Slowly, but surely, the Prairie Rose Lace Shawl is getting bigger. I have just completed the fourth repeat of the main chart, which for the original pattern is the point where you start the edging. However, this only makes for a shawlette-size and I want something a bit bigger. So now every pattern repeat I complete is a bonus and I’m vaguely hoping to do eight, but will see how I feel as it’s already taking five minutes to do the wrong-side, all purl, rows. (The World Cup has its uses as there’s a handy timer on the TV right in front of me at all times. 
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I am also planning to fiddle with the edging pattern. If you can see on the original pattern, it looks like two rows of leaves on the edging as there’s an edging set-up chart to work beforehand. As the rest of the shawl has only single rows of leaves between the “roses”, I think it looks out of place. So I’m omitting the set-up chart and moving straight on to the edging instead. This will either look splendid or very rubbish, but that’s what lifelines are for! 
