This shawl was a special order from a festival in Amherst Co., VA. It is Edwardian, grey, and Colonial Blue, which is more like a navy. Mom was afraid that the colors would be too close and the blue wouldn't show up, but I'm glad I decided to go with the customers first choice and stuck with a darker grey.
I stayed up until 12:30 this morning working on this project and then worked on it on and off until 6:30 tonight to get it done! I'm very excited with how well it turned out and hope she loves it as much as I do!
This shawl is done in one of my favorite yarns, Lion brand: homespun. Due to the nature of the yarn each piece of fringe has to be knotted on both ends to keep it from unraveling. Since this is a 7 foot shawl that's over 600 knots!
With interest shifting to smaller shawls and fall colors I have decided to go with Barley for my next color at a 5 foot setting. This is a beautiful variegated light to medium brown mixture. I am hoping to have at least 3 ready to go off to Mom for edging by the end of the weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment