Virginia Shawl designed by Kim Delacruz who I met when she originally emailed me to test the pattern for her. Not only did I develop a love for knitting shawls while testing I made a friend who I adore even though we are separated by 9 states....the more we talk the more we find we have in common which is fab. You can find the pattern for Virginia Shawl here. I'll give you the details of what I used because it's not what the pattern calls for.......I used Mushishi by Plymouth Yarn, and size 10.5 needles. I had to cut the last stockinette repeat and I only did 4 repeats of the lace border before I did the garter edge and bind off....trust me I was bringing it right down to the wire and had I done another repeat like I wanted a lot of bad bad words would have followed........Either way it's big, it's squishy, and it's all mine even though mom is talking about possibly releasing some of my shawls she's taken captive in order to get her paws on this one....clearly when I leave her house after Christmas I'll be rummaging through her goods...and instead of joking about having her chipped for her birthday I'll make sure I do it for real....it only hurts for a minute I'm sure....
It's probably not that dramatic, well maybe it is, who can say for sure....but I can say this, right now from my elbow to my wrist is some gnarly pain that was flared last night after knitting 6 rows of the Shawl...SIX ROWS and then WHAMMO! so much pain. This isn't the first day I've had this, I've actually been ignoring for a few days ...okay, I've been ignoring it for a couple weeks but this is the worst it's been...So, I've made inquiries as to which doctor to see and am waiting to hear back to make an appointment...while I wait ice packs, and copious amounts of pain meds (don't worry by copius I really mean, recommended daily dose) are being taken with the shedding of a few tears while I fondle my knitting... stay tuned...this can't possibly last forever xoxoxo c. p.s. Fati...don't worry I have a plan if this whole wrist issues blows out of control...
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