Melon Stitch Shawl hits problem…

When I started the MSS I knew that Victorian Lace Today was short on their yardage estimates (a pretty fundamental crime for a pattern book).  So when I bought my two skeins of Merino Cashmere Sock by the Knittery I made sure I was a couple of hundred yards over the requirements.  Particularly since Alice from Socktopus said at the time that the Knittery was giving up dyeing which obviously meant I had the last of the Passionfruit colourway.

Well I think you probably know what is coming next… I am running out of yardage.  I have tried having faith and blindly knitting on. But I really can’t deny this anymore.  I have about ¼ of the border left to knit and I can see right through the gaps in the centre pull ball.  I have only a few rows left in the yarn.

The shawl itself has been so much fun to knit, and that yarn has been perfect for it.  I am trying not to get too excited though otherwise I shall get more and more panicked about the shortage of yarn.

So I have started trying to source more.  I emailed Alice who confirmed that she didn’t have any tucked away down the back of the sofas, I checked the Knittery website who said she was moving to Etsy after the dyeing hiatus…but not until the end of the year.  Finally I have been posting “in search of posts” on Ravelry and eventually I plan to message those people who have completed projects in this colourway and try to buy their leftovers.

However, this reminds me that a while ago a lovely lady in Germany sent me some leftover Wollmeise in Sonne so that I could finish a pair of socks.  She didn’t want any money for it and I have long thought I should send her a little something so say thank you.  So I am resolved to buy her some Easyknits yarn and ship it to her as a surprise in the next week or two with a nice letter.