A Mystery Revealed

While up north at the cottage, I was able to finally finish my Stephen West Mystery shawl. I had kept up with the knit along until the final clue. When it arrived, I was busy with Olympic knitting. I did take a look at other finished shawls, and I caught a bit of the furor over the final clue. I split my remaining yarn into two balls for each side. Without the use of a scale I just tried my best to get even ones. I  bought more of the solid color, because I was concerned about running out of yarn.

The first side seemed to take quite a long time. I finished it earlier this month and set to work on the second. Knitting on it here and there, it quickly took shape. I think knowing how the pattern developed helped. I was also wondering when the lighter yarn would run out. I kept focusing on reaching 32 stitches, since that is where the first side striping ended. I quickly hit that mark and was able to do one more stripe. Not too bad for eye-balling the two yarn balls. The rest flew off my needles. I wove in the ends and it just need a blocking, but I do love it. I would not usually knit such a piece, and I am glad I did. I learned some new techniques (the german wrap and turn). I call it a success.