Firewood Shawl
Finished
May 9, 2012
May 17, 2012

Firewood Shawl

Project info
Mix No. 3 by Kristin Ford
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
full size
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
753 yards
Shibui Knits Silk Cloud
83 yards in stash
1.2 skeins = 396.0 yards (362.1 meters), 30 grams
0318
Red-orange
Knit Purl in Portland, Oregon
April 17, 2012
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
42 yards in stash
0.85 skeins = 357.0 yards (326.4 meters), 85 grams
Red-orange
Knit Purl in Portland, Oregon
April 17, 2012
Notes

These aren’t the best pictures because they don’t capture the lovely drape of this shawl! I had to stretch it a bit to get it to size when blocking, but the extra work was worth it because the stitch definition and the details of the borders really stand out. The red-orange of the Silk Cloud goes so lovely with all the different warm colored hues in the tosh merino light.
Be careful when knitting the Silk Cloud only parts! The yarn loves to stick to itself, which is why it works so well standing alone even though it’s really thin, but it’s easy to knit or purl two stitches together if you’re not paying attention. Also, it’s a bit trickier to un-knit if you make a mistake and have backtrack.

Edit note on 05/29:
I’ve received a message from someone wondering how I got my eyelets on the bound off edge to stand out. The eyelet edging came out in the blocking. I bound off in the usual way: k2, pass second stitch on right needle over first, k1, pass second stitch on right needle over first, rep from to the end. I’m a loose knitter anyway but I made sure that I bound off loosely. I needed to block aggressively to get the shawl to the stated final dimensions. That’s when the eyelets on the edge really popped. I needed to use all my T-pins to hold my blocking wires to get the shawl to stay the size while it was blocking. It was a bit of tedious work, but worth it for the crisp edges of the FO.

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60% Mohair, 40% Silk
330 yards / 25 grams

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100% Merino
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  • Originally queued: March 24, 2012
  • Project created: May 10, 2012
  • Finished: May 17, 2012
  • Updated: September 16, 2012
  • Progress updates: 13 updates