Finished the first half yesterday and picked up the provisional cast on... damn, that bugger was tight. Must remember that phenomenon in future, not that I do a lot of knitting that uses it.
Did the first panel of Side 2 today -- Feathers. Only 30 rows, and I made almost no mistakes. Using stitch markers between repeats helped a lot. Next is Pine Trees, which is good fun, and then Smoke, which I hated. I hope it looks better blocked than it does now. Right now the opposite Smoke panel looks like moths have been at it.
I started my fifth ball of yarn. I have two good-sized hanks and two small hanks left. I think I'm going to want at least two more balls of yarn -- hope it's in at Woolbearers so I can get it plied. I really want to finish this before I ship out. It'll be too hot to hold on my lap in theater. (I want to pick up some sock yarn, too, and maybe some Manos to whip out a quick spindle bag.)
I can't wait to get to the edging. it looks like it'll be fun to knit, and going around the corners will be an interesting challenge.
This pattern is definitely challenging, but it's so well-written, and the charts are so fabulous, that if you just take it section by section, the next thing you know, you're two feet into it and have completely forgotten to run a lifeline.
I can't wait to show my mom. She's going to freak. I so hope I get to give this to Gail myself; I want to see the look on her face when she sees it. She knows I'm making something for her, but she has no idea the lengths I'm going to, literally and figuratively.
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