Friday, November 12, 2010

EnShawled!

 I finished knitting the Seasons of Life Shawl from Kay Meadors.  I set it out to block in the sunshine.
 And it immediately got inspected.  The cats do love the smell of the wool. 
It is beautiful!  I do love the feel of the sock weight yarn for the shawl.
 This also has beading on the lace edging which adds just the right amount of weight to the drape.  I prefer to add beads to the skein of yarn instead of working with a crochet hook to add them to my knitting but I might rethink it for this pattern.  It was a pain to slide the beads out of the way for the return row and I did have trouble keeping the beads where they belonged when I had yarnovers on either side of the bead.  I will be returning to this pattern again and again.  Why not give it a try?!
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6 comments:

  1. DEEP END OF THE LOOMNovember 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    I guess your inspector approved cause you look great in that shawl. It's a really pretty pattern.

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  2. KayNovember 12, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I love the way it drapes around you. Yes, you need to do it again. This time the diamond version. And use the crochet hook method to make them beads obedient. Don't you just hate disobedient beads?

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  3. MarselNovember 12, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    It turned out great! I can imagine the beads giving the shawl a lovely drapey feeling.

    Is the cat PD or Nyki? I can't even tell in pictures anymore!

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  4. JessNovember 13, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    Wow, the shawl really did come out beautiful and I love the color on you!

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  5. Loree JacksonNovember 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    Love the shawl! I'm learning how to do the lace knitting and using sock yarn as well.

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  6. BenitaNovember 14, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    I love seeing a shawl all blocked out - they always remind me of wings. This one turned out very nice!!

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