The Butterfly Shawl
My recent finished object is: The Urania Shawl.
This shawl took about 3 months, and you can see it in an earlier stage here.
Made of sturdy shetland wool, with two alternating colors - both of which have long repeats themselves.
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| Here is the shawl as it is blocking. I am loving my lace blocking wires. |
The colors blend right into my garden.
I couldn't love the 'funky' colors more.
Definitely reminiscent of a moth or a butterfly.
The zig zag's or chevrons make me think the popular clothing designer Missoni.
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| back view |
Even if I'm in a hurry, or wearing sweatpants to the grocery store, the addition of this colorful shawl makes me feel like an artist.
Everywhere I go.
Joining in this week with:
Ginny's Yarn Along
Frontier Dreams Keep Calm Craft On
Natural Suburbia's Creative Friday
Tami Ami's Finished Object Friday
and
Just Winging It's Show Your Stuff
That's absolutely stunning. Well done.
ReplyDeleteOh I love this shawl. It is absolutely amazing! And I agree, the colors are awesome! Definitely would feel special leaving the house with this draped on ones shoulders :-)
ReplyDeletethe shawl turned out lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt's just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh that is so pretty! and I love greens so much so that could be something in my wardrobe ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous, what unusual color combination, but like you...I like funky. It's knitted right, not crocheted? When I looked at the pattern is says hook size which confused me. Did you think it was a difficult pattern?
ReplyDeleteits soo beautiful! the colours do look like a butterfly's wings :)
ReplyDeleteI love the shawl: You are invited to share it with Show Your Stuff:
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@Sandy,
ReplyDeleteThe hook size is for an optional crocheted border. I liked the way it looked off the needles, so I opted to not do the border - plus I am not a great crocheter. The knitting was very easy, but there were a couple things in the pattern that didn't make sense for me at first. I will go back and put some explanations in my Ravelry notes :)
Nancy
Your shawl is beautiful and the yarn you chose is perfect to show off the pattern.
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