The shawl with its modifications is completed!
How light and airy it is with fingering weight yarn instead of the DK handspun yarn I used for the first shawl!
Right off the needles it looked a bit wrinkled and stubby.
Blocking sure works magic on a lace shawl! This blocks out to 14" deep and 7' long (6' in the crescent shape to fit on my blocking board!)
I didn't decrease at the leave tips but kept the stitch count high to make the shawl longer. I also made a seamless change to the body of the shawl by using garter stitch for the short (long !) rows to 'fill' in the body of the shawl-remember this is knit bottom up!
I also added a yarn over edge to the top of the shawl.
I can't wait to wear this shawl-it is a perfect weight to bridge the weather from hot to a bit more moderate in our Autumn.
I did use just a bit over one skein of KnitPicks Chroma Fingering yarn on size 7 needles. There is enough yarn left in the skein to make a pair of socks, no problem!
Beautiful! Love the pattern and the color.
ReplyDeleteI like the added eyelet edge at the top. That is a beautiful color and will look so pretty on you!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI think crescent shawls are easier to wear than asymmetrical ones.
That is just lovely. I agree that crescent shawls are easy to wear. I still haven't mastered short rows.
ReplyDeleteWow....it's really lovely!
ReplyDeleteAn amazing beautiful lovely finish. WOW. Not enough accolades. I LOVE IT
ReplyDeleteWow — just gorgeous!
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