Sunday 21 July 2013

Third Year of Projects Week 3

This week I've been knitting madly on my handspun Lindisfarne Shawl and I've got it finished.

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I'm so incredibly pleased with it. The gradient dyed yarn worked perfectly with the pattern, as it changed from orange to yellow at exactly the point that I needed it to. If there had been any more orange, the fill in sections at the top of the chevrons would have been orange at one side of the shawl, and the gradient wouldn't have moved up the shawl properly. I did a lot of complicated maths to make best use of all my yarn, as I had less than the pattern suggested, and it worked really well, though I did have to do a larger garter border at the top than as written. It's come out the perfect size, and it's perfect for summer evenings, because it's very light but still warm.

I realised that I have spun 1/2 of one of the singles in the shawl, the entire of the other, plied them, dyed them, and knitted them up this month! I think I'm mad, and I think I need to go do some housework now!

I've also been knitting a few hexipuffs for my beekeeper's quilt when at the hospital, as it's a really portable project, but it's still going to take ages! I've just tried to knit one with a celtic knot cable pattern on it, and it seems to have worked, so I might release the chart as a freebie next week.

My plan for this evening is to swatch for Arielle, since I'm making it out of cotton, and I think it'll need soaking because it'll stretch and I want to see how much.

So that's my knitting for the week. I've done rather a lot of shifts this week, as I've been on the emergency surgery ward, including an evening shift which is never fun to do as a student!

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16 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh your shawl is just gorgeous and your right it changes colour at just the right time ! It's like Phoenix wings, we've been watching Harry Potter during the week lol but it does, that's what I thought when I fist saw it. Love the pattern Arielle so looking forward to seeing what you do with that.

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    1. Great minds think alike, I've named it my Phoenix Flame Shawl!

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  2. Yes, that is gorgeous :) I've made shawls but I'm not really a shawl person...I might have to remedy that. ::sigh::

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  3. The colour change is perfect. Love the shape too, it sits beautifully on the shoulders.

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  4. I love it. It will look great on s summer's evening at sunset.

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  5. That shawl is perfect - clever you to get the yarn gradation exactly so! And I clicked on Arielle - that looks pretty gorgeous too!

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  6. Your shawl is one of the prettiest I've seen using a gradience yarn. If you ever tire of it send it my way :-)))

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  7. The shawl looks like the sun setting, very very lovely!

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  8. I saw your shawl earlier on the forums. I love it! The color is perfect. Thanks for posting more photos to show off the color changes.

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  9. You are clever to be able place the colour changes perfectly like that!

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  10. It's absolutely beautiful. I love the colours, and nice job on getting them to change at exactly the right place!

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  11. that is gorgeous... really, really gorgeous!

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  12. There is only one word to describe this achievement: BADASS! After seeing the yarn dyed from last week and knowing that it is handspun, you have just completed a knitting trifecta!!! Handspun, handdyed, handknit. Brava!

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  13. This shawl is so extraordinary! I'm impressed with how your calculations got the yarn to where it needed to be for the pattern.

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  14. Your shawl is gorgeous!! Well done to have the maths work out so perfectly and congrats on a FO!!

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  15. So gorgeous, wow! Well done on such a great FO!

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