{"id":12250,"date":"2022-06-29T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T06:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12250"},"modified":"2022-06-29T04:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:04:00","slug":"tour-de-france-knitalong-winnowing-down-the-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12250","title":{"rendered":"tour de france knitalong: winnowing down the choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tour de France and its corresponding knitalong begin on Friday, and, as usual, I&#8217;m down to the wire on making a decision. I thought I&#8217;d see what folks thought of some of these shawl patterns, all of which could be made from yarn in my stash:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/from-summer-to-fall\">From Summer to Fall<\/a> uses 3 colors, with lots of garter stitch and sections of lace.<\/p>\n<p>I have knit two Cally Monster shawls for Tour de France projects &#8212; 4-Ever in Blue Jeans, which I wear all the time, and my latest finish, Fully Charged. I considered <a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/love-grows-here\">Love Grows Here<\/a> several years back, but decided against it that year. For the main color, I could either use the lilac I&#8217;d suggested at the time or the two mirrored shawl balls in gradients of green my parents gave me for my birthday this year.<\/p>\n<p>I keep talking about learning how to knit brioche, and now could be as good a time as any, with something like <a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/sylvan-tales-shawl\">Sylvan Tales Shawl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/sukha-shawl\">Sukha<\/a> (which uses mohair as one of the yarns) or, more simply, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/the-feel-good-shawl\">Feel Good Shawl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravel.me\/stripe-study-shawl\">Stripe Study<\/a> is a two-color shawl, which would work well with some of the gradients I have.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tour de France and its corresponding knitalong begin on Friday, and, as usual, I&#8217;m down to the wire on making a decision. 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