COPPER Mine
Finished
April 27, 2013
June 9, 2013

COPPER Mine

Project info
Camomille by Helga Isager
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Me
m - 18 repeats
Needles & yarn
1,529 yards
Walk Collection BFL Lace
none left in stash
1 skein = 874.0 yards (799.2 meters), 100 grams
Blue-green
Walk Collection Delicate Silk
none left in stash
1 skein = 655.9 yards (599.8 meters), 100 grams
Blue-green
ETSY.walkcollection
Notes

April 27th - cast-on
Had a bit of a wobble, couldn’t make up my mind about using ALL single yarn or as pattern, single & doubled yarn. Went for as pattern.

I decided to add beads to the lace edging as the whole piece was quite monotone, the beads pick out the earthy coppery notes in the DSilk.

  • Using 4.5mm throughout
  • 2 edge stitches this time
  • construction as pattern (except above)
  • yarn held double for 4 rows then BFL only for 4 rows, as the colour is the same, & as there was no differentiation between yarn weights, this looked better
  • 30.04 - the gorgeous ceramic beads arrived today thanks to Petra at Scorched Earth, the green drop beads match the yarn exactly! So pleased with them.
  • Knit Body to 18 repeats, wanted to make it bigger but was nervous about running out of yarn again
  • Body used 68g BFL and 49g DS
  • I have about 450 stitches to ‘snip’
  • Going for the Bling! used approx 30g small beads on lace edging, Miyuki Seed Beads 8, metallic copper, bronze
  • both yarns used for lace edging
  • edging used 36g of DS and 26g of BFL
  • finished dimensions 32” deep x 82” Width (wingspan)

Tassels - I decided to do 2x smaller ones each end, primarily because I thought I didn’t have enough yarn but also to use as many Scorched Earth beads as possible.

Yarn - Love, love love the colour, Cathrin is a genius.
BFL - first time using this base and I like it very much, it is springy, it’s strong and medium smooth. Carries the colours well and gives a woolen finish.
DS - this singles yarn is one of my favourites, its so versatile and the silk gives it that beautiful sheen.


I’ve chosen this beautiful colour Salina, from Cathrin’s Walk Collection for the equally lovely Camomile Shawl.

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  • Originally queued: March 10, 2013
  • Project created: March 12, 2013
  • Updated: June 9, 2013
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