The Spiral of Theodorus

It has taken much longer then expected to get a few pictures of a shawl.  But the stars aligned and I finally have pictures of the completed Spiral of Theodorus.  This was a mathematically challenging pattern to write up.  There were so many numbers to calculate in order to ensure everything came out as desired.  I finally managed to pare the pattern down to the critical numbers and find a way to make it understandable.  I unfortunately lost a lot of time trying to find a way to make the pattern easier which had the unexpected side effect of making it even more complicated.  So I had to frog several starts before going back to the original way of making the pattern.

The Spiral of Theodorus is actually a really cool spiral.  What other shawl can you cast on four stitches and cast off four stitches and have most of a circle.  I am really glad this pattern finally came together.  While it comes out asymmetrical, something I really dislike in most other patterns, it wears symmetrically which is what I really love about it.  Each triangle grows larger as you work your way around the center point.  This is knit in one piece with no seaming.  I hate seaming so my goal has been no seaming in my patterns.  I really hope you enjoy this pattern.  Please visit my Ravelry page and like it or add it to your queues so I will know if I should keep up this line of thought.  I have another really cool spiral in the design queue, I just need to knit another one then work on getting the pattern written and everything that goes into the writing process.

The weather here has been absolutely crazy, just like most of the country.  While we have not been getting torrential downpours, it has been way too dry and very hot.  We desperately need moisture.