I just wanted to show you some progress on my two current projects. I'm really enjoying knitting the Teardrop lace scarf--especially with the beads. This time around, it's progressing much faster, though I admit I haven't spent much time on it lately. Here, I'm just starting the second repeat of the pattern. I actually made a little change to the scarf, in fact, I wonder if there is an error in the pattern?
For a time, this scarf was my traveling project and, well, placing beads while on Caltrain is just silly haha So I switched to the Fiery bolero for my daily commutes.
You might recall that I was using this yarn to knit an original ribbed cardigan. But, ultimately, I just did not have enough yarn to make the cardigan I really wanted.
Enter, the Fiery Bolero.
I'm also pleased with how this bolero is taking shape. Here I tried to pin it out on a pillow so that you could see some of the modifications I made--short-row shaping on the back bottom edge and back sleeve edges. I hope it will be just as easy to shape the bottom front edges and front sleeve edges using short rows.
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Hi, Sophy. Just curious, did you ever finish the teardrop scarf? I'm about to start a teardrop scarf of my own, so I'm curious to see how other people's versions turned out.
Posted by phaery | January 10, 2008 12:27 PM
Posted on January 10, 2008 12:27
I actually ended up frogging that project. From the start, I had problems with it, to the point where I was improvising the eyelets on each row... Eventually, I put it down and never picked it up--then, frogged it because I needed the needles for something else.
I've been keeping an eye open for errata or someone's finished Teardrop scarf... If you come across any, I would love to see. Also, there is a somewhat similar pattern on knitty, which I may try: http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/PATTjunoregina.html
I hope you don't think I'm telling you not to make the teardrop lace scarf. It's possible that I made a mistake early on (even if I started the scarf twice, it's not unlikely). So maybe you won't have a problem with it...
Good luck!
Posted by Sophy | January 10, 2008 1:08 PM
Posted on January 10, 2008 13:08