 10 Lacertae

Day 3: Spica

Day 4: Achernar

Day 5: Regulus

Day 6: Deneb

Day 7: Vega

Day 8: Altair

Day 9: Canopus

Day 10: Polaris

Day 11: Procyon

Day 12: Delta Draconis

Day 13: Capella

Day 14: 51 Pegasi

Day 15: Epsilon Indi

Day 16: Aldebaran

Day 17: Arcturus

Day 18: Pollux

Day 19: Proxima Centauri

Day 20: Trappist-1

Day 21: Bernard’s Star

Day 22: Gacruxx

Day 23: Mira

Day 24: Antares

Day 25: Betelgeuse

Pattern:  The Science Experiment by Melinda Measor

Yarn:  Mad Scientist Yarns Hybrid, 2020 Jekyll Advent Calendar

Needles:  US 6 (4 mm)

Science Experiment - Up to Skein 6

I have been making some progress on this shawl as well.  It was one of the projects that I took with me to Florida, although I did not work on it while I was there.  I have now done three repeats of the Option B pattern and have almost used up Skein 6.  I guess I better get this finished before my 2021 Mad Scientist Advent Calendar arrives.  I received a shipping notice yesterday.  I just need to decide if I want to do another repeat of the B pattern or if I want to switch to the C pattern.

Day 1: Xi Persei

Day 2: 10 Lacertae

Day 3: Spica

Day 4: Achernar

Day 5: Regulus

Day 6: Deneb

Pattern:  The Science Experiment by Melinda Measor

Yarn: Mad Scientist Yarns Hybrid, 2020 Jekyll Advent Calendar 

Needles:  US 6 (4 mm)

Science Experiment - Up to Skein 3

Once I finished up my Stellar Fade I was able to get back to working on my Science Experiment Shawl, which is the pattern that came with the Advent kit.  I will just use up each skein and join the next.  So far I’ve finished up the first two skeins and am working on the third.  I did 3 repeats of the first lace pattern and have just switched to the second lace pattern.  This Advent Set also came with needles.  Very nice needles.

Day 1: Xi Persei

Day 2: 10 Lacertae

Day 3: Spica

Pattern:  The Science Experiment by Melinda Measor

Yarn:  Mad Scientist Yarns Hybrid

Needle:  US 6 (4 mm)

The Science Experiment - Cast On

 

The knitting pattern that comes with the Mad Scientist Yarns 2020 Jekyll Advent Calendar is called The Science Experiment.  It has three different charts that you can mix up anyway you would like.  I started with skein 1, Xi Persei and chart A.

The yarn in my set is Hybrid - 70% Bluefaced Leicester, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere goat, with 437 yards / 100 grams.  You can make this shawl as big or as small as you like, and the pattern gives measurements for four different sizes,  using roughly 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or the full set.  Looking at the measurements I quickly decided that I did not want to make the shawl using the full set as it would be ginormous.  So I decided to use about half the set for this shawl.  But then I was faced with the dilemma of what to make with the other half.

Pattern:  The Science Experiment by Melinda Measor

Yarn:  Mad Scientist Yarns Hybrid

Needle:  US 6 (4 mm)