I have been working away on the border of my Evenstar Cape. I did modify the original border pattern a fair bit, adding a two-stitch garter stitch edge, which helps the dagger beads lay better. I also slip the first stitch of the wrong side rows, changed the slant of the decreases after the point and only have two rows of beads. The down side of having those dagger beads pre-strung on the yarn is that you have to pause regularly to slide them further along the yarn. I have to be careful when sliding the beads to minimize the stress that I put on the yarn, so I slide them in groups of 5 or 6. The up side of having those dagger beads pre-strung is you have a ready made progress indicator. I am almost half-way done with the border and last night I shifted everything to a shorter circular needle. I had been working on a 40 inch, but it was starting to get a little annoying. Now I am working on a 24 inch. It bunches up the shawl stitches, but makes things easier to handle.
Pattern: Evenstar Shawl by Susan Pandorf, converted into a cape
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Eos in Midnight Delight
Needle: US 3 (3.25 mm)
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