I made a mockup of the Outlander Claire's Wrap Stole / Shawl on the basis of available photos on the internet :sm16: - and I have to say, I did pretty well :sm17: - and I am now almost done with a second copy - a gift for my "sisfriend" :sm02: - and then this happens on the last bit...not enough yarn...grrrrrrr.... :sm15:
I would probably take the green of the last rows off and switch back to the brown. Darn to be so close and not have enough yarn. Have been there a time or 2 myself. Good luck.
Let us know what you decide to do. 1. would be to start the decreases earlier 2. double decrease in brown rows, which might not be obvious if done near the ends of the rows in the wide section of brown.
I used the Russian bind off and that way used more yarn and I had not taken that into account. Too bad I had to use a new ball of wool - yep, I have a yarn stash :sm09: - for the last piece.
The scarf is practically finished, apart from the threads of the stripes ... sigh ...:sm19:
Playing Yarn Chicken, I didn't know that expression yet (I'm from the Netherlands), funny, I'll remember that .... :sm17:
A tip for when you are running low on yarn and don't know if you can only do 1 more row or 2/+ more rows:
Unwind the remaining yarn and bring the yarn end back to the needle tip, doubling it/folding the yarn in halves.
Tie a slip-knot at the half-way point of the yarn remaining.
Knit the next row.
If you reach the slip-knot before completing the row, you do not have enough yarn for an additional row. Pull out the knot and knit on.
If you end the row before reaching the knot, you have enough yarn for at least one more row.
I have also used the Rule of Thumb of allowing 3 - 4 x the width of the WIP, but that seems to vary with different yarn wts. The knitting to the knot is, IMO, more trustworthy.
I made a mockup of the Outlander Claire's Wrap Stole / Shawl on the basis of available photos on the internet :sm16: - and I have to say, I did pretty well :sm17: - and I am now almost done with a second copy - a gift for my "sisfriend" :sm02: - and then this happens on the last bit...not enough yarn...grrrrrrr.... :sm15:
It seems to me, if you have enough to finish to the end, you could then, coming from the right side, loop one stitch over the other and use the last stitch to close off. I have it in my mind, but I'm not sure if anyone else can understand what I mean.
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