I finished the 8th repeat on my Shetland Triangle shawl last night. I had 20g left on my 3rd ball of yarn, and an entire 50g ball after that. It felt like I would have enough yarn to do an extra repeat on the shawl and still have enough to do the edge chart, but I wanted to make sure.
Wow, I hadn't done algebra in a long time! My (PhD in math) fiance checked over my work, and said it looked pretty good. I should have plenty for a 9th repeat and the edge chart. Yay!
Another number to report: 1000. Stacey won my comment contest this morning! I discovered Stacey's blog a few months ago, back when she had just finished her fabulous Turkish Stockings. We've been blog friends ever since, and I even got to meet her in real life at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Congratulations, Stacey! You've got 2 skeins of Artfibers Hana coming to you.
I also wanted to thank everyone who stops by my blog. This has been so much fun-- even more than I imagined it would be before I started. The knit blog community is such a creative, inspirational, and supportive place, and I'm glad we're all a part of it.
Congrats on 1000 comments! And congrats to Stacey for winning. Look at you doing the math to figure out you've got enough yarn left. I really admire that. I tend to just keep on knitting and fret with every stitch about running out. It's good to have a math PhD around. Can I borrow him next time hubby and I are out with our friends and trying to split the bill at the end of the night? It's comical how useless we all are with that stuff.
Posted by: Jean | July 23, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Go you with the math! It's kind of empowering to figure that stuff out instead of doing like me and guessing... :) Glad we "discovered" each other's blogs!!!!
Posted by: stacey | July 23, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Congrats on 1000 comments! I remember Stacy's amazing socks from MDSW. Very impressive math skills!
Posted by: Kim | July 23, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Congrats on 1000! Is it wrong that it's kinda fun to do that math?
Posted by: tiennie | July 23, 2007 at 03:42 PM
i really thought you were going to say you didn't have enough. all i could think is "can't she ever get a break with the amount of yarn she needs?"
glad it worked out differently this time :)
Posted by: jody | July 23, 2007 at 03:58 PM
I didn't believe my math teachers when they told me I needed math everyday. :)
Congrats to Stacey! :D
Posted by: Sacha | July 23, 2007 at 04:21 PM
Glad you will have enough yarn. Algebra can come in handy.
I should check my blog stats. I was almost to 800 comments about a month ago. I've been a bad blogger this summer. Congratulations on receiving over 1000 comments!
Posted by: Brenda | July 23, 2007 at 08:12 PM
WOW! 1000! That's great!
That math made my head swim!
Posted by: Tanya | July 23, 2007 at 08:34 PM
Happy 1000th!!
Posted by: Nora | July 24, 2007 at 03:40 AM
Congrats on 1000!! And can't wait to see your finished perfectly-figured shawl!
Posted by: knittingphilistine | July 24, 2007 at 07:11 AM
1000 comments wooo hooo!!!
Congrats to Stacey! Now show us that shawl!!!
Posted by: Kelly | July 24, 2007 at 09:20 AM
Congrats on 1000! Time flies no? My scientific formula for yarnage? Does the ball look like it will cover the required knitting? ;)
Posted by: Carol | July 24, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Look at you busting out the math! If it were me I'd mess up the calculations and run out of yarn anyway. ;-)
Posted by: Beth S. | July 24, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Wow! That looks like a lot of math! Better him than me. ;)
Posted by: Jessica | July 25, 2007 at 09:41 AM