These first 3 parts are fairly straightforward. Now we get to the hardest part of Stay Soft, the part starting with the heading ‘Yellow Speckled Part’. Although there aren’t any mistakes in the pattern, and all the information is there, I still had some trouble figuring out exactly what to do.
First a note about the colours, though. To avoid confusion, these are the colours used by the designer and the ones I used:
- Pattern: MC white speckled; CC1 coral-pink; CC2 yellow speckled
- My version: MC yellow; CC1 orange; CC2 grey
After the first three sections (called ‘Main Color Part’, ‘Stripes’ and ‘Coral Part’ in the pattern), stitches need to be picked up in the second contrast colour (CC2). The pattern says: ‘Use the same needle and CC2’, but I used a different needle, as suggested later on in the pattern. To my mind, this makes it so much easier.
I used interchangeable circular needles. This means that I unscrewed the tips from the cables, screwed them onto another cable, and screwed end stoppers (the rectangular white things in the picture below) on the cable with my orange live stitches. At this point I cut CC1.
Thank you so much for posting this! I was completely stumped with how to finish the project until I read your post. Mt shawl is now almost ready for blocking!
It’s good to hear that my post was helpful. Enjoy wearing your shawl!
Yasss! Thank you again for posting about the last part of this shawl 🙂 You were so kind when I reached out to you by writing back with directions before your full post was done (and while you were on vacation no less). So, so appreciated!!!
My pleasure entirely. I love sharing the things I discover while knitting. And thank you, too. If it wasn’t for your question, I’m not sure I would’ve found the courage to write this post.
Ahhhhh!!! Thank-you!
I commented on the previous post before I found this. Beautiful work, thank-you for writing this.
Jen
I hope you’re able to finish this WIP now. And most of all that you can enjoy knitting the rest!
Thank you so much for this post. It was comforting to know what I was doing was correct but you saved me a lot of anguish over this project. So grateful for your time and effort
My pleasure!
You are a lifesaver! I was getting so frustrated with the last part, but now it all makes sense. Thank you!
I’m glad to have been of help. It’s a lovely shawl, but it puzzled me at first, too.