Shawl!
It's done!!!It may take a while to get better pictures, but now you can all at least have an idea of what it looks like. :) I should have bought blocking wires - the edge is a bit wiggly. Oh well, it's Shetland, I can re-block it as much as I like and it'll be fine.
The specs:
Pattern: North Sea Shawl from Folk Shawls.
Yarn: Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift in "Twilight." (I think I bought 8 skeins and I have 3 left over - perhaps I miscounted?)
Needles: Knitpicks Options #5 - so useful!
If anyone wants a closer look, I'm planning on wearing it to Taos!
Update: I unpinned it this morning and put it on. I'm in love. I want one in every color. I love my alpaca Flower Basket Shawl too, but it feels very fancy and delicate. This feels like a lightweight sweater that I can just wear around the house every day. Next up, another comfortable wooly shawl, perhaps the Wool Peddler's Shawl from the same book.
posted by Alex at 9:34 PM
6 Comments:
Oh wow! You're DONE! :-) You're going to do the swirly model thing for us as soon as your photographer comes home, right?... :-)
I bought the Knitpicks blocking wires recently, and they are *fantastic*. They come with a yardstick and a little pouch of heavy-gauge T-pins. Go for it, you won't be disappointed!
you already know this about me, but i find that book very addiciting!! finsh one, ponder another.
Congratulations! What a wonderful FO. I hope we'll see some modeled shots eventually.
It's lovely!
The one I made took less than 6 oz of the Jamieson & Smith shetland on size 5 needles.
It's beautiful!
Oh wow, it look great!
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