I've finally taken some photos of my Forest Canopy shawl, that I finished early September. It was a really easy pattern but as the number of stitches increased, knitting even one row became a bit of a marathon! I was keen to finish it as I used my own handspun merino and silk yarn in a bright, zingy, orangey, tomatoey colour, and so for me it was finished pretty quickly!!
I'm quite pleased with the result and I do feel a sense of achievement making something from a bag of fluff. But I must spin more evenly! When knitting the shawl, the wool thickness varied from lace weight to super chunky in the space of 10 stitches, so I need some practice!!
I also was at In Stitches, Beckys knitting cafe, on Friday, where Carrie kindly guided me through a crochet pattern, with much (needed) patience may I add, thanks Carrie!! And when the knitting cafe finished, Becky,Bev,Carrie and I found a local cafe for a coffee, bacon sarnie and, as you can imagine, just a little talking!! All in all, a lovely day!
And I must post this picture of Alfie, who managed to climb to the highest point in the dog basket, that is on top of Paddy, to lie in the sunshine!
5 comments:
love the shawl and isn't it great when you have spun the yarn yourself?
The shawl looks fantastic - what a great achievement!
Beautiful shawl, I am lucky enough to have fondled it in person ;) Love the picture of Alfie and Paddy :) See you soon! x
That is a beautiful shawl. And the archivement feeling you get from spinning the Yarn you used to make it is second to non...IMHO
Fantastic shawl! Forest canopy is a super pattern( I have done two!). I now have a spinning wheel (she is on long term loan), just need to learn how to use her! Your yarn is an inspiration though.
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