Mom's Birthday Shawl
Finished
April 8, 2008
May 8, 2008

Mom's Birthday Shawl

Project info
Easy Garter Stitch Shawl by Sheila Macdonald
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
My Mom
One Size
Needles & yarn
US 11 - 8.0 mm
US 15 - 10.0 mm
515 yards
Fiesta (North America) La Boheme
1 skein = 185.0 yards (169.2 meters), 112 grams
Great Balls of Yarn! in West Palm Beach, Florida
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted
3 skeins = 330.0 yards (301.8 meters), 150 grams
Brown
Knit Picks
Notes

I found a wonderful skein of La Boheme at Great Balls of yarn while on vacation this spring. Unfortunately they only had one skein in this colorway ,but sense it was on sale and all of my mom’s favorite colors I had to get it. This shawl pattern was perfect for the La Boheme and the Wool of the Andes worked great with it as well. La Boheme is gorgeous but it was rather interesting working with it to say the least. I am a fairly new knitter and do not yet have a yarn swift or ball winder so getting the La Boheme ready to knit was just the first of the challenges it presented. The great thing about this pattern was that the yarn you start with is actually going to form the inside of the triangle so if you want to use another color to make a “border” you just continue to knit in the same pattern with the new yarn when your center section is as large as you want it.

viewed 103 times
Finished
April 8, 2008
May 8, 2008
About this pattern
82 projects, in 177 queues
TurkeysMom's overall rating
TurkeysMom's clarity rating
TurkeysMom's difficulty rating
About this yarn
by Knit Picks
Worsted
100% Wool
110 yards / 50 grams

101773 projects

stashed 77124 times

TurkeysMom's star rating
About this yarn
by Fiesta (North America)
Aran
50% Rayon, 32% Mohair, 14% Wool, 4% Nylon
165 yards / 113 grams

812 projects

stashed 1728 times

TurkeysMom's star rating
  • Project created: August 21, 2008
  • Finished: August 21, 2008
  • Updated: November 18, 2018