Ishbel

I've just finished another triangular lace scarf.  The pattern that I used for this one is called "Ishbel."  The designer is Ysolda Teague. 

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This project started out really well.  The beginning is just stockinette stitch, with the increases to make it triangular.  Then just when I was starting to get bored with the stockinette, the lace part started.

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I was cruising along with the lace, when I noticed that the ball of yarn I was using was dwindling . . . a little faster than I would have liked.  You see, this yarn was leftover from another project. 

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David bought (2) 100g skeins me this yarn a few years ago, and I made both of us a pair of socks.  I love when things match, so I was pretty pumped that we would have matching socks!  That is until I accidentally shrunk my pair in the wash.  (Darn you shrinkable wool!)  They weren't completely ruined; they shrunk just enough that they no longer fit me, though.  So I gave them to Melissa because she has smaller feet then I do.

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So anyway, I had a fairly good sized ball of yarn left over and I thought it would be perfect to make this shawl.  When I started to suspect that I wouldn't have enough yarn, I decided to check using the "Shawl Progress Calculator" on the blog "Rose-Kim Knits" (http://www.rose-kim.com/).  You see, since this is a triangular scarf, each row is several stitches longer than the row before it.  So when you are 50% done with the number of rows, you aren't actually 50% done with the scarf. 

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According to the Calculator I had 29% percent of the scarf left to do.  When I weighed my scarf and the remaining yarn, I discovered that I only had about 10% of the yarn left!  I took a break from knitting on my scarf to contemplate my options.  I could try to find another skein of the same yarn . . . in the same dye lot . . . not likely.  I could do the edge in a different color . . . but that wouldn't look very good.  So I decided that I had no choice but to take out the whole scarf and find some other use for the yarn.

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Bummer.

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The very next day, David comes up to me with a small ball of yarn in his hand.  "Is this more of that yarn that you were looking for?"  he asked. 

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And indeed it was!  It seems that I have little bits of yarn all over the house!

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And was it enough yarn?

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It certainly was, with just a few yards to spare!