Project 10: Swallowtail Shawl

I'm still a little surprised that I managed to pull this off, but as I reported nearly live here on the blog, I made a Swallowtail Shawl in just five days.

Tossed into the snow!

Triangles are more versatile than I thought.

It was not very many degrees out and snowing when my husband kindly helped me take these photos.

Pattern: Swallowtail Shawl, by Evelyn A. Clark (free pattern)

Yarn: Knit Picks Shimmer Hand-dyed lace yarn, 70% alpaca, 30% silk, in the stained glass colorway. This skein was a destash from Shannon of Alina Shea Creations.

Needles: Size US4/3.75mm nickel-plated Knit Picks Options.

Yards: 343.2 yards

Ravelry page

Mods: none!

It's just lovely. A pattern I'd knit again, and that is a rare find.

Swallowtail Update - the END

I made it!

Proper FO post later, but I wanted to post tonight!

Swallowtail Update 7

I'm at 84.42%, and also I made a lasagna today.

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Swallowtail Update 6

I'm at the beginning of the edging chart, which is 74.21% complete and I have 20g of yarn left! Time for lunch.

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Swallowtail Update 5

I put the shawl down last night after row four of the second Lily of the Valley border chart, which was 66.98% complete and well ahead of the pace needed to finish on Monday. Only three more pattern rows to go before the edging!

Before starting the current chart I had 25g of yarn left. I should be okay on yardage but it's good to have a second opinion from the scale.

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Swallowtail Update 4

I'm seven rows into the Lily of the Valley border chart 1, which puts me at 56.84% complete. The nupps aren't that bad!

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Swallowtail Update 3

No picture this time!

I'm on the last budding lace repeat, which puts me at 43.64%. After spending 20 or so minutes scanning Ravelry and squinting at the shawl under a lamp, I've decided to try the nupps as written instead of replacing them with beads. We'll see how it goes!

Swallowtail Update 2

Yesterday's end and today's beginning is 39.98%!

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Swallowtail Update 1

We' re at 30.58% - looking promising for today's goal!

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Put on the crazypants

It's the end of the month, which means that in my crafting game things are reaching a fast and furious point of crafting as quickly as possible to beat the deadline, the end of the month. I've already got my stuff done (although not all turned in yet) and I'm making nice progress on my OWLs, so yesterday afternoon when I got a wild idea I decided to run with it.

I've offered to make items to be auctioned off to raise money for two charities this season, and the deadline for one is coming up quickly. The Quidditch theme for the term is charity so my stuff fits nicely there, but there are more bonus points to be had for my team (Hufflepuff!) if I turn the higher-yardage items in for regular classwork.

So that's where I was yesterday, January 27th, when I decided to try to make a Swallowtail Shawl in five days.

Here's my progress this morning.

Yes, that's on top of my coat, in the car, sitting in the parking lot of Spike's preschool waiting for dismissal. Zee fell asleep in the morning and instead of putting him in his bed, then waking him up to go get Spike I just put him in the car, grabbed the knitting and went early.

In support of my crazy agenda, I've partially prepped four meals in the last three hours so that I don't have to think about what to cook, I can just work on autopilot between budding lace repeats. Why? Why not? It's silly, it's ridiculous, but it is pretty fun. And I can still use it for points even if I miss the deadline.

Based on total number of stitches in the shawl, right now I am at 17.94% complete. I need to hit 35.53% tonight to stay on pace. I'll keep you posted!