Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Shawl


So I haven't been knitting a lot this week because of the whole tailbone thing (it hurts to sit up on a chair!) but I did manage to finished Project #2 - The Shawl. I had bought this yarn maybe two years ago at a craft show with Sam and never got the nerve to actually knit it up. Shockingly called "Thea's Triangular Shawl," it uses two skeins of PORTRAIT by Artful Yarns and giant needles (I used size 8 that I had at home). They say to switch to circular needles but I found the mohair so slippery that I stuck with straight ones for the duration of the project. And double props to my lovely RRHB who kindly modeled the shawl for me.

It's not perfect but I think it'll look nice with a jean jacket this fall. The hardest part was making so called 'invisible' additions in the middle, it always looks crooked. Oh well, at least I finished!

3 comments:

Beth said...

Love the picture!
Didn't know you're supposed to wear shawls with nothing else on...

Deanna McFadden said...

I think that's his own particular brand of modeling knit wear.

Anonymous said...

This looks awesome!! Congrats!

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