WIP Wednesday: Marianna Shawl -- On the Corners!

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For this week's WIP Wed post, I'm working on the first full corner of the Marianna Shawl! (I started the edging at a corner, so that's a little bit different.)

So I've done one full side of the square now, and am working on turning the first corner.  

Here's the thing.  For this style of edging, where the edging is knit flat and joined to the shawl. . . well, it poses problems at corners.  It works just fine as an edging for tubes or flat edges, but when you get into circles or squares, it won't work so well without getting a bit inventive.  

Hence, short-rows come into play!

It's a bit hard to explain, but, basically, to make the knitted border lay flat along the corners, you add in short rows -- shown in the (very simple!) diagram as marked in blue.  So, when I'm turning the corner, I work short rows to add extra rows to the outer edge of the edging, so that it will lay flat at the corner. 

So, far, so good!  I'm just hoping it lies flat-enough, because I don't think I could put more short-rows in!

Yarn is *Knit Picks Gloss Lace in the now-discontinued colourway "Marina".  I'm a good bit into my third skein now, and I'll definitely have enough to finish (which was my worry originally). It knits up quite well.  I was worried about the possibility of it pulling, but so far, it really hasn't, which is great!

The various and sundry stitch markers all come from *WinemakersSister's Etsy Store.  They've been incredibly useful in marking my place, and the ones on the edging itself are marking the various short-row wraps. 

Well, that's it for this week!  And just a quick reminder -- if you'd like access to the draft charts, notes, and even more behind-the-scenes, you can get access to them over on Patreon -- so please, check it out!

 Stay tuned for further updates, and thanks for reading this week's WIP Wed!  Happy Crafting, folks!