Anyway, I did manage to finish it. Alexandra from Wool and Cotton kindly shared her notes and tips which was really kind and a great help.
I did eight repeats of the pattern and used Malabrigo Lace yarn in Pink Frost. I used two skeins and just a little of the third (for two rows only). I think I would probably have used less but my Citron met with a bit of an accident. My mother-in-law got so enthusiastic about having a look at it that she got all tangled up in the yarn. She then panicked and twisted around, breaking the yarn and ripping the knitting off of the needles.
I managed to repair it (after much sobbing from both of us). The photos are pre-blocking.
I am really pleased with it. I will definitely knit another. I really like working with the Malabrigo Lace yarn. It is sooo soft.
My notes on Ravelry here.
Oh your poor mother in law. I bet she felt awful, but she is lucky you didn't smack her one! Malabrigo Lace is a lovely lovely yarn and I made a couple of Citron's in it. I also made one with multiple repeats with another lace yarn which I adored. I know I'll come back to this pattern as it is so simple but so beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteI know how she felt. I recently did the same thing to a friend's very thin mohair scarf - pulled it clean off the needle! I couldn't apologise enough. This was me on a particularly clumsy day. :(
ReplyDeleteYour citron is lovely, I seem to prefer it in the larger size and would have gone for that myself had I the patience of a saint! I applaud you.
It's beautiful - How kind of you not to have sent your MIL home early!. Jeanette
ReplyDeleteBeautiful texture! And a lesson not to let earthlings touch your knitting! ;D
ReplyDeleteOoh it's beautiful!!! So happy you were able to get it back on the needles - I managed to pull quite a few stitches off the needles when I was knitting my Citron. Good thing the Malabrigo is a little sticky. Isn't it sooo soft?
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely! What a nice job you did, and I so admire your patience to press on with this after such a setback.
ReplyDeleteThat is really gorgeous! You'd never know it had had a close encounter with your mother-in-law. I can almost feel it through my computer screen. Well done you!
ReplyDeleteI find that I am too impatient when it comes to knitting shawls, and a setback like yours would have probably sent this gorgeous shawl to the time-out basket. It looks so lovely and light.
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