So, I couldn't resist the Bollywood fiber. I hadn't ever plied with sequins and I'd only plied with beads once. I just had to try it.
I strung the beads and sequins on some gold rayon thread I had leftover from a previous yarn. Then I plied my Bollywood Wedding #1 (red and gold) single with the threaded add-ins. I didn't use all of the ball, however, so I did a two-ply with the remaining single. Here are both version wound onto my makeshift bobbin:
and here's a close-up of the beaded version:
The butterfly sequins were a challenge--they didn't want to go through the guides and had to be helped along. It will be interesting to see how this weaves up.
I worked on the Mas y Mas shawl. It's coming along slowly. A couple of the warp yarns are a bit sticky. To open up the shed big enough for the shuttle, I have to use a pick-up stick to keep the shed open in the right place. So it's an extra step for each pass. It's just time-consuming.
I spent a lot of time on the Westknits KAL shawl. After a few errors (requiring lots of tinking), I finally finished clue #3. I'm 3 rows into Clue #4, but it's taking forever. It's only 10 rows, but they are 10 long rows. I started with 293 stitches on the needle and it continues to increase. And this is the small size...I'm glad I didn't decide to make one of the larger versions! I hope I can finish by Thursday!
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