As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m taking part in the Goddess Knits Anniversary Mystery Shawl Knitalong. Clue 1 was released yesterday - a day early - so I sat down yesterday evening and made a start. An advantage of only having part of the pattern at a time means that this project won’t distract me from my other knitting. At least, while each section is only a few rows.

This is Clue 1 completed in all its glory. Not much to see for an evening’s work. Most of the time was taken up with re-learning Emily Ocker’s Crochet Cast On. I used this for my last Pi Shawl and when I actually manage to do it, it works. And last night I had a lot of practice. I got to about round 10 of the shawl and my yarn snapped. I think due to inefficient spit-splicing on my part, though it didn’t make me feel any better. The worst part is trying to knit in the round with 9 stitches with yarn that’s as thin as sewing thread and bamboo dpns that are going in every direction but where I want them to go!

Anyway, after a break for a calming cup of tea and a toasted crumpet, I started again and this time managed to get to the end. For anyone reading this who is also knitting the shawl, I used Chart D. It doesn’t really look like anything much once it’s knitted up. I’m wondering if the pattern flows into the second section and so on; one disadvantage is not having a photo of the completed shawl to refer to so that I can be reassured that what I think looks like knitted scribble is actually a thing of beauty.

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