Barbara Shawl

Barbara Shawl
from Stahman's Shawls & Scarves by Myrna A.I. Stahman
yarn: Jaeger Cashmere
started: August 8, 2002
completed: October 7, 2005
last updated: October 11, 2005

I started the Barbara Shawl and started to feel overwhelmed by it. After putting it away for over two years and gaining a lot of confidence in my lace knitting, I picked it up again and made it a goal to finish it by the end of 2005. After three years, one month and 29 days, I finally finished it. The project wasn't without it's bumps though.

It was the perfect thing to wear to my friend's wedding in Vegas, October 2005.

Modeling the shawl. What a relief to have it finished!

October 7, 2005

October 3, 2005

September 21, 2005

What I thought would be a small mistake that would blend in turned into a big mistake that did not fit in at all. I couldn’t stand it any longer. I wasn’t going to knit any more until this mistake was fixed. I pulled out Stahman’s Shawls & Scarves that the shawl is from and found out how to fix a mistake that is 20 rows down without ripping out all 20 rows. In my late night craziness, I decided to be brave and rip out about 40 rows in one section. I then proceeded to reknit those rows. Unfortunately, there were some major snags and I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I realized as I was laying in bed trying to sleep what I had done wrong. Unfortunately, my attempt to reknit those 40 rows was a complete failure.So I threaded a lifeline through the last correct row and ripped. I couldn’t watch, I just wound and wound three balls of yarn until I was at my lifeline.

January 2005

September 17, 2002

August 17, 2002

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Barbara Shawl from Stahman's Shawls & Scarves by Myrna A.I. Stahman yarn: Jaeger Cashmere started: August 8, 2002 completed: October 7, 2005 last updated: October 11, 2005 I started the Barbara Shawl and started to feel overwhelmed by it. After putting it away for over two years and gaining a lot of confidence in my lace knitting, I picked it up again and made it a goal to finish it by the end of 2005. After three years, one month and 29 days, I finally finished it. The project wasn't without it's bumps though.
It was the perfect thing to wear to my friend's wedding in Vegas, October 2005.
Modeling the shawl. What a relief to have it finished!
October 7, 2005
October 3, 2005
September 21, 2005	What I thought would be a small mistake that would blend in turned into a big mistake that did not fit in at all. I couldn’t stand it any longer. I wasn’t going to knit any more until this mistake was fixed. I pulled out Stahman’s Shawls & Scarves that the shawl is from and found out how to fix a mistake that is 20 rows down without ripping out all 20 rows. In my late night craziness, I decided to be brave and rip out about 40 rows in one section. I then proceeded to reknit those rows. Unfortunately, there were some major snags and I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I realized as I was laying in bed trying to sleep what I had done wrong. Unfortunately, my attempt to reknit those 40 rows was a complete failure.So I threaded a lifeline through the last correct row and ripped. I couldn’t watch, I just wound and wound three balls of yarn until I was at my lifeline.
January 2005
September 17, 2002
August 17, 2002

knitting blog ** current projects