Two shawl starts, one frog
As I said, over the weekend I started two shawls. On Friday evening, I started the Rose Trellis Shawl with some Cherry Tree Hill Merino Lace that I’d bought last fall.
I love variegated yarns and even though it’s hard to find patterns that work well with them, I just keep wanting to buy more and more. If I had already used the CTH in the stash, I would have been comfortable buying the yarn that I wanted a couple of weekends ago. Once this is done, I can buy more!
On Sunday, I started the Secret of Chrysopolis with KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud.
Unfortunately, this is going to be ripped. From what little I can see, this is going to be a beautiful shawl but Alpaca Cloud isn’t the yarn for it, at least not for me. I’ve gone down to a US2 and it still looks too airy. I do want to make this someday but it will have to wait until I have a more appropriate yarn.
I’ve been saying that one of these days, I want to try illusion knitting. I need to find something that my 20 year old daughter will like since I plan to incorporate it into one of her scarves. Suggestions are welcome.
October 5th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Now see, I LIKE airy in shawls. But it’s a personal taste.
I’ve started two shawls too, the Halloween Mystery Shawl and one from a recent Knit ‘n Style. The second one is really simple, so it’s my Mindless Lace project.
October 5th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Both shawls look (looked!) lovely! You made so much progress, too! What about some kind of a flower? Is she into stuff like that? The only illusion pattern I remember seeing online was an alien.
October 6th, 2007 at 5:56 am
I like the airy shawls too. Second that! Although certainly in the dead of winter, a heavier shawl might come in handy - but your shawl starts look like lovely beginnings. I’m hankering to start one myself.