Seeing the Light of Day

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long abandoned project sees the light of day
November 2020
The shadows may be long in the photo above, but obviously the years the project has been tucked in a basket have been even longer: an earlier blog post reveals that I started this project in 2017. 

I was afraid that I wouldn't know where I left off, but I discovered a sticky note on the pattern, telling me where I stopped. With that information, it was fairly easy to pick up the project (Half Circle Pi Shawl) and continue knitting. Because of the number of stitches on the needles, it's slow going: I can complete two rows in a little under an hour.  It's my goal to finish knitting the shawl by the end of the year. 



Comments

  1. Changes in the windNovember 9, 2020 at 6:32 AM

    Good for you!!!!

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  2. Delighted HandsNovember 9, 2020 at 6:44 AM

    It is a beautiful pattern and yarn--good job on this resurrection!

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  3. VeraNovember 9, 2020 at 6:44 AM

    Nice!! I have some projects older than that (stitching...not knitting). What pattern is it? I've never made a Pi Shawl (or half Pi either).

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  4. SaraNovember 9, 2020 at 7:22 AM

    You are pretty well organized to have left yourself that note. I am anxious now to see how this shawl looks completed.

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  5. BetsyNovember 9, 2020 at 10:48 AM

    Brilliant Nancy! I wish I would think to put a sticky note on my projects. I always think I'll remember where I left off, but do I? Nope. Nope. Nope. Then I usually have to rip it back to a point that looks familiar.
    I can't wait to see it finished. The yarn looks beautiful.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  6. Far Side of FiftyNovember 9, 2020 at 11:06 AM

    I do that with my sock knitting so I know where I am! I need to leave notes for myself on crochet hook sizes too but don't.
    Raining here today after that horrid wind yesterday:(

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  7. AraigneeNovember 9, 2020 at 3:58 PM

    I just threw away a project I started a few years ago that was in time out that wasn't doing it for me. I tried to unravel it but it wouldn't cooperate so out it went. Life is too short to fight with yarn.

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  8. boring old ladyNovember 9, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    Ooh, in a dark color too! You are brave.

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  9. kathy bNovember 9, 2020 at 9:45 PM

    I agree with Boring, dark colors....you are brave. Thank goodnesss for post it notes

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  10. KymNovember 10, 2020 at 6:18 AM

    Those long rows do make a project last, don't they! It's going to be a lovely shawl. I'm so glad you've picked it up again.

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