A Bluestocking Knits

Now, on to the "Ostrich Plume Lace Throw" from "Vogue Knitting Baby Blankets".  This pattern is really charming.  I want to make something for the end of our bed, or for the armchair that I hope to get (soon!) for our bedroom at home.

I have a great many balls of Rowan "Calmer", a lovely springy cotton/microfiber blend, in #462 Chiffon, a soft mauve.  I don’t know how far this will go in the ostrich plume pattern, so I have to work a kind of sacrificial swatch — knit to the end of a ball and calculate the area of the swatch, so that I know how big I can make the throw.  (I brought this yarn from home.)

What do you know, that high school math does come in handy sometimes!