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9.23.2007
FO: trellis & vine (modified)
pattern: trellis & vine
source: magknits
for: jeannie
timeline: started july 2007; finished 09.19.2007
yarn: 2.5 skeins of the leader acrylic in 050
needles: US size 6 knit picks options
i mostly followed this pattern as written. however, i needed something that i could remember so that this project would be portable, so replaced the lace pattern with vine lace (found in barbara g. walker's a treasury of knitting patterns), which only has two rows that need to be memorized. i may have also added a few stitches to the middle stockinette section to make it a bit wider.
i normally don't knit with 100% acrylic, so this was sort of odd for me. i don't think i'd pick up more acrylic yarn (i think i need at least some wool content; i was fine working with plymouth encore.). i didn't realize until i was over halfway done with this that blocking probably won't work as well as i needed it to. luckily, i stumbled across directions on blocking / killing acrylic. it worked perfectly! killing the shawl ended up giving it much more drape, opening up the lace pattern, and lending a nice sheen to it. i'm really glad i decided to do that.
