When I Am An Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple

This purple in fact--It might take me that long. See those swoopy-parts? The bottom of the shawl actually has 10 of them. I have knit 3. I have all this:
still left to knit. And this:
is how much of the original yarn I have left to use, which is about 100 yards.

I guess as long as I broke my one-year ban on buying yarn, I'm glad I just proved it was totally & completely necessary, but what if I hadn't been able to find more of the yarn???? Victorian Lace Today is so far off on yardage requirements that it is SCARY. I bought 3 more balls--681 EXTRA yards--and I might use up most of them!!!! That's a pretty big variance, even in lace knitting.

And on a related note, 46,000 yards of lace yarn might indeed be a bit.....well...insane, really, but I just used up another 227 yards--which of course makes a HUGE difference..... At this rate I could actually RUN OUT of laceweight--probably in 2015????

I shudder at the very thought......

Comments

Anonymous said…
Gorgeous! You're doing great! Keep going... :) That will indeed be an accomplishment. Daniele
June 5, 2008 at 5:46 AM
Kathleen C. said…
Don't worry... I'll buy some extra laceweight and keep it on hand... just in case.
Yep. Always thinking of others... that's me! ;^)
June 5, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Anonymous said…
Wow. It's gorgeous. Wow, I hope it comes out okay. Wow.
June 5, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Lamzie Divy Woolens said…
It's a vision of loveliness! Thanks for heads up on the yarn requirements.
Gay
June 5, 2008 at 7:39 PM
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