Craftvent 2016 - Day 21

The drawer contained Color 12 today.  It is Manos Del Uruguay Fino in Amethyst Earring.  It is a single ply.  I really don't like working with single ply yarns - they are underspun and weak.  They already had one single ply in the collection, Color 10, which I did use, but I really didn't want to be binding off with and placing beads with a tiny steel crochet hook on a single ply.  I also did not want to be playing yarn chicken.  So I substituted some Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20 in Moon Purple.

This allowed me to finish the wrong side row, where I joined the Serenity 20 to Color 11, work another repeat of the lattice pattern, as called for, and the picot bind-off.

Pattern:  2016 Craftvent Shawl by Rachel Roden of Unraveled Designs and Yarn
Yarn:
Color 1 - MJ Yarns Sophistisock in Cerulean Twilight
Color 2 - Baah La Jolla in Maldives
Color 3 - Lorna’s Laces Solemate in Pewter
Color 4 - Sweet Georgia Touch Love Sock in Ultraviolet
Color 5 - Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20 in Jakey
Color 6 - Koigu KPM in 2405
Color 7 - Anzula Squishy in Aqua
Color 8 - madelinetosh BFL Sock in Fathom
Color 9 - Swans Island Fingering - Ikat Collection in Firefly Stonewall
Color 10 - Mrs. Crosby Satchel in Sunset Regatta
Color 11 - Dream in Color Smooshy in Tranquil
Color 12 - Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20 in Moon Purple
Needle:  US 3 (3.25 mm)