I finished a shawl! Knitting! Aaaaand I am probably going to have to frog it.
For reasons I have not been able to puzzle out, the top edge (which is the end of the rows) has NO stretch.
Therefore, the whole thing sort of buckles/puckers around the top center, which is where I started. There has got to be some method to having a springier edge, I just don’t know what it is.
I do like how the patterning in the body came out, anyway, and it was good practice. I’m faster and smoother now with both knitting and purling than I was when I began. Since that was, ultimately, the goal? I’m feeling pretty good about it overall.
MISTAKES ARE FOR LEARNING! FUCKUPS ALLOW FOR GROWTH.
if anybody has thoughts about how I might have achieved a stretchier edge with my row ends, please advise.
The pattern is Lionberry by Narniel of Endor and is a free download on Ravelry.
