May 24, 2008
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FO: Pinnate Shoulder Shawl
Yay! It’s finally finished and blocked!
Pattern: Pinnate Shoulder Shawl, from KarenJoSeattle – Great pattern, great blog, great blogger! When you cast on and start working the pattern, you have a sneaking suspicion that there is a stitch missing, but just trust the pattern. Really. It’s not technically symmetric (Scientists/mathematicians, just don’t think about it! If I can do it, you can too!) but it looks symmetric, which is what really matters.
Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece – love it! It’s mostly cotton with a little bit of wool, so it has a bit more give than 100% cotton, but it doesn’t have any of the negatives of wool. It is notorious for bleeding, and I did have to wash it about a zillion times before the water ran clear, but I’m hoping that I got all the extra dye out. I used US6 Addi Turbos, which is larger than the needle size recommended in the pattern. Karen knits really loosely, so this didn’t surprise me. Just match your needles to your yarn.
I tried really hardly to get good pics of the shawl ‘in action’ but I failed miserably. It’s about 9″ wide and 65″ long, and I used two skeins almost exactly. It works well as a little shoulder shawl (hence the name) and as a scarf, too. In exchange for not having action shots, here are some ‘artsy’ ones instead.
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Comments (12)
Woo hoo! Congrats on finishing! It’s about time we saw some FO!
nicely done and the pics are wonderful!
@TurtleKeri -
LOL – hopefully there will be some more in the future! =)
@DreamWoven -
Thank you! I really like it, but made it for someone else, and am kind of sad to give it away. I may have to make another.
I love your projects. The shawl is beautiful!
Groovy socks and cozies!!
Ooh it’s pretty! Love the color and stitch pattern. Thanks for the link.
You didn’t fail, the picture are great and the shawl is beautiful. It looks really nice in cotton. Good on you for being able to over come the asymmetry, I wouldn’t have been able to do that.
wow it looks great…I especially love the colour and the yarn…seems nice and soft…
oooooh, I like it!
@tellmetomyface -
Thanks! I’ve contemplated starting another one to keep soon, but I keep telling myself I need to finish my Clapotis first!
@ashpags -
oh yes, a lot of people on ravelry are doing that clapotis…looks lovely.
I love this pattern and the yarn you used!!! It is beautiful!
I didn’t know you knit!
Cool!