Six years. Six long years later the Rheingold wrap is done.
As you may recall, I bought the kit from Virtual Yarns with the intention of knitting it for my wedding. I would have made it, two, except that we moved the wedding date up by three months. When it was not done, in my despair I cast it into a bin.
There it sat for two years until pity on the beautiful thing freed it for another go. That is, until I started getting sore hands. Another two year sentence freed the wrap again, only for it to be cast aside due to an error. It's the only error I can see in the garment. I skipped a row in the second pattern repeat on the second half. The error was only detected after I'd knit another few inches, and I was too distraught to tink it all back. Or to look at it. So back it went until I decided to finish it.
Damn it.
When I took the wrap out of jail for the last this past April, eight of the twelve pattern repeats were finished. I worked on it with the monogamy it deserved until the knitting was done, even adding two more pattern repeats. Then I found that I'd lost the finishing instructions. After three emails to Virtual Yarns, they ACTUALLY emailed me a copy!
I did make a few other modifications:
14 pattern repeats
Grafted center seam in two colors
Applied i-cord edge in Lapwing
Modified color scheme for fringe
Sewn in lining of a silk/cashmere pashmina wrap
The finished wrap is about 66" long, excluding fringe.
Oh, and check it out in the final picture. We've had a girl! I actually finished the knitting while in labor with her. How's that for a labor of love!
As you may recall, I bought the kit from Virtual Yarns with the intention of knitting it for my wedding. I would have made it, two, except that we moved the wedding date up by three months. When it was not done, in my despair I cast it into a bin.
There it sat for two years until pity on the beautiful thing freed it for another go. That is, until I started getting sore hands. Another two year sentence freed the wrap again, only for it to be cast aside due to an error. It's the only error I can see in the garment. I skipped a row in the second pattern repeat on the second half. The error was only detected after I'd knit another few inches, and I was too distraught to tink it all back. Or to look at it. So back it went until I decided to finish it.
Damn it.
When I took the wrap out of jail for the last this past April, eight of the twelve pattern repeats were finished. I worked on it with the monogamy it deserved until the knitting was done, even adding two more pattern repeats. Then I found that I'd lost the finishing instructions. After three emails to Virtual Yarns, they ACTUALLY emailed me a copy!
I did make a few other modifications:
14 pattern repeats
Grafted center seam in two colors
Applied i-cord edge in Lapwing
Modified color scheme for fringe
Sewn in lining of a silk/cashmere pashmina wrap
The finished wrap is about 66" long, excluding fringe.
Oh, and check it out in the final picture. We've had a girl! I actually finished the knitting while in labor with her. How's that for a labor of love!
