The fourth clue was completed on Monday. As mentioned before, I was debating whether or not to lengthen it, but I eventually decided against it. There are a few reasons….
First of all, since I don’t have the complete pattern, I’m concerned that it will somehow become lopsided if I lengthen it. The placement of the lifeline makes no sense to me at all, but my guess is that it is going to be in the center of the stole. But then it makes even less sense if I lengthen it, since the lifeline ends up in the same row the second time around….
Secondly, there is only one option on how to lengthen it, and it adds a LOT of length.
Third, I don’t tend to wrap shawls completely around my upper body, so while I am tall, I don’t know how long it will drape over the shoulders.
Finally, since this is my first major lace project, I really have no idea how large it will be once blocked, and every time I think “Just go for it and lengthen it” I hear another voice in my head that says “After blocking it may become a veritable landing strip” (from one of the messages in the group).
“Go for it”
“Landing strip, landing strip”
I guess I don’t want a landing strip, and that’s why it’s going to follow the regular pattern.
Now I’m just waiting for the next clue to be posted on Friday.
In the meantime I have decided that I will indeed knit the Faux Russian Stole. Here it is, in Arizona colourway from Apple Laine. It´s on 3.75 mm needles.
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