More shawls

For being a person who doesn't knit shawls, I've sure knit an awful lot of them this year..! ;-) First up I give you the Hogwarts Express shawl, with owls on it! The owls have beads for eyes, greyish blue 6/o Gutermann glass beads that I thought went really well with the yarn. The yarn is Fleece Artist Trail Socks in the Salt Sprey colorway. Perhaps not as soft as for instance Malabrigo sock, but lovely colors!

This shawl I've actually worn a couple of times. Amazing, I know! It's special also because I knit on it during the "Knitted Sweaters Aroung the Baltic Sea"-conference I attended in Viljandi, Estonia this summer. Such a great time we had! And I saw Nancy Bush.. total fan girl moment!!

The second one is the Cladonia shawl. Very nice pattern, loved the stripes, and the lace looks so beautiful. The cast off edge took FOREVER.. but overall a very nice project!

I used Sandnes Garn Mini Palett and I love the colors of that yarn. The slow color changes really work with this pattern. The white is ordinary Drops Alpaca, and I'm not overly impressed with my yarn choice, the alpaca is a little too “hairy” for me, especially knit with such a loose gauge. Might give this one away, we'll see. :-)

Third is the Revontuli shawl. Nice shawl, very nice pattern. Absolutely hated knitting with this yarn! Had to knit outside due to the smell of the yarn (mostly the spinning oil, not so much the lanolin, I think). It took me almost two years to finish this one, because I couldn’t bring myself to touch it. Yuck!

 

It softened up a lot after a bath with a lot (!) of Eucalan. I probably still can’t wear it. But it looks nice though.

En spetssjal!

Jag är ju inte så bra på det här med sjalar. Jag använder inte sådana. Egentligen använder jag inte så mycket överhuvudtaget av det jag stickar, konstigt nog. Tur då att jag har en dotter som gärna tar på sig mina stickade plagg (så länge de är rooosa..) och ett antal kompisar som ibland vill ha nya sockor (eller som inte täcks säga nej.. ;-)

Hursomhelst så har jag nu stickat en liten sjal. En spetsig sjal. Nästan en spetssjal ju! Och den är till mig. Eller ja, vi får se. Tänkte ha den som halsduk, men det återstår att se om jag kan ha ylle runt halsen. Det här är ändå något av det mjukaste som finns så det kanske går bra. Roligt att sticka den var det åtminstone! Jag börjar förstå varför folk stickar sådana i parti och minut. Fast de inte använder dem då. :-)

Pattern: Holden shawlette

Yarn: Malabrigo Sock (colourway 809 Solis)

Needles: 4mm

My first somewhat lacy shawl, and it’s all for me! Knitting it was super quick and easy. I did the stockinette part until I had 189 stitches and did the lace pattern without the two extra stitches in the pattern. Love this yarn! Even the blocking was easier than I thought it would be. It remains to be seen if I'll ever wear it - it would be a first! :-)