Item number two is the Flower Basket Shawl that I
started in May 2012 to wear to a wedding in St. Louis, MO. I was no where near
completion the day of the wedding but it seriously didn’t matter since it was
well over 100 degrees in St. Louis and I wanted to wear no clothing at all much
less a silk and wool shawl.China Wedding
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finished now and ready to wear this fall. I love it. It’s made from Elsebeth
Lavold Silky Wool in Olive. This is the second FBS I’ve made in this yarn… in
this shade. The first one I made was a Christmas gift for my mom using only 2
skeins and I loved the feel and the color so very much so I ordered more yarn. I
wanted something I could really wrap up in…plus I loved the shade so much that I
hoarded 5 skeins because the color was being discontinued. Four skeins would
have been plenty for my lovely shawl, I used just slightly over that. I am so
very happy with how it turned out.
Lastly, I have yet another Flower Basket Shawl to share with you. Yes, it seems that I am slightly obsessed with this pattern…but I think that Evelyn Clark writes the best, most intuitive lace shawl patterns out there. She really does…since she is a genius. I have knit a number of her designs so I know what I am talking about. This shawl is knit from a discontinued yarn that I bought at Midwest Stitches a couple of years ago….Sheep Shop 3. Now that I have knit with this yarn I am sad that it is gone! But I shall not despair too long since I have 3 more skeins in my stash…no big surprise there…huh?! This shawl gave me a bit of a problem. I wanted to make it as large as humanly possible so I researched the yarn and pattern on Ravelry and most ladies said they got 8 repeats. So I knit 8 repeats and cast off…but I saw the remaining yarn and then I weighed it and saw there were 24 grams leftover! A week went by and I still had not blocked the shawl as I tossed the thought of attempting another repeat. In the end… I could not live with myself unless I tried so…I frogged back and knit one final repeat.Crochet hair scrunchies using a China Beanie Hats Offers requires knitting over the band entirely. I can honestly say that I am happy with the finished shawl and will be proud to gift it in December.
Lastly, I have yet another Flower Basket Shawl to share with you. Yes, it seems that I am slightly obsessed with this pattern…but I think that Evelyn Clark writes the best, most intuitive lace shawl patterns out there. She really does…since she is a genius. I have knit a number of her designs so I know what I am talking about. This shawl is knit from a discontinued yarn that I bought at Midwest Stitches a couple of years ago….Sheep Shop 3. Now that I have knit with this yarn I am sad that it is gone! But I shall not despair too long since I have 3 more skeins in my stash…no big surprise there…huh?! This shawl gave me a bit of a problem. I wanted to make it as large as humanly possible so I researched the yarn and pattern on Ravelry and most ladies said they got 8 repeats. So I knit 8 repeats and cast off…but I saw the remaining yarn and then I weighed it and saw there were 24 grams leftover! A week went by and I still had not blocked the shawl as I tossed the thought of attempting another repeat. In the end… I could not live with myself unless I tried so…I frogged back and knit one final repeat.Crochet hair scrunchies using a China Beanie Hats Offers requires knitting over the band entirely. I can honestly say that I am happy with the finished shawl and will be proud to gift it in December.
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