Ever since I first laid eyes on Madli's Shawl, I've wanted to knit it. It's elegant. It's lace. It's feminine but it had NUPPS. I just wasn't sure that I would ever use a stole with n*i*p*p*l*e*s on it. (that ought to get some interesting hits from google)
I hasten to add that I used to never mind knitting bobbles, but so many knitters complaining about bobbles being slow and not knitter friendy, made me reappraise how I felt about. Suddenly indifference became dislike. Did bobbles suffer a reputation assasination at the hands of knitting blogland?
Then there was an issue of yarn. I actually didn't have the right yarn in stash. Should I go out and buy some? with the stash spreadsheet baring my indiscretions to the world? So somehow, I have put off knitting this shawl that I really like for... 2 years!
Whilst leafing through my Interweaves, I saw it again and thought I still like it. I still don't have the yarn in the right weight, so I dug through my stash and found some Knitpicks Shadow in Lost Lake. That's one great thing about lace weight yarns, you can always ply upwards to the weight that you need.
In just a few days, I got this far.
It goes a lot faster without the nupps and once I got the repeats memorized. I'm aiming to do 3 repeats a night.
I almost went of the rails when Meg showed her Baltic Sea Stole, another project that I've been considering. Isn't it just gorgeous? Fortunately, I'd misplaced the pattern so it had to be Madli.
How does one do Madli without the nupps? Just ignore the instructions for the nupps and knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side of the fabric where you are supposed to purl 7 stitches together.
I have been coveting this pattern for a good year myself. I admit I was completely thrown off by the nupps. I have my own bobble-phobia from a past project...*shrudder*
I have to comment that your shawl came along beautifully sans nupps. I'm going to try hard at tracking down this pattern. I hope my lys has overstock copies of past issues..
anyhoo, it's lovley and off I go to find more posts about your shawl progress! :)
Posted by: jen sunshine at June 13, 2007 09:23 PMPolly, that's just beautiful! You couldn't let me have a copy of the pattern, could you? The magazine is sold out.
Love, Chris
Madil without the bobbles is definitely the one for me, you have made it so beautiful. Your progress is exceedingly swift.
Posted by: Louise at August 3, 2006 11:42 PMThis is coming along beautifully! I love the pattern, too, and even more so now that I've seen your progress!
Posted by: Charity at August 3, 2006 04:38 PMThis is coming along beautifully! I love the pattern, too, and even more so now that I've seen your progress!
Posted by: Charity at August 3, 2006 04:38 PMhahahahaha... trying to think of you wearing something with *n*i*p*p*l*e*s*
I needed that laugh! :)
It looks lovely, but you already knew that as you do have impeccable taste!
very lovely pattern!
Posted by: michelle at August 3, 2006 03:18 AMTalk about sending one off the rails! That is a great looking madil you got there!
Posted by: meg at August 3, 2006 12:23 AMOoooohhh Polly Madil is just beautiful!!!!!!
Posted by: Jacinta at August 2, 2006 11:24 PMI hate bobbles/nupps but love Madil too. Is there a special trick to doing the pattern without the nupps?
Posted by: Farrah at August 2, 2006 10:12 PM