Secret Garden Shawl

It must be at least a year ago that I started designing this shawl. I had some yarn from Yarntopia called Tencel, in this soft colourway and had a picture of the sort of shawl I wanted to knit. The amount of variegation in the colour meant I had to be careful what lace patterns I chose.

I worked to the point shown in the photo on the right then put it away for the winter last year. This summer I finished and I'm very pleased with the project!

I've since knitted 2 more samples as I've been writing and checking the pattern. Pics another day:)

Thanks to the beautiful model:)

Flowery Hearts Shawlette

I came across the pattern for this wonderful and different hand knitted shawl on Ravelry. It's called "The Flowery Hearts Shawlette" designed by Tiziana Sammuri . I love how the design has elements from Herbert Niebling designs and Estonian motifs. The dark outline of the hearts is achieved with Nupps. The yarn is an absolute pleasere to knit with. Unfortunately the yarn dyer is taking a break from dyeing. I bought her yarn, Titania a merino/silk laceweight from Chili Gredelin.

Another project I love

Colleen

Knitting: A new Shawl of my own design

I can't help myself sometimes. I look at knitting patterns and begin to wonder "what if....?" I had this wonderfully soft Malabrigo lace yarn from Yarn and Kisses in Western Australia that was calling to be made into a rectangular shawl that I can wear as a soft, warm large scarf. I chose a stitch design that appealed to me and was repetative enough for me to fairly mindlessly knit. Beginning with a provisional cast on meant I could add to the shawl at both ends if I wanted to and if the overall design needed it. Not really knowing where I was going, I knit until the first skein ran out. I adapted another stitch pattern to flow from the first design and knitted it to both ends, followed by a border design that also flowed well (the number of stitches in the repeats matched).

I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I will get modelled photos as soon as I find a willing model.

cheers

Colleen