Saturday, July 3, 2010

Shawled

The 198 yard shawl is drying on the blocking board!  I ran short by 18" during the bind off...good thing I have a bunch of this fiber left over so I spun up enough to finish!
   I made the shawlette about double the size called for in the pattern.  This yarn was heavier than I like for shawls so it needed to be bigger to keep in scale-at least to my way of thinking.  It blocked out to 50" wide x 27" at the tip.  This is the suffolk I blended with the rabbit undercoat.  It has a wonderful halo that hopefully will not shed too much during wear.
Puff Daddy likes to help me blog........
I have started a pair of socks with some BFL that I spun up back in the winter.  Nothing like a pair of socks on the needles!  I loved spinning this and it is just as amazing to knit.
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4 comments:

  1. Life Looms LargeJuly 4, 2010 at 6:13 AM

    Congrats on your beautiful finished shawl!! I can't believe it ran short by 18....so little and so much at the same time!

    Sue

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  2. Woolly BitsJuly 4, 2010 at 8:24 AM

    lovely shawl! but isn't it uncomfortable to knit/spin woolly things at your temperatures? I already changed to cotton instead of wool on the wheel - and we only had 25 deg C.!
    mr schindler tries to help on the keyboard too - unfortunately mostly with the esc key:))

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  3. MarselJuly 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM

    The shawl is beautiful. It looks much lighter-weight in the picture than in person...interesting how the perspective changes.

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  4. AmberJuly 11, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    We just acquired a couple of new kittens. They are so much fun! :)

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