More than Circular update
Not a very attractive shot, but the point here is to try to illustrate of how unwieldy a circular shawl becomes, the larger it gets.
I've switched from a 24 inch size 10.5 bamboo needle to a size 10.5 metal on a 47" cord. That helps somewhat. Now I can spread the weight of the shawl out a bit more, and there's room for the stitches to slide as I work them. Bamboo had seemed a good choice at about row 40. But by row 95 or so, the struggle to slide the stitches down the needle, across the join between needle and cable, work them, and then slide them down the needle on the other side was getting old.
But the thing is heavy, literally. I lay it down on my lap, then try moving the needles closer to the shawl, then shift the whole thing to the side.
Very different from a triangular shawl, which grows sideways at the same time as it develops length. The needle and cable seem better suited to supporting something growing sideways instead of vertically.
If I'm lucky, I'll work my way through the rest of this relief round and maybe even start the edging tomorrow.
Sidenote: I'd meant to include one of those obligatory fetishistic yarn shots in this post. (You know the ones: close ups of sumptuous skeins of yarn, tangled colors, an aura of mohair. I love 'em, but these pictures always remind me of an interview I head on "On the Media" about foodporn and the Food Network. And my grad school training was very being on examining the fetishizing of material objects, but that's a story for another night.) In any case, the color looks all wrong, so you'll have to hold your breath and wait for another day to see a closer view of the beautiful colors in this hand-dyed bamboo yarn.
I've switched from a 24 inch size 10.5 bamboo needle to a size 10.5 metal on a 47" cord. That helps somewhat. Now I can spread the weight of the shawl out a bit more, and there's room for the stitches to slide as I work them. Bamboo had seemed a good choice at about row 40. But by row 95 or so, the struggle to slide the stitches down the needle, across the join between needle and cable, work them, and then slide them down the needle on the other side was getting old.But the thing is heavy, literally. I lay it down on my lap, then try moving the needles closer to the shawl, then shift the whole thing to the side.
Very different from a triangular shawl, which grows sideways at the same time as it develops length. The needle and cable seem better suited to supporting something growing sideways instead of vertically.
If I'm lucky, I'll work my way through the rest of this relief round and maybe even start the edging tomorrow.
Sidenote: I'd meant to include one of those obligatory fetishistic yarn shots in this post. (You know the ones: close ups of sumptuous skeins of yarn, tangled colors, an aura of mohair. I love 'em, but these pictures always remind me of an interview I head on "On the Media" about foodporn and the Food Network. And my grad school training was very being on examining the fetishizing of material objects, but that's a story for another night.) In any case, the color looks all wrong, so you'll have to hold your breath and wait for another day to see a closer view of the beautiful colors in this hand-dyed bamboo yarn.
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