Shadow Shawl KAL

30 increases to center point

Kinver Shadow Shawl
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

Chugging right along - here the shawl is 30 increases to the centerpoint - now I am 6 increases away. Winding up the next ball of Euroflax for turkey-day travel.

Surprise!

Shadow Shawl
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

I exchanged the champagne Euroflax and green / brown skein of Schaefer Anne for the combo shown here (a green / blue Anne and willow Euroflax). My sister was a bit hesitant over the brown as the neutral, since she is more likely to wear black. Here is about 2.5 weeks worth of work - a little under 1/8 of the shawl is completed. Ana of Ana Purls ended up purchasing the one that I had returned - and she's started hers here. I really like both of the color combos a lot; the blue/green just happens to work better for my sister.

Not started, but I have yarn!

Hello everyone! I'm new! :)

I'm Cori, a fellow Twin Cities knitter/blogger.

I have a few things I am working on that I need to finish, but I now have yarn for my shadow shawl waiting! (and it's slowly moving up on my list of things to work on as the yarn is calling to me!)

Here is my yarn. It is koigu and rowan 4-ply soft.

here is a better color representation of the pink (it's washed out in the above pic).

*hopefully* i should be starting some time in maybe september? :) unless i get restless...

oh, and feel free to check out my struggle between staying on task and starting my shadow shawl at my blog! http://www.coriknits.blogspot.com

just started

My Shadow has a nice start. I got to work on it on the plane to and from San Francisco.

A little closer view:

It's done in Euroflax and a merino wool SuperSock yarn. Actually looks pretty good and only had to rip out a few rows when I lost count of the ridges.

Not really thrilled with the Euroflax because it is stiffer than the merino but it drapes well. Up to 80 stitches (8 sets). Plan to go till the Euroflax runs out and then start the second skein.

Look! It's done!

Kinver Shadow Shawl
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

And I got a photograph, although I'm going to try for a better one. It is so soft and warm! I'm interested to see how the Euroflax one compares. (Of course the one with Euroflax will be machine washable, which gives it points over the mohair). I started this one in April, which made it a four-month on-again, off-again project.

I did find this photo...

Shadow Shawl
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

Unfortunately it is rather dark. It is at a similar stage to Susan's, so I thought it would make an interesting comparison, both in yarn types and in time to finish. I am using Schaefer Anne and Madil Kid Seta on #7 needles - I think it would have been better on #6. And this was taken back on July 13th!

Looking ahead

Schaefer Anne and Euroflax
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

I'm on the decrease section of the shawl, and it just takes too much room to lay it out and photograph very often. Instead, I'm contributing a photo of the next shadow shawl - of course, most of the fun is in picking out the yarn. This one is for my youngest sister. The handpaint is Schaefer Anne in a green, blue-green, and light brown, and the cone is Euroflax original in champagne (aka the lightest brown).

I've had several people ask about chosing yarn; start with either two fingering weights or one fingering weight and one mohair. Usually one yarn is varigated and one solid. The trick is to pick a solid color that is significantly lighter or darker than the varigated; people naturally want to pick up a color in the varigated, but that runs the risk of having the stripes blend together. Pick out one of the colors, and then go up or down several steps in shade. Picking out combos is fun; too bad there is no money in being a shadow shawl consultant.

Almost Halfway There

I am almost half way on my Shadow Shawl.  Here's a photo:

Unfortunately, I am almost out of my 1st skein of Lorna's Laces, so that means I will have to use a total of 3.  Fortunately, I purchased 4, but I was really hoping to be able to sell 2 on ebay, which is easier because it takes 2 skeins to make a pair of socks.

I am still really loving this shawl.  I am searching my brain, trying to think who would like one for Yule, but I am surrounded by people that don't wear shawls.  Eeeek!  Either that, or I would end up making one for a person that I wouldn't normally gift.   So I am thinking that after I finish the Yule gifts I need to make, I will do another up and donate it to a shawl ministry program.

I would like to donate it to the Sheila Shawl project, but I can't seem to find anything updated on that - perhaps it was only a one time thing.  If anyone knows more about it, be sure to let me know.

I love doing charity knitting - it is very satisfying and helps with the kind of urges that I have - want to knit something that doesn't suit me (not my colors, but colors I like, not my size, etc.) or mainly, just for the love of knitting and wanting to pass a little good energy around.

Peace!

Susan Zen Knit

Started Mine (Susan)

Susan here, for more details you can also visit my ZenKnit blog.

I finished my Highland Triangle Shawl (Folk Shawls) and I had promised both myself and Thomasina that the next knitting project would be my Shadow Shawl.

Thankfully, I knew exactly where I had stashed my yarn, and quickly found the pattern - no small feat because I have recently rearranged (or rejunked, depends upon how one looks at it) my craft/computer room. 

So, here are some pics of my start as of this a.m.:

That 2nd photo should show how the diagonals are working up (squint a bit and you may be able to see it).  It won't be a very blatant diagonal/chevron, because the yarns are very similar in color and there isn't a lot of contrast.   I am using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in Vera and Lana Grossa Meilenweit in a maroonish color - both sock weight yarns.  I have enough of both that I could make this up with more repeats than the pattern calls for - in case it seems smallish.  I don't imagine this is the type of knit that one would block much, so the final size should be very close to the pre-blocked size.

This is one addicting knit!  Once I got my mind around the pattern (if you are knitting it up, the hints are where it is at) - it is proving to be the type of knitting I can just tote-around without having to drag along a pattern, or refer to the chart. 

I can see myself making several of these, and since it is only July now yet, I would have time if I wanted to make a few up for Yule gifts.

Chevron Shadow Shawl #1

Chevron Shadow Shawl #1, originally uploaded by thomasina.

This might be going to the middle sister, if she likes the color combination. It is very nice, but nothing unexpected. If she doesn't like it, perhaps my mother will. My youngest sister has already requested something in the green / blue / grey / black color ranges.