I understand that this design is either liked or disliked, that's O.K. I loved knitting it so much, that I made two of them, both with handspun yarn of mine. So there will be lots of pictures today!
# 1 shawl made with handspun yarn from FatCatKnits fiber, the blue and red yarns, plus some undyed, natural Shetland fiber I had in my stash.
This photo shows the colors pretty well.
Stephen has two options for the border, but when we knit the test shawls, he only had one.
This shawl is big, and soft, and warm, I love it!
shawl # two was also made with my handspun yarn. The fiber for the greenish/yellow yarns came from SAG (Spinning Awesome Good), and the blue/purple one I dyed, and spun myself.
This shawl too, is very soft (has some silk in it), and I love this one also. I made both shawls size L. I was so happy to have enough yarn for this size with both shawls.
Little Miss Maggie was wondering what I was up to, usually I take pictures of her, not that weird thing standing there. BTW - she's got a doctors appointment today. She's got an infected pad on her front leg, which wont heal, since she's always ripping it open again, every time she's outside playing. Keep your fingers crossed for her, that everything goes smoothly. Thanks!
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Wow, your shawl are gorgeous, the second one especially, not just because it has green, but I love the curved shape.
ReplyDeletePoor Miss Maggie, I don't know why you don;t take more pictures of her either!! Finders and paws crossed here that all goes well. She is so sweet!!
I love both of your shawls, don't know which one I like the best. Last picture against your green wall is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty shawl. And I too like the second one. It was more me ;)
ReplyDeleteHugs to Denny-boy!
Ein wunderschönes Design in tollen Farben. Das wäre vielleicht auch mal ein Tuch für mich :-)
ReplyDeleteMonika- I am in love with the first one. That shade of deep orange with the natural shetland is completel gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWell done,
Both are lovely! I hope Miss Maggie feels better soon - I hate it when my babies don't feel well :( (I have an accident prone doxie myself)
ReplyDeletevery pretty! i like the design. it looks great in your handspun.
ReplyDeleteLove both shawls! Good luck to Miss Maggie!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the design but it's not my aestetic personally. I think your handspun version in the most lovely of all the versions.
ReplyDeleteLove your blue green combo!
ReplyDeleteHope you get your paw healed up Maggie!
I love both shawls and I'm very impressed they're from hand-spun! You do such great job using your hand-spun yarns, mine just sit in a bin too precious to use.
ReplyDeleteI love them both.
ReplyDeleteVery special.
Wonderful!
Man oh man. Those are incredible! I love the modern geometric back and color stripes ~ but that first one is sooooo incredible. Your handspun is amazing and these pieces could be in a museum :)
ReplyDeleteBoth are stunning. I like each in it's own. Can't pick one over the other. You work is always a treat to look at.
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Both are so so gorgeous. I hope Maggie's paw is okay!!
ReplyDeleteI love the handspun, especially the first one.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shawls. I'm still working on clue 3. This is my first Westknits design and I'm enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteLove both of them, but especially the green and blue one!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and healing to Maggie! It's hard to take care of oneself when so much fun is to be had!
Both are lovely - and so is Maggie. I hope she heals quickly!
ReplyDeleteNimitz had a paw pad infection a few years ago and it took a long time to heal up. It's a hard spot to heal. We did end up making him wear a sock on his leg to cover the pad but it didn't really want to stay on.
ReplyDeleteI love your shawls especially because they were made with your own handspun.
ReplyDeletePoor little Maggie! I hope her foot heals quickly.
I'm loving the handspun version of that shawl. So interesting to look at!
ReplyDeleteMy friend likes to use vetwrap on her dog's paw when she injures it (which is regularly, because she tends to gallop through cacti). She says they use it on horses and is a great way to keep a bandage on and heal it. The vet may have some for you to buy!
GORGEOUS! Dog and both shawls :)
ReplyDeleteDie sehen toll aus!
ReplyDeleteWow! I love the handspun version best, but the blue/green really helped me to see the design of the shawl. So thanks for doing both :)
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful shawls. I love the color combination of the second one.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! I would kill for the first one.
ReplyDeletevery very beautiful. I love the way it wraps across the front
ReplyDeleteOoh, GORGEOUS! Love them. :)
ReplyDeletedie grün-blaue Version gefällt mir wesentlich besser, weil man da die Intarsien besser sieht. Wenn schon Intarsien, dann sollte man sie auch sehen ;)
ReplyDeleteDas Muster als solches würde ich mir jetzt nicht kaufen, die anderen Designs von West gefallen mir besser und stehen auf meiner Tapetenrolle.
Grüßle, die Bea
Two absolutely stunning shawls!!! They are both beautiful and special and I still can't believe how gorgeous your handspun is in shawls!
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