I have finally finished my Noro Garter Lace Shawl.  I started this project last summer and had set it aside.  I got it out a couple of months ago and decided I needed to finish it since I was already a fourth of the way done.  The shawl is very pretty and I love how it turned out.

The shawl pattern was from the summer 2013 issue of Noro Knitting magazine.  The pattern is available on Ravelry for $5.00.  It was a fairly simple pattern to follow but in my magazine there was an error on the one row of the lace pattern.  I had figured this out on my own around the third repeat row of the lace pattern and I now notice that there is a errata statement on the Ravelry page – I guess I should have looked there sooner.   So, if you decide to knit this look at the end of the pattern page and the row correction is there – save yourself a headache.

The yarn I used for this was not the yarn the pattern recommended.  I used Noro Sekku yarn because I had 3 skeins of it and knew it would be enough to make this shawl.  The Sekku yarn is a blend of mainly cotton, wool, nylon and silk.  The yarn was okay to work with – not one of my favorites in the Noro yarns.  It is a really fine yarn that was like knitting with floss.   I really like the colors of the yarn though and how they look with the lace pattern.  The colorway I used was number 8 – and it only took 2 of my 3 skeins so now I will have to figure out something to make with that leftover skein.

The reason I think this shawl took me forever to finish was that it is knit on very small size 4 needles.  That needle size combined with the thin yarn I just felt like I was not getting much done.  The end part of the shawl took forever to complete a row too because you had over 300+ stitches on the needles.  I think it was taking me about 10 or 15 minutes to complete a row.

This shawl is a great summer project though as the yarn is thin and mostly cotton so it is not hot or too heavy to work with when it is hot outside.  I do not like to work with heavy wool type of yarns in the summer time.

Overall I am pleased with the way this shawl turned out and look forward to being able to wear it.  It will be a great shawl to keep with me for those chilly air conditioned places.  There are also a lot of great colors in this shawl that will go with many things in my wardrobe.

What projects have you recently finished?  Click on Leave a Reply and tell me about them.

Have a great day!

Kimberlee