Aeolian Shawlette

I chose the Aeolian Shawl because of the edging. Quite unique and lovely.  And it didn't let me down.  Lots of beads and not so many nupps.  But it does have it's challenges.
Row 23 is where I hit the first challenge.  Because there are so many stitches at this point it was hard to tell if I made a mistake when I ended up with one extra stitch @ the beginning of the first repeat.  Fortunately I had put in a safety line at row 10 of the Edge set-up chart and I ripped back to that row twice.  Before realizing that I hadn't made a mistake that you just move the stitch marker over to the right one stitch and continue on using this stitch for the s2kp, which is the beginning of the first repeat.  Clear as mud right!
Then you continue moving the marker one stitch to the right after every repeat because you will have one extra stitch at the end of every repeat. 
It is mentioned in the pattern notes, "there will be points in some charts where decreases within the pattern will necessitate moving the markers." Very important to read that part.
You have to do this stitch marker moving in row 25, 27 and row 45.
I also noticed at this point that the two sides of the shawl were not the same. And they are supposed to be.  What happened here was that I was starting the second half (of the shawl) with the repeat instead of going right back to the first of the rows deleting that part.   That's also the reason for my ripping back to row 10.
Shawl is blocking for the next couple of days because of the humid weather, but already I can see the beauty of this shawl.  Enjoyed the challenging knit!

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Next time knit the nupps

I think I might be addicted to knitting lace shawls. This Swallowtail lace shawl is my third shawl or shawlette since January and I can't wait to try another one.   Each one teaches me something new, well new to me anyway!.. With this shawl I learned about safety lines.  This shawl was knit over three times before I remembered about the safety line.  I used two safety lines with this knit, always taking out the bottom and putting it back into the top or the current working pattern.  This way when a mistake is made and not noticed I will alway have a safety line to go back to.  And the blocking! what a wonderful idea, who knew!! 

 I left out the nupps because my knitting is way too tight and doing a K1, YO, K1, YO  all in one stitch isn't too bad, it's the purling 4 stitches together in the next row that get me every time.  So I used beads instead of the nupps.  Using the super dental floss methed to insert instead of the nupps.  But next time I would try a bit harder to knit the nupps especially after watching this : video