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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Summer Flies

Just finished this amazing shawlette!!!!  Only took 4 days of doing mostly nothing but knit, and my arms have the soreness to prove it!!!!
I love how quick it went (even with purl rows) and the different textures in it.
Summer Flies is free download on Ravelry. 

The ruffled edge has 396 stitches and is supposed to be stockinette.  With my "experience" I knew it would roll, so I made the last 5 rows garter, then the picot bind off.  That was fun!!!

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  1. DiannaAugust 11, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    It's beautiful. Love the way it stripped. The picot edge looks nice but I know from experience that they take forever to knit. Wouldn't it be fun to find beads that looked like flies for your Summer Flies shawl? Sorry, my mind just went there.

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    1. Paula B.August 11, 2012 at 5:53 PM

      the edge took 1 3/4 hours to finish!!!! Beads would look nice; maybe next time.

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  2. BettyAugust 11, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    Beautiful.That is a lot of knitting in 4 days. Hope to see at next Knit Nite.

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  3. Anna MarieAugust 11, 2012 at 9:16 AM

    Beautiful, beautiful colors in this shawlette. The striping is very pretty. I am looking forward to seeing you model it at Knit Nite.

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    1. Paula B.August 11, 2012 at 5:55 PM

      Thank you. Now I can get going on the color whirl vest (the pattern you gave me last fall) I'm 1/3 the way through the knitting in the round part. Pictures will come sometime.

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  4. GerryARTAugust 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Olè !
    you must go to Madrid ! ! !

    smiles

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    1. Paula B.August 11, 2012 at 5:55 PM

      I'd rather go back to Austria, but who knows? It was a fun shawlette to work on.

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