Wednesday 13 July 2011

WIP Wednesday: Shawls Galore









I totally blew out Monday's blogpost - for some reason it slipped my mind entirely until it was way too late to actually do anything about it; and today I am struggling with a treacle-slow connection ... so we'll cross our fingers and hope for the best ...

Faithful readers, you'll remember the post where I asked for help deciding what to do with a WIP. I just went through all the comments again, and - by a tiny smidge - the vote was in favor of frogging. Lucky, really, because that's what I did. Actually, I coerced Mini Diva into frogging and rewinding for me. And how she loved it. Not.

I was immediately faced with another dilemma - moral, this time. The perfect pattern for this yarn, I am convinced is the Waves of Leaves shawl, which I have made before using perfect Malabrigo Lace. I've just searched, but apparently I didn't blog about the hassles I had with this pattern: the errors in the written pattern, which forced me to learn how to read a chart; and the poor charts, which need quite a bit of thought and/or explanation.

The moral dilemma was whether to use this pattern again, in spite of it being written so badly; yes, it's free, but I don't really see that as an excuse for inflicting mistakes on the unsuspecting knitter. I have started it, as you can see, but if anyone has any suggestions for a shawl pattern which will suit this silk yarn, I'm all ears .... I haven't got far, so can frog again easily enough.



The other WIP this week is the Candleflame shawl - I've had the yarn for ages (another beauty from Laura at Abstract Cat: BFL laceweight, colorway 'Fire Festival'); and after my saga of the beads, which I eventually obtained quickly and without any fuss from the lovely people at Highly Strung Beads, my first project with beads too. I think it is a perfect match of yarn to project. Or project to yarn. I usually find the yarn first, then the project follows ...



And - of course - there are oodles of other yummy blogs to read over at Tami's Amis .....

17 comments:

  1. ooh that candleflame shawl is beeeeyoutiful! Perfect colourway for it too!

    Ali x

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  2. Oooers, love the yarn for the candle flames shawl!

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  3. That Abstract Cat laceweight is a lovely colour, look forward to seeing the shawl progress.

    Not sure I'd bother arguing with a pattern like that twice, but each to their own :)

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  4. I'm not much of a shawl guy, but this one always seemed lovely to me: http://idreamofthesea.blogspot.com/2007/05/free-pattern-celtic-knot-stole.html

    I would imagine the silk would be lovely in just about any pattern.

    The candleflame is another I thought was very pretty, and the color is wonderful.

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  5. WOW - that orange yarn is breathtaking! It's going to be amazing. As for the other one, it's really pretty - I think you should find something that you'll enjoy making with it. I have no ideas about which pattern, but will keep an eye out while I'm next trawling Ravelry!

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  6. Love the flame shawl :) How about one of these for the silk yarn
    http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/echo-flower-shawl
    http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tree-of-light

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  7. I love the candleflame shawl, great pattern and colour combo!

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  8. Love the candle flame shawl too!

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  9. Love the colour! Absolutely stunning!

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  10. The candleflame is going to be gorgeous. I agree with Saffy, though. I'm not sure I would willingly do a pattern that I *knew* was going to give me fits.

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  11. of all the projects I've seen this WIP wednesday your candleflame really stands out and made me say 'WOW' out loud. The colourway is amazing. Really looking forward to seeing this one progress x

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  12. I've always loved the Candleflame Shawl and you've picked the absolute perfect color for it.

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  13. I love the Citron Shawl that I made out of 100% silk, and I wear it around my neck instead of as a shawl. The color of your silk yarn would look great wrapped around your neck. Your candleflame shawl is very pretty.

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  14. What is it with all the orange yarn I am seeing these days. I am lusting after it all. Love the shawls!!

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  15. I love the orange shawl! I clicked on Abstract Cat and she has a color I really want...hmmm it's a bit pricy to ship to the States...

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  16. Stunning yarn choice for that Candle Flame shawl. You must be thrilled!

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  17. I'd give another Linda Choo pattern a whirl with that silk.

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