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| craftylady |
Swallowtail progressThis is my swallowtail after 1 week of knitting in the evenings. I'm on my last repeat of the budding lace section.Big thanks to LittleBerry for the link to a nupps tutorial. I'm sure this will help when I get to that bit. 
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| Piglottie |
Oooh, its lovely! And you've got on really well (although I know those rows will be getting longer now  ). What is the yarn CL? Its very pretty.
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| terri |
Gorgeous!!!! How hard was it to do craftylady?? I have it on my to do list but have still to get round to it  
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| YarnAddict |
That looks lovely. the nupps keep putting me off doing this shawl. |
| gilraen |
Your shawl looks lovely and that is preblocking! It should turn out fabulous!!!
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| Nevisknitter |
very impressive, love the colours in the yarn too |
| pictish |
It's gorgeous - looks very like LL Aslan 
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| ChattyJo |
That really does look lovely! I have to finish a couple of other things before I can cast on some more lace
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| KnittingLadybird |
That is looking lovely...nupps scare me a little, so I hope yopu get on with them and give a little inspiration.
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| CJ |
very nice
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| franney |
That's looking great Craftylady
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| LittleBerry |
does look very nice... just accept the Nupps are going to take time and I moved my lifeline up every 2/4 rows that's after i ripped whole border sections back so I think I did every row twice!!! |
| Glynis |
I'm very impressed. It looks wonderful! |
| craftylady |
Thanks everyone. This is my first shawl but I have done a lace scarf before so am familiar with lifelines but haven't used them for this bit. Will definitely consider it for the nupps part.
To answer a few of your questions PL: I'm using Suri alpaca from Wooly Workshop (thanks Gill) in colourway birches. Terri: Easy? well not really. This bit was supposed to be the easy bit but I've found it needed a lot of concentration(I am blonde though). Like Littleberry says, I think I've knitted the whole shawl at least twice the rows go like this - knit forward, tink back due to dubious stitch count, knit forward again!! The rows are at 195 sts so far and will get to 323 by the time I need to cast off. This is a great tutorial for nupps for those who are frightened of them like me!! |
| loobyj |
You're going great guns on that CL - can't see the photo at work so will have a look later.
I've neglected mine a bit over the last couple of days (concentrating on Cozy and Clapotis) - but I'm up to the 11th repeat of the first section - and enjoying knitting it. This is the first thing I've done using a chart - and I'm finding it much easier than I expected. Shall look forward to your progress on the nupps section.... hoping to tackle that when I'm on hols and all nice and relaxed
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| craftylady |
Why am I on here when I should be starting the lily of the valley pattern1?
One word Nupps sorry two words procrastination! Must.Get. Knitting. Swallowtail. Well I'm off now wish me luck! |
| craftylady |
Can you hear the church bells? They are ringing to announce that I'm no longer a nupp virgin!!!!!!!
Little Berry that tutorial was just superb. It really worked. I had read of using a cocktail stick instead of a needle when it cam to the P5tog but I had no problems when following that tip. Thanks LB. Any one else who's been put off by the nupps - overcome your fear and give it a go. It's a super knit really. |
| LittleBerry |
glad it helped, certainly helped me OK they're not the fastest of things to work but they are worth the effort......
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