Vertices Unite

The Spring Shawlathon, which is hosted by Fran at the Franny Do Makes podcast and Helen at the Giddy Knits podcast, is in full swing at the moment, however I haven't joined in this year, I've been busy finishing off the shawl I began during the last Shawlathon.

This is the Vertices Unite, and though he's a very popular knitwear designer, this is the first pattern I've knit by Stephen West.

I've used yarns by Jellybeans Yarns in the Red Ember colourway, The Crafty Bird in Liesl, Castle View Yarns in Owl Post, Truly Hooked in Dark Grey and Blue Fern Yarns in Antarctic. They're all hand dyed merino yarn and the shawl feels so squishy. Although the pattern calls for five colours, it doesn't use the full 100g skeins. Red Ember used 54g, Liesl used 74g, Owl Post used 26g, Dark Grey used 40g and Antarctic used 55g, so there was plenty of yarn left over.

It'a a huge shawl, there's two sizes in the pattern but I decided to go for the largest of the two as I wanted something I could wrap myself up in and I can certainly do that, it has a wing span of about 71 inches and I haven't blocked it aggressively, it's knit up to this size.

I actually like it more than I expected I would, it will be lovely to wear during the very coldest months of the year as it's so warm and cosy. I'd like to knit another using different colours.

So that's the second thing I've managed to get finished which had been carried over from last year, just one more thing to go and then I can start casting on again.