My scarf has 17 repeats today, but yesterday it had 18. Funny how that goes. I don't know yet how long I will make it. The pattern calls for 20 repeats, but with my thinner yarn that is not going to be long enough, so I will just keep going for as long as I feel like.
It's a fast and enjoyable knit. I really love the zigzag edging, and the little faggotting stitch on the edge of that. I can see using this edging for something else in the future. When I bought the book I was hoping for more variety in garments to wear, the cape for example is gorgeous, but the book is so helpful in explaining how to design your own, so I think that I can use many of the patterns to make romantic victorian inspired jackets or tops.
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It does want to be red! Yours is looking lovely. What size needles are you using?
The shawl calls for 22 repeats of the pattern, which works out to 3 1/4" per point in the original.
Ooops, you are right, 22 repeats. I am using 3mm needles, but I am using laceweight yarn, so mine will be only be about 11 inches wide, about half as wide the size of the one in the book. It's less than 2 inches per point. Therefore I think I will have to do more repeats.
Pretty!
The edging is gorgeous!
I love how that edging looks. It is very graceful.
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