Shawl It Is

So in my last post, even though I had decided on knitting a shawl, I still wasn't quite sure.  And things were working against me on this one.  First off - I realized I didn't have the right needles (or so I thought!).  So I thought... alright... socks it is!  But then I called Ed and she offered to lend me her needles.

The pair of circulars she gave me was a size... I don't know.. but it was HUGE!  It reminded me of those giant pencils they gave me in first grade to write with.  I really struggled to use them, and I felt like a beginner knitter.  Here I was knitting with such fine yarn with these giant needles.  I was completely the opposite of graceful!  After about 4 rows, Ed and I looked at it, and agreed that these needles were just too big for the type of yarn I was using.  So I downgraded in a major way to a size 7 needle.  Omg - a million times better!

I'm still getting used to knitting with such fine yarn.  It was quite finicky and if you make a mistake, holy crap is it ever hard to fix!  I got this triangular lace shawl pattern from Ed (who got it from Ravelry) that knits from the base of the triangle to the tip.  So every other row I'm adding 4 stitches.  The longer the rows get, the more finicky it gets!  This is what I've done so far, but I have a feeling it's going to take me a while to finish this one!