The First Clue is Finished

 

WARNING:  If you are doing the Boo Knits Halloween KAL 2013 and do not want to see spoiler pictures read no further!

 

I have participated in a few mystery knit alongs and have not always been happy with the resulting end product so I tend to stay away from them. 

 

One of my favorite go to shawls is called Heaven Scent by Boo Knits.

 

 

When I saw there was going to be a Boo Knits Halloween Mystery KAL I gave it some thought before deciding to do this one.

 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/morticia---halloween-mkal-2013



The shawl is called Morticia and if you can keep up with the clues you will be done in time to wear it for Halloween.

 

I had 2 skeins of Madelinetosh silk lace that I had gotten back when Amy was first starting in the business and would come by the shop with a basket of yarn she had just finished dyeing.

 

 

 These two skeins of silk lace she had done as a special order for me.

 

 

And I have been saving them and decided now was a good time to enjoy them.

 

There will be four clues in this mystery KAL.  The first clue came out on Tuesday, October 1.

 Dru Ann was still visiting so I cast on after I dropped her off at the airport on the 2nd to help cheer me up.

 

 

Knitting beads and lace makes me happy, especially when it's purple. 

 

 

 The shawl starts on a US 4 needles and after the first three rows you switch to a US 5.

I missed that instruction until after the first repeat of Chart A so I switched to the US 5 on the second and third repeat of the chart.

 

 

I decided I would make the large so I did one more repeat of the chart on a US 6.

 

The clues are scheduled to come out October 1, 8, 15 and 22.

I finished with the first clue last night and the second clue came out today.

 

Perfect timing.