Winter Leaves rectangular shawl

Well the rectangular shawl is taking shape. I'm using some Knitpicks laceweight merino that a smart and lovely lady...Mary, you know who you are.... from The United States sent to me. (Knitpicks will not send yarn to Australia, unfortunately). This yarn is very low priced but it's perfect for swatching and trying out ideas.

When I knit the leaves using the same pattern as Anusla's Frozen Leaves" they got lost somehow. It's probably the colour. Anyway I decided to add a vertical line of paired yo's between the leaves and I like the effect. The shawl has curving edges as it follows the outline of the leaves.

I can see a design fault but I'm not worrying about it at this stage. I'll correct it later.

It's not particularly hard to knit.

I'll be writing up the pattern for this shawl, for anyone who wants to try it:)

Let me know if you'd like to have a go.

best wishes

Colleen

Loving a Reproduction Shawl

Frozen Leaves Shawl
I found the pattern for this lovely shawl on Ravelry
A knitter who calls herself Anusla on Ravelry took elements of German designs from the 1930-50's to create her shawl.
I made mine with some very fine alpaca yarn I bouhgt from Barb's Sew and Knit at Glenelg.
The close-up photo shows the clear beads I used throughout the edging. They add a little to the design, but mostly they help with the drape of the feather-weight shawl.

I blocked the shawl into a slightly crescent shape because I like the way it drapes over the shoulders and stays on without fussing.

As I was knitting I kept thinking about a rectangular shawl using the same stitches. Hmmmm. Shouldn't be too hard :)

Happy stitching and knitting
Colleen

The Shawl with no name again

What a difference blocking makes! This is the finished shawl. In the previous pictures the shawl looked like a crumpled up piece of nothingness and here it is with the lace all stretched out and in good shape:)

I used some size 6 beads amber colour lined with a turquiose centre.

Yes, this is the same pattern as the orange shawl from the previous post. The pattern will be available in about 3 weeks if all goes to plan

cheers

Colleen

Shawl with no name

I've been moving right along with finishing the warm merino version of this shawl. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. The Knitpicks Lace yarn is a lovely soft yarn for a very reasonable price. I used just over 1 skein for this shawl.

The photo on the right shows the detail of the bottom lace diamond pattern and the edging with the nupps. Nupps are the Estonian version of the "bobble".

Now I'm editing the pattern ready to go to the test knitters.

Happy stitching and knitting!

Colleen

A Little bit of shawl knitting designing

Just thought I'd give you a peek at what I'm knitting. This is a rather poor photo of the green tencel shawl I'm designing using patterns from Estonian Lace stitch books. I've fiddled with the diamond shape pattern a bit to make it fit in with the smaller pattern.

More details later, along with another shawl using the same pattern, different yarn :)

Cheers

Colleen