My dear friend Deirdre recently celebrated her birthday and, since it’s been a while, I wanted to knit something for her. I started working a simple triangular shawl with the Malabrigo Sock I got at Stitches, not really knowing where it was going to end up. For a while it was going to be an Ishbel, but I thought that something simpler would be more suited to Deirdre’s tastes. I decided to add a light lace panel, made up of yarn overs and decreases worked on every row. I finished it off with a few rows of garter and it was good to go!
By increasing at the sides of the shawl every row, Deirdre (as I will henceforth be calling the little shawl) is nice and shallow – offering lots of length to wrap around your neck with a little bit of thickness in the middle to keep you warm! : ) I really like how Deirdre turned out, and I’ve got half the skein left for something else!
As far as other knitting, I’ve been working on a few designs that I can’t yet share. Boo! But I’m also creating one thing I CAN talk about. I’m really excited about starting a Margot for my Mom. When I was home a couple of weeks ago Mom and I went yarn shopping and she fell in love with Rowan’s new Lima, an alpaca/merino blend. I didn’t need to fall in love, because I saw it at stitches and was already smitten. Mom agreed to finance the project, which I think makes this whole thing more of a gift for me than for her! I’ve made it through almost half of the raglan increases and I’m still loving this yarn.
I absolutely love this shawlette. A simple but beautiful pattern for knitting enjoyment is exactly what I am wanting to knit right now. And, it shows off variegated yarns like the wonderful Malabrigo sock. Will you be sharing this pattern? It seems easy to replicate. What stitches did you use for the lace section? YO, k2tog on RS and P all sts on WS?
Thanks, Stephanie (Rav ID: sjn821)
Thanks! I am planning on getting the pattern written up soon, but if you want to try it out yourself before that – the YO, dec pattern is worked on every row for the lace section (i.e. on the RS and the WS).
Pretty!
Hello fellow Normanite! :) I love this so much! Please say you’ll be sharing the pattern soon.
<3 Allie
brunettemama on Rav
Hello! So glad to hear from someone in Norman! Thanks for your comment on the shawl – I am hoping to get the pattern written up soon, so stay tuned!
love this pattern! I’ll add my voice to the chorus: looking forward to when you share it…will it be on Ravelry, by any chance?
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