Forest Canopy

The ending was more dramatic than I would have liked.  See this?

That’s my cast off row.  Yarn didn’t make it. 

I didn’t run out of yarn -- I had a ton of Andean Alpaca left in my stash -- but I hadn’t exactly planned on starting another skein right there at the end.  You know how you knit faster and faster when you realize you’re running out of yarn, hoping you can beat it to the end?  Yeah.  Didn’t work.  So I spliced it very carefully and tested the join to make sure it was strong.

And, voila.

One Christmas gift done!

Comments

[deb]

Oh - you have to give it away? SO not fair!!

[lisa]

Georgeous! I hope the recipient knows how much work went into that!

[Lorette]

It is lovely indeed. I know the knitting faster trick. It never works.

[mary lou]

Kinda like pressing the elevator button over and over to make it arrive faster. Turned out beautifully.

[Chris]

Whew! Glad you had more and that it was spliceable! I don't suppose that's a gift for me, eh? ;)

[Carrie K]

Beautiful!

I can't believe knitting faster didn't work.

[Connie]

Beautiful! I need to get mine blocked!

[Bezzie]

Beautiful! That stinks having to break into another skein with so little left to go!

[Guinifer]

Sigh. So pretty.

[Jeanne]

Bummer. I always knit faster, and stare suspiciously at my cast on trying to determine if a more economical cast on might have saved me the pain and agony of running out of yarn. It looks beautiful though.

[Ann]

Beautiful! And quick work too. I'm glad that you had more yarn when you needed it!

[Cheryl S.]

At least you had more!
Forest Canopy is such a great pattern. That Susan is amazing.

[cursingmama]

Its magnificent!