I cast this piece on before I started the Rocky Mountain Raptor piece in early 2017.
The color of the yarn reminded me of the Great Horned Owls that we have in our area. So I thought I would make this piece for myself... some day.
It spent most of the last two years resting, but I've been working on it more over the last month or two. I was feeling like it might be ready to start the lace portion soon.... then I saw this Copperbranch pattern on Ravelry.
This pattern is much more in the direction of things I like.... more structural and not overly feminine.
I briefly thought that I would make the Copperbranch pattern with my second skein of this same cashmere+merino yarn... then I realized that I could just change the end of the shawl I'm currently working on.
So the first step was to move the markers from every 12 stitches to every 16.
I did that by adding safety pin type markers at 16 stitches then removed the hoop type markers as I knit the next row. Then I counted every stitch on the following row to I hadn't made a mistake.
Now that the markers have been moved successfully, I'm in the process of knitting to the appropriate amount of stitches for the lace pattern.... repeats of 16 + 3 stitches on each end.
My current plan is to finish the small ball prior to starting the lace portion, which should finish out at 22 repeats.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
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