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May 9, 2008
in which i uncharacteristically guess right
So I was feeling like I was near the end of the ball of Schaefer Anne that I was using for the FBS. I wandered into the yarn alcove to look for the second ball, and it wasn't in either of the virgin stash boxes. And it wasn't in any of the baskets of used yarn. And it wasn't in any project bags. And then I realized that the same naïve dummy who chose variegated yarn* for her first lace shawl figured that she didn't want a big shawl, so she only got one skein, which was, in theory, enough to make the medium shawl (if you got gauge, which I never get).
Aaaaanyway, I made the executive decision not to sneak one more pattern repeat in. Good thing, that. I wound up with a couple of yards to spare. There was a second there at the beginning of the bind-off row where I didn't think I was going to make it. Seriously, I would have come UNGLUED if I'd run out of yarn on this sucker and was forced to buy more expensive yarn I'm not crazy about to finish a shawl that I'm ambivalent about.
Less talking, more blocking!
*As my tastes have evolved, I've come to strongly dislike variegated lace. I have seen some pretty shawls that were made of lace, but I'd never wear one. They're just not my style. I prefer lace in solid colors.