In case anyone would like to see, the finished (and slightly modified) Peacock Feathers Shawl from A Gathering of Lace is posted in my Knitting projects folder at webshots (
formatting link
). There's only one pic, but Imay take a few more clear shots later.I'm still chipping away at the Shetland shawl. I hope to have thecenter finished in the next week or so, then it's on to the borders.I'm going to try a technique that will sort of "meld" the traditionaland modern methods of construction: I plan to pick up stitches aroundthree sides of the center and knit the border all at once, going backand forth across the circular needle, rather than in-the-round.Hopefully, this will leave me only one long edge to graft together.Why this weird way? A) I hate grafting, and B) I don't want to haveto do weird "p2 tog tbl" type stitches all across the even rows. Anyone see how my method might run into problems? Care to comment? It's my first Shetland shawl, and I'm excited at how it's turning out, but I'll be devastated if I run into any huge, insurmountable problems and end up with something less than beautiful. Hints regarding mitering the border corners would be appreciated, too.Anastasia
--who's still trying to do an unBELIEVABLE amount of grad school work while knitting. If she could perfect reading textbooks while knitting lace at the same time, she'd be blissful. Alas, the eyes tend to cross when it is attempted.