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Grape Moonlight Mohair Shawl
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Finished
April 7, 2008
April 21, 2016

Grape Moonlight Mohair Shawl

Project info
Metallic Shawl by Alicia Underwood
Loom Knitting
Neck / Torso → Shawl / Wrap
self
60"
Tools and equipment
KK blue 50 peg long loom
Yarn
847 yards
Caron Simply Soft Heathers
63 yards in stash
1.75 skeins = 437.5 yards (400.1 meters), 248 grams
Deep Plum Heather 9506
Blue-purple
Michael's Crafts
Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair
none left in stash
5 skeins = 410.0 yards (374.9 meters), 250 grams
Purple Mountains
52176
Red-purple
Tuesday Morning
Notes

This came out beautifully! Using 50 pegs on Knifty Knitter long blue loom. This was done in “e-wrap” which makes a twisted stockinette stitch.

Notice that because it rounds the end of the blue loom, the center has 4 stitch rows together instead of 2 as it comes off the loom. It just looks like a variation. You won’t get that effect if you use the large yellow round loom as specified in the pattern.

I used 6 strands (Simply Soft and Lion Brand) for each fringe.

2016-04-20

After all this time I just realized I linked the wrong yarn to this project. LOL

I don’t wear this as often as I’d like, so I’m going to seam it into a shrug.

2016-08-20

I finished this back in April or May, but forgot to take a photo.

The second and the last photo are the finished shrug. I hand stitched some purple fold-over elastic in order to keep the mohair edge off my skin. And I changed the fringe to shells, because it’s just a bit long over my hands.

Fits nicely, and I will definitely make another shrug with my looms, since this is nice and airy or I could use a bulkier yarn and make a really warm one.

A fast way to get the sleeves I want, without purchasing a sweater.

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Finished
April 7, 2008
April 21, 2016
 
About this pattern
Metallic Shawl
by Alicia Underwood
from Knitting with the Knifty Knitter II
13 projects, in 18 queues
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About this yarn
Moonlight Mohair
by Lion Brand
Bulky
57% Acrylic, 28% Mohair, 9% Cotton, 6% Polyester
82 yards / 50 grams

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About this yarn
Simply Soft Heathers
by Caron
Aran
100% Acrylic
250 yards / 142 grams

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  • Project created: April 10, 2008
  • Finished: April 18, 2008
  • Updated: March 15, 2019