I loved the main part with the mesh stitch pattern. But first I had to get some addi lace circs in the right size. The ones I had before where too blunt, and a pain to work with.
The yarn is 50/50 merino/silk, and has a wonderful drape. I love the feel of it, when I have this shawl in my hands.
There's Maggie whizzing by in the back ground. That girl is always on the move.
Since this is a rather small shawl, I'm going to use it as a scarf. (it might go to Hannah though, she likes my grey shawls, and I'm going to let her pick and chose one).
Kirsten's patterns are always so very well written, and easy to follow.
pattern: Cerasifera shawl by Kirsten Kapur
yarn: Wandering Cat Yarns Slinky Cat , I used 1.08 skeins = 469.8yds. (unfortunately the shop is closed right now, until Canada Post strike/lockout is resolved)
needles: 4.5mm addi lace circs (very much needed for this shawl)
size after blocking: 23" x 54"
start-finish: May 31 - June 4, 2011
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And just a little fact about the pups. They made me laugh again this morning. With three dogs, it happens that the water bowl gets dry from time to time. Once that happens, instinct kicks in, and Denny (or Maggie, not Happy so far) dig in the bowl for water. While I was filling it up again, I saw Maggie digging at the spot where the bowl usually stands. Maybe Denny had it wrong, and the right spot is under the bowl?
Next time I'll tell you about Maggie's accident yesterday, I want to show you something, but don't have the photo on this computer yet. Let's just say, she'll live, but she scared the hell out of us.
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11 comments:
Beautiful Monika!
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Looks like you can get a decent-sized shawl with a smaller amount of yarn with that pattern. Lovely yarn choice, too!
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Beautiful Shawl! I have it in my basket on Rav. I, too, love her designs. I'm almost afraid to see pics of the accident. Sounds scary!
The grey is so classy. Love it! Slinky is definitely one of my fav shawl yarns.
Word is, mail could be back up an running on Thursday!
Beautiful work - stunning shawl. Where would we be without our dogs? Glad she's okay.
That sounds serious!!! I'm glad she's going to be okay and curious what happened. It's amazing how anyone survives with all the accidents lurking waiting to happen.
Your new shawl is so very elegant. I keep meaning to try one of her patterns and I'm more encourages than ever that you find them easy to follow. Hope you (or Hannah) enjoys this shawl in good health :)))
Hopefully Maggie is OK and you were more shook up than she was hurt.
Your shawl is lovely (as usual) and your DD is going to have a hard time making a choice.
OMG that is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it
Pure elegance!
It's a gorgeous shawl and looks very luxurious. We have digging in water bowls here, but Maggie is clever to know there is water under the ground. Oh now I am going to have to skip ahead to see what has happened...
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