So... this was originally supposed to be posted 2 WEEKS AGO... but for some reason I messed up and it didn't. I haven't worked on the shawl since, and still need help :(
I haven't played chicken since the seventh grade, and even then I didn't really play, just watched two kids kick each other on the monkey bars. I just didn't see the point in fighting with someone for some arbitrary title of more stubborn.
But, here I am, right at the end of my shawl. This is a point where I should be knitting furiously, excited to see what it will look like when I'm done.
Instead... I feel like I'm racing against myself. This is all the yarn I have left!
This sucks. I just know, deep down, that I'm going to run out. It just depends on when. I started out with supposedly more than enough...
So, I have three options:
1.) Knit until I run out, then finish the shawl with a contrasting color. This is not really an optin because I don't want to do it :/
2.) Knit until I run out, figure out that limit, and then frog back a few repeats of the main lace pattern and make the shawl a little shorter.
3.) Frog back a few repeats of the center lace pattern now, and just hope that I picked enough yarn.
there is another option, I guess, which would be to frog the entire thing back and knit something else... but I don't really want to do that.
So... what should I do?
Hopefully I make a decision one way or another... Or it'll be like that sweater that has been neatly folded on my desk for like six months...
I haven't played chicken since the seventh grade, and even then I didn't really play, just watched two kids kick each other on the monkey bars. I just didn't see the point in fighting with someone for some arbitrary title of more stubborn.
But, here I am, right at the end of my shawl. This is a point where I should be knitting furiously, excited to see what it will look like when I'm done.
Instead... I feel like I'm racing against myself. This is all the yarn I have left!
This sucks. I just know, deep down, that I'm going to run out. It just depends on when. I started out with supposedly more than enough...
So, I have three options:
1.) Knit until I run out, then finish the shawl with a contrasting color. This is not really an optin because I don't want to do it :/
2.) Knit until I run out, figure out that limit, and then frog back a few repeats of the main lace pattern and make the shawl a little shorter.
3.) Frog back a few repeats of the center lace pattern now, and just hope that I picked enough yarn.
there is another option, I guess, which would be to frog the entire thing back and knit something else... but I don't really want to do that.
So... what should I do?
Hopefully I make a decision one way or another... Or it'll be like that sweater that has been neatly folded on my desk for like six months...
No options for more yarn?
ReplyDeleteI would look around and see if you can get more of that yarn, whether it be from someone you know or online. Otherwise, option two seems the best.
ReplyDeleteRavelry destash?
ReplyDeleteI would just try to get some yarn in as close a colour to that as possible and finish it with than (instead of a contrasting colour) xxx
ReplyDeleteFailing to get more yarn, I would definitely select option 2. Mostly because you might surprise yourself with how far you get.
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