Bye bye Bridie

So, Bridie wasn't working for me. For one thing, and most importantly, I'm not convinced that I have enough yarn for it. And my gauge was so far off from the pattern that the armholes and the asymmetrical bit at the front were going to be a huge hassle. I could rejigger the pattern, but why make myself crazy if I don't need to? Especially if I'm going to run out of yarn anyway. I'll make it in the future in a yarn that matches the gauge. Mark my words!

The knitwear that I wear the most, I've come to realize, are the shawls that function as large scarves. I am a lazy slattern of a blogger and haven't documented any of the shawls I knit before got this little creature underway, but there are a lot of them. Maybe I'll show them to you sometime. The triangles and full circles don't see a lot of wear, but I wear the rectangular or half-circle ones constantly and could use some more.

So I cast on for the North Sea Shawl (ravelry link) from Folk Shawls. So far, so good.

Comments

[claudia]

I'd like to make another sweater in Gloss...its the perfect weight for me. Where are all the cute patterns for this gauge??? Any other ideas?

[carolyn]

that's pretty. and i'd love to see those other rumored pre-blog items. ;)

what gauge is gloss? i'm sure i can come up with something for you and claudia in my pattern library. SURE.

[Martha]

I knit that shawl a number of years ago and wear it all the time. My friend loved it so much that I knit her one for her wedding. The color of yours is really nice.