Blog entries tagged Shawl

Clapotis for Jane

Shelley — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:18:24 +0100

Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Luscious Silk
Size: As written
Yardage: 2 skeins (about 640m, I have about 20m leftover)
Needles: 4.00 mm

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Finally all finished and delivered. In fact my sister was over when I finished knitting so I didn't even have to deliver it; I just handed it to her. I got ...

Hawthorn

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:15:54 +0100

Pattern: Hawthorn by Susanna IC
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Aran Silky Merino in Flower Studies #91
Size: As written
Yardage: About 2 and a quarter skeins
Needles: 4.50 mm bamboo circular (32")

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My hawthorn is finished!

I gave it ...

Hawthorn on the Floor

Shelley — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:07:39 +0100

Look what is finally blocking!

Growing Short Rows

Shelley — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:43:37 +0100

It's the end of Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada. Holiday Mondays are so nice - especially when you're already finished with the big meal and all you need to do is put the remaining bones in a pot with some onion and celery and let it simmer away. Other parts of Canada may have had crisp, sunny fall weather for their day off; we got a chilly, damp, blustery day that made me glad to not have to leave the house. We ate leftovers all day and were generally lazy. Even Abby was content to just ...

Fall and the Hawthorn

Shelley — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Abby and I went for our walk in the dark this evening. I didn't get out the door until a little later than usual but even if we'd gone out at 8:30 like we did on Friday it would have been too dark to walk on the path around the lake.

I was told on the weekend that we're losing about six minutes of light every day right now (I'm not sure if that's six minutes on either end or six minutes all together but it's very noticeable) and I realized as we were walki...

Ishbel in the Snow

Shelley — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:14:16 +0100

Pattern: Ishbel from Whimsical Little Knits by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Squoosh Alpaca Silk and Cashmere (Fingering)
Size: Small
Yardage: ~ 275 m (300 yards) or 3/4 of the skein
Needles: 4.00 mm bamboo circular

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Here we have another case of procrastination - not of finishing but of posting - I finished this shawl in time to wear it to my staff Christma...

Ishbel: Finished (almost)

Shelley — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:58:29 +0100

I'm finished my ishbel shawl. I bound off on Thursday night, wove the ends in on Friday and this evening I gave it a little bath and pinned it out on top of a towel on my sewing room floor. Zeke and Abby supervised - miraculously no one tried to eat the pins or lie on the towel. The yarn is still deliciously soft and I still love the colour. The pattern became much more visible as I pinned...

Ishbel: in progress

Shelley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:06:27 +0100

The stocking stitch portion of my Ishbel shawl is finished and I'm on to the lace now. I like working from the charts; they make it so easy to see what you’re supposed to be getting. It's so much fun to watch the lace pattern emerging. I’m a little past where I was when I took this picture and the leaves are just starting to be visible if you stretch the fabric out. I&rsquo...

A New Regency Gown

Shelley — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:55:37 +0100

This is the gown (and under-things though you can’t see them) than I made for myself for this year’s tea party. I’ll put up a post for the under-things as soon as I’m finished the embroidery on my stays; right now they look a little too ‘half finished’ to be shownoff.

The fabric for my gown was ordered from Moda Fabrics and is ...

Happy Easter: The Dishcloth Shawl

Shelley — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:10:37 +0100

Pattern: My Own-ish (see below)
Yarn: SULI FIBRES Easter Bonnet. Wool with mohair, silk and beads.
Needles: 15.75 mm wooden needles

This is not actually a recent project but I decided to block it out yesterday and, given the yarn name, today seemed a goodday to post it. I usually call this my “dishcloth shawl” because the pattern is actually the first par...

The Easy Mesh Lace Triangle

Shelley — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:50:32 +0100

Pattern: Easy Mesh Lace Triangle from Fiddlesticks Knitting
Yarn: 1 skein Fiddlesticks Knitting Country Silk Yarn (aprox. 800m/250g) I’m not sure what the colourway was called - autumn or harvest or something like that.
Needles: 3.75 mm bamboo circular(32”)
Modifications: None

I knew I was getting close to the end of this early in February ...