Eirwen
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Breathe. Sit. Knit.
This shawl is simple and meditative, but not boring. The lace pattern is small, easy to memorize, and easy to knit. The stockinette rows make great resting rounds and sections. The colorwork is all just stripes, so you’re only ever working with one yarn at a time.
But together, the lace, the stockinette, the striping, combine to create a spectacular shawl.
Yarn: MC: 950 yards (868 meters), lace weight
Shown in: Madelinetosh, “Tosh Lace”; 1 skein, 950 yards (868 meters)/skein, colorway ‘citrus’
CC: 650 yards (594 meters), lace weight
Shown in: Sweet Georgia, “Merino Silk Lace”; 1 skein, 765 yards (700 meters)/skein, colorway ‘dutch’
Needles: US size 3 (3.25 mm) 1 set DPNs, 32 inch (80 cm) circular, 40 inch (100 cm) circular, or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: 1 stitch markers, tapestry needle
Gauge: 30 sts/4 inches; 32 rows/4 inches (30 sts/10 cm; 32 rows/10 cm) in washed and blocked stockinette
Blocked Dimensions: 48 inches (122 cm) diameter, blocked
Skills Used: casting on, binding off, knitting, working in the round on circulars and DPNs, working with two colors of yarn in stripes, k2tog, ssk, sk2p, yo, weaving in ends, blocking lace
The Last of the Diamonds
I’m working on the last repeat of the diamond section of my Arrowhead Stole. I’m loving knitting this project. It’s knitting up so fast, and the yarn is so beautiful, and the pattern is simple but interesting, and it’s already written up so I don’t need to worry about keeping notes.
It’s the perfect storm of happy knitting.
FO: Eirwen
Pattern: My own (almost ready for publication)
Yarn: 1 skein Tosh lace, colorway: citrus (the orange); 1 skein Sweet Georgia merino/silk lace, colorway; dutch (the golden yellow)
Yardage: 1 skein Tosh lace (950 yards; 868 meters); 1 skein Sweet Georgia merino silk lace (765 yards; 700 meters). I had a fair amount of the Sweet Georgia left over and a small ball of the Tosh lace.
Needles: 3.25 mm (US 3s) 40″ circulars
