I do not like to admit defeat, especially when it comes to a personal challenge. When I say I’m going to do something, I do it. Sadly, I do not think that I’m going to finish the Fountain Pen Shawl in the next week. This shawl has been a challenge in itself from the start. First, the yarn didn’t want to wind, so I had to wind it by hand. Then, I realized that my knitting gauge is too tight to work with lace weight yarn comfortably. So, I switched to something more along the lines of heavy fingering weight. While it’s going well now, I still don’t think it will be finished in time. But I’m steadily growing okay with this fact.
I have, however, pushed through and am doing well with my second goal, which is knitting hats for my charity, Warm Up Winchester. So far I have three hats and I hope that I can get at least two or three more done.
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Project : Ravelympic Hats
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Patterns : (left) Slouchy Copy Cat Hat and (right) Slouchy Ridged Hat
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Yarn : (left) Himalaya Tibet Wool/Silk and (right) Cascade 220
The hat on the right turned out great; perfect slouch and a great fit! The hat on the left isn’t as slouchy, but still a great pattern and very easy too!
