This afternoon I hit the magical 4th skein of yarn in the 4 color fade shawl. I did not even notice when I went over the Russian join. Which was very surprising to me. We were returning from a day trip to Scottsdale. Of course John was driving, I would never knit while driving. It just feels so unsafe, like a very distracted driver. I was exhausted when it was time to add the join. I always add the Russian join a few yards before I need to. I like the yarn to rest and settle into place. We were going down I-10 going the speed limit of 75 mph. We were on a straight stretch of freeway. I got my tool kit out and managed to make a pretty decent join considering I was not at a table. This is definitely not a beginner move.
Each row is now taking about 30 minutes to complete. The shawl bottom is in excess of 50 inches. The only question I have is will it be ready by Thursday for the Old Pueblo Knitting Guild Fashion Show. Now I did tell my husband that I would model it even if it was not finished. Even if I had the yarn on my spinner yarn holder, minus the bottom of the butler part of course. If you want a yarn spinner like mine, Grandma’s Spinning Wheel in Tucson carries them. I think I will have about 2 to 3 hours to knit tomorrow, which should be another 4 to 6 rows. I am so bad at the math figuring out how far the yarn will actually go that I will be playing yarn chicken with this shawl.
You will notice that I keep my Lantern Moon tightening tool and dropped stitch tool in the center of my yarn spinner. This is so that they are always ready when I need them. You can also see all the colors of the fade.
