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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Mystery Shawl KAL

I've signed up and started a shawl KAL being held by Jen (@knitlikecrazy on twitter; knitting like crazy on ravelry).  This one is a mystery shawl KAL and I've decided to use my Asylum for Wayward Yarn Dinger Sock in the color The Dark Crystal.  This yarn was originally intended for the CraftyDiversions KAL, but I just couldn't wait to work with it any longer!  


 I am totally loving this yarn.  Erin at The Asylum for Wayward Yarn was really great at working with me when I was trying to decide between what color to get - re: she was very patient with me!  She has a ton of really great colors to choose from; you can find them here: Asylum Yarn colors.  She definitely goes above and beyond and I couldn't be happier with the yarn.  The color is gorgeous and the yarn is very nice to knit with.  The stitch definition can't be beat either. 


This is my first KAL ever and I am really loving it.  It's fun to see people post their progress pictures as they've finished the clue.  There are some really fast knitters out there!  The KAL calls for using fingering weight yarn and a size 4 needle.  I did some quick swatching and decided that my yarn looked better on size 5 needles.  The only problem is that I only had a size 5 with a 24 inch circular.  This didn't stop me from starting the clue, but you can probably guess what quickly moved to the top of my priority list.  Yup, it was time for a trip to the local yarn store.  I picked up some Addi turbos in a size 5 with a 40 inch cord.  40 inch circulars are quickly becoming my preferred knitting needle size.  Pretty soon I'm gonna have a pair of 40 inch circulars in every needle size!  

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