Here is the second Spiraluscious.
I do not love it nearly as much as the first one. The yarn is Shibui Sock in Honey. It is nice, but the drape is not even close to the loveliness of the Madelinetosh used for #1. I am also not happy with the z shaped pooling. This was originally going to be a gift for MIL. Now, I do not think so. Maybe it will go into the emergency present drawer.
Picture me zipping along in my little knitted car, approaching the finish line for the Simple Lace Shawl, then all of the sudden the road gets bumpy, then the potholes begin. My little car screeches to a halt and is not sure whether to go back or try to move forward. The road looks pretty bad either way.
In the end I decided to go back. The edging for the shawl has been ripped. Now that has been done I have decided to make the shawl bigger before I redesign the edging. More soft comforting knitting, aahh.
You are too harsh a critic of your own knitting. The spiraluscious is beautiful. Your MIL will love it and since she hasn't seen and felt the MadelineTosh one. She won't know what she's missing. Also she may love the z pooling. Different strokes for different folks.
Posted by: Gwyneth | April 14, 2009 at 06:59 AM