Northern Crown - Finished!

This project ended up being set aside once I got to the last day while I finished up the Curvy Dragon.  I did finish it up on 29 January, but it took me until yesterday to block it.

The final clue for day 24 was just garter stitch to use up yarn, working as many repeats as you want.

Pattern:  Advent KALendar 2020 - Northern Crown - by Anna Dalvi

Yarn:  Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Glitter

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

 

Northern Crown - Days 15-21

Funny thing.  This past week I decided to not pay attention to what day I was knitting and just keep knitting, and I still ended up only one day ahead.  This is day 21, which I finished up last night.  Working backwards:

Day 20

Day 19

Day 18

Day 17

Day 16

Day 15

Pattern:  Advent KALendar 2020 - Northern Crown - by Anna Dalvi

Yarn:  Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Glitter

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

Northern Crown - Days 8-14

I have been keeping up with this pattern easily.  It is a very nice set up, and I’m enjoying my yarns.  I probably need to put it on longer needles soon.  Above is Day 14.  Working backwards from there.

Day 13

Day 12

Day 11

Day 10

Day 9

Day 8

The lace is worked on both sides, as was done in the 2022 Advent pattern, but it is not hard.

Pattern:  Advent KALendar 2020 - Northern Crown - by Anna Dalvi

Yarn:  Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Glitter

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

Northern Crown - Days 1-7

With the new month I decided to cast on another of Anna Dalvi’s Advent KALendar shawls, and work a clue each day.  This one is from 2020 (there doesn’t seem to be one from 2021) and is called Norther Crown.  I picked two Zen Yarn Garden skeins from my stash - French Vanilla and Clay Sand in Superfine Glitter.  They came as a pair.  I really like the colors.  There is an option to extend the shawl at the end, but I might do a knit on border, depending upon how much yarn I have left over.  This is the first picture I have gotten in natural light, the rest of the pictures I took on the daybed after working the clue in the evening.  I am still not using the recommended needle size, which is a US 7 (4.5 mm).  I did swatch with a US 7 (having one handy as I had cast off the Fan Shawl), but I decided to go down one size to a US 6 (4.0 mm).

Working backwards:  Day 6

Day 5

Day 4

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1

Given that I have the entire pattern it is certainly tempting to just keep knitting and ignore the daily clue breakouts, but I am trying to be disciplined and work on some other projects instead.

Pattern:  Northern Crown by Anna Dalvi

Yarn:  Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Glitter

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)