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This shawl is so lovely to knit, the pattern keep me going all the way without feeling bored. I have admire this pattern for so long but every time I go through the pattern it does scare me off, it look so complicated and confuse but once you cast on it is not as hard as you think in fact is a fantastic project.

I keep very close eye on the amount of yarn I used from the beginning until the end, hope that I could use every inch of my yarn without any leftover…ahhh… I still miscalculated at the end. I have about 20 % of yarn leftover after the last chart, but I was too lazy to frog it, so I just leave it the way it is and lucky it turn out large enough for me to wrap around my shoulder.

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The pattern is quite flexible, you can either add on or reduce the pattern chart as you go, just have reserve certain amount of yarn to complete the edging. I love the texture on the star chart which I increase the repeat to 10, as I knit along the blossom chart I was so worry that I run out of yarn, I couldn’t really work out the math… I end up with 5 repeat only ( I should trust my weight scale).

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I spend 3 hour blocking the shawl but at the end I decided not to block on the edging, I prefer a more rounded and natural curl edge, so instead of pin on edge to form a sharp point, I pinned on the pattern before the last bind off row and just let it dry. The Yarn was so thin before the bath, I was so worry it won’t stretch much. Fortunately, it bloom like a flower right after hitting the water and stretch out nicely to the prefect size. I am so glad I finally gives this shawl a go…it really worth the effort.

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