Noella – Mesh Swirl Shawl
Noella is now available on Ravelry.
Noella – The Mesh Swirls Shawl combines stockinette, mesh, and simple shaping to create a shawl that is the essence of meditative knitting.
Loop after loop.
Stitch after stitch.
It’s the perfect project to work on while catching up with friends and family.
“Noella” – a French Feminine form of Noël, which means Christmas.
I love this shawl specifically for it’s simplicity. I started knit it at the end of 2012 just two days before Christmas, as a gift for my mother, and ended up giving it to her in mid March – but I think I get brownie points for it being before Mother’s Day.
That being said – if you have more than two days – this shawl makes an excellent, special, last minute gift for any occasion. And if you don’t have more than two days, it makes a great project for sitting around, hanging out, talking, laughing, and knitting.
Yarn: 2,475 yards (2,263 meters), lace weight
you’ll be holding three strands of yarn together throughout the shawl, so you’ll need 3 balls of 825 yards(754 meters). Please keep this in mind if you’re substituting yarn.
Sample Shown in:
Jade Sapphire, “Lacey Lamb”;
3 balls, 825 yards (754 meters)/ball, colorway ‘225,’ 100% merino wool
Needles: US size 6 (4.00 mm)
1 set of 5 DPNs (optional)
1 32 inch (80 cm) circular (optional)
1 40 inch (100 cm) circular
use needles needed to obtain gauge
Notions: stitch marker (1); tapestry or yarn needle
Gauge: 23 sts and 36 rounds = 4 in (10 cm); in washed and blocked stockinette stitch
Blocked Dimensions: 35 inches (89 cm) in diameter, blocked
(exact dimensions may vary depending on how aggressively the piece is blocked)
Noella is now available on Ravelry.
Inklings
Something about beginnings. Starting things. Casting on a project. Casting off on a voyage.
New ideas. New projects. New Years.
Something about endings. Finishing things. Binding off projects. Weaving in ends. Finalizing. Also casting off.
Finished ideas. Done projects. Old years.
Something about middles. Transitions, and transitioning. Old things into new things. Letting the transition happen.
Seeing it coming and giving it space.
getting “stuck”
I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.
Even though I LOVE blocking, that’s often the place where my shawls get “stuck.”
Sometimes I finish a shawl and block it right away, but more often than not, it sits around for a bit.
Everything gets blocked eventually, no need to worry about that, but sometimes (many times) shawls just sit around waiting for awhile.
I have yet to figure out why this is where I get “stuck” in my knitting.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I block everything on my bed, so I have to get the timing right.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that I photograph things in batches, so my brain thinks “hey, if it’s just going to sit around once you block it waiting for the next couple shawls to come off the needles, you might as well hold off on the blocking too.”
Or maybe it has to do with the fact that I ALWAYS think blocking a shawl will take longer than it actually does. In my mind, blocking a shawl takes agonizing hours and hours, when in reality it takes (from starting to clear off the bed, to putting the box of T-pins away) an hour TOPS, and usually around to 20-30 minutes.
What parts does your knitting usually get “stuck” on? Blocking? Weaving in ends? Casting on? Finding the perfect yarn?
This was part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.
