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Finished: In The Light Blues Take Two

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The In The Light Blues, Take Two is done!

Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crosier (rav link)

Yarn: Multiple single skeins from my deep stash: Rav Notes

Needles: US 7s

Mods: shorted the lace section to conserve yarn

All in all the remains of the yarn from the In The Light Blues first version amounted to just over 1,005 yards of yarn in this scrap version. I literally didn’t have even an inch leftover. I am happier with the fade on this version as it looks more organic to the eye. There are less hard lines.

It feels nice to have some other color palettes available in this versatile shawl. This is the sixth iteration I have made of this pattern. It wears well and I get a ton of compliments on each of them when I wear them.

I need to quit messing around and get back to my Vary the Gate. It has not grown appreciably as I have worked all these other faster shawls. I need to pull that out!

Happy Knitting!!

Hotel Blocking

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I managed to get my In The Light Blues Take Two done but not blocked before leaving for a weekend away.

I used some white variegated with rainbow speckles to finish the last of the fringe. And then chunked into some water. I didn’t do a full soak or use any wool wash as I was improvising. I did use a hotel towel to squish out all the water and then dry over the hotel shower door.

I hope the hotel cleaning staff got a kick out of it, lol. I am going to wait for some sunshine and I’ll take some FO photos of this this week and measure all the yarn. The good news is that I didn’t have any scraps leftover!

Happy Knitting (And Blocking)!!

Lost Yarn Chicken

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I did indeed lose at yarn chicken on my In The Light Blues Take Two. Sigh

I know I was in trouble once I got established in the lace section. It was patently clear that I wasn’t going to have enough yarn to finish as written. So I make a few rows of lace and then started the fringe border. And EVEN THEN I still lost yarn chicken.

I have my crochet scrappy blanket kicking around here so I will find some light blue or white variegated yarn to finish this last few inches. No one will ever be able to tell when it’s done and around my neck. But dang…..I was so close!!

Happy Knitting!!

The Third Fade

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I have been MIA for a bit with low MOJO and high work stress. I did take my In The Light Blues Take Two to a work retreat and manage to complete all the way to the third fade.

This was like a solid 8 hour day and then a second half day of 3 hours. Not too shabby of progress in my opinion. I am worried that I will come up short. Basically for the first two colors I worked until I literally ran out of yarn and then moved on. So I have no scraps, at all!

But this means I didn’t always get to the stitch count the pattern indicated to have when working the transitions. I fear I may be playing yarn chicken later. I am in the last color and just need to get to the total count for the lace portion.

Happy Knitting and Wish Me Luck!

Finished: In The Light Blues

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The In The Lights Blues is DONE!

Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crossier (Rav Link)

Needles: US 7s

Yarn: Random single skeins of sock yarn, see my Ravelry page.

Mods: I didn’t follow the fade pattern and this ended up using five colors instead of three

This finished shawl weighs approximately 220 grams of yarn or roughly 972 yards of yarn. This would have been a great stash buster if I had mathed differently the the beginning. Hence my In the Light Blues, Take Two shawl…..

The last color I added ended up being a VERY dark transition. I am not sure how I feel about it but it is what I completed. Still a very wearable shawl but the fade had some lines in several areas. It did, however, block and relax beautifully and I can never be mad at that.

Happy Friday and Happy Knitting!!

In The Lights Blues Take Two – First Transition

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I have completed the first color transition of the In The Lights Blues Take Two shawl.

I was able to get almost the full (as written in the pattern) fade done and use up every last bit of the first skein of yarn. This fully used up the Chromatic Yarns Sturdy sock in True Sight and I could move that stash to All Used Up. The best feeling!

I am just now having to adjust this next section with using my middle color. I just just work in pattern until I get to the next number of total stitches before the the third and final fade. I have a ton of this yarn so I am hoping it will be okay, lol.

Happy Knitting!!!

Take Two Progress

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I am still working a little on my In The Light Blues Take Two while the In The Light Blues is on the home stretch.

This shawl is reversing the order and going dark to light so I can maximize the use of the leftover yarn. I used less of the light colors in the first version so I have more left. This first one is the Chromatic Yarns Sturdy Sock in True Sight.

I am following the actual pattern verbatim this time. So I don’t have any math to do this time, just counting. And so far so good this time, just rhythmic stitches forming on needles. I think that is a big reason I keep going back to this pattern for shawls. It consumes A TON of one off skeins of sock yarn and it is an easy brain hug pattern.

Happy Knitting!!

Adding A Fifth Yarn

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I was wrong in my last post for the In The Light Blues shawl. That was not in fact the last fade.

I broke up the pattern to use symmetrical number of rows of each color NOT weight. My Finance background should have told me that math wouldn’t math. So I quickly realized that my last skein was not going to be enough to either the lace or border.

So I went stash diving in my sock yarn and found a fifth and darker yet skein of yarn to finish this shawl. What I found was a Abstract Fiber Super Sock in Twilight. I wound it up and I’ve faded it in and it worked out perfectly to start the lace section.

Now I just need to finish this one off and I can use all the remaining bits for the In The Light Blues Take Two.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: In The Light Blues Take 2

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I couldn’t help myself, I cast on another In The Light. And because I think I’m witty, I am calling this one In The Light Blues, Take Two so it rhymes.

I am just in the starting stages where it looks like a thong. Is my other shawl still on the needles? Yes. And I wanted to get this on the needles and going while I have the mojo. I do plan to follow the pattern as written for this one.

This is the fringed version again as I like how that looks styled out around the neck. The plain version is faster but this one is fancier. And just in time for it to warm up around here and not be shawl season!

Happy Knitting!!

The Last Fade

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The final fade and color has entered the chat! My In The Light Blues is in the home stretch.

I have the final and darkest color faded in. Now the plan is to knit in pattern stitch until I get to the right stitch count before the lace portion. I purposely took this photo so you can see the line from the fade from #2 go #3. It won’t really matter scrunched up on my neck

I do have a TON of yarn left from the first three colors. And I have been loving this pattern for “autopilot” knitting on the go lately. I think I have decided to go ahead and start a second version and reverse the progression. And follow the pattern this time. Who cares how many active WIPs I have!!

Happy Knitting!!