Knitting for 3 years, and I'm just doing my first knitalong (KAL for short). I'm participating in the first ever Google+ KAL. The pattern is beautiful: Bashful Butterflies by Julia Temiseva.
Of course, being me, I can't just do it like the pattern says. It calls for fingering weight yarn, but I'm using lace weight. Because I bought 100g of laceweight, I've got 925 yards of yarn. And I want a bigger shawl, so I decided to add repeats to the pattern. That involved some math. Actually, a lot of math. A lot of intimidating math. It took me over an hour to figure it out and I had to break out the good ol' 8th grade algebra skills. Yeah, I'm a nerd. What of it?
But I'm pleased with how the shawl looks so far. It might not be done in time. But it will be big and gorgeous, which makes it totally worth it.
