marita’s coffee chitchat

I’ve finished my Flower Basket Shawl! Really! This first picture is taken just before binding off. I knitted 9 or 10 repeats of the Lower Basket. You can see from the mess of ‘lifelines’, and the zillion stitchmarkers that i’m a total n00b at knitting. I didnt feel comfortable with the pattern at all. If i miscounted, i’d be totally lost - not being able to ’see’ where in the pattern I was. It was quite a hassle to move the markers around, but after adopting a tip from Felisi about an alternate way to do the 3 stitch-decrease, it went a lot easier! Anyway, i think it was totally worth it, i did loads of mistakes but with all the markers in every direction it was very easy to locate the problem.

Bulky and all that, not sure how it actually fitted on the 55cm doublepoint needles..

Oh looksie, its finished! Really doesnt look like much when it isnt blocked eh. It’s way bigger than intended tho, 75*180cm BEFORE blocking omg!

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This is what happens in blocking ^^ Knitted in Drops BabyUll on 5.5mm needles.

Needless to say, i think its a very pretty shawl, and I’m proud i managed to knit it, but i’m actually not sure why i knitted it. It’s not my style, i dont really know anyone who’d wear/need a shawl that doesnt already have loads. Was a nice challenge tho, one that I passed, if i may say so myself I think it might be a ‘tad’ too big for me anyhow! It’s 95*200 cm lying flat, with my height of *almost* 160cm, I could use it as a blanket! Guess i’ll hang it in the closet until i figure what to do with it