My Dowland shawl got blocked this weekend, and after the boy mowed the backyard I went out for a photo shoot. It posed beautifully, too. Prepare yourself for a photo-heavy post because it was hard to choose which ones to omit!
I’ll start with the obvious: this is a huge shawl. I used all but 14 grams of my two skeins of Kitty Pride Fibers’ Ocicat Fingering in the color A Bonny Lass. The pattern says you can repeat section eight up to two times to use up more yarn, so I repeated it once. I didn’t want to risk running out of yarn, though I think I could have squeaked through just fine.
The last lace section gave me fits. I had to rip out thirty rows of lace the first time I knit it. The second time went better, but I still had three rows where I ended up off by one stitch, and I just fudged it. I couldn’t stand any more tinking or frogging. I did spot one of the errors when I was pinning it out, where the yarnovers didn’t line up just right, but no one will ever notice it while I’m wearing it, and it doesn’t detract from the overall beauty of the lace pattern.
After I had it all pinned out, I realized I did not pin the scallops correctly, so there are more scallops and they’re closer together than the designer intended. But by then, it was mostly dry and again, I wanted this shawl just to be done, so I’m calling it a design feature.
This was not an easy knit for me but it might be one of my proudest knitting moments. It turned out to be exactly what I wanted from my Bonny yarn, and I can’t wait to have somewhere to wear it to show it off!
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Oh my, this is absolutely beautiful, gorgeous colour too, I bet it was a challenge but wow what a result! Love that you have got over the errors, they don’t matter xxx
Thank you so much! I’m a perfectionist in every other area of my life, but with knitting I’ve learned to accept a few errors here and there. 🙂
Your shawl is absolutely stunning!! It was worth whatever you had to go through:) I love it!
Thank you! It’s one of those projects where you get it done and immediately forget how much trouble it was to get there!
Wow, it’s incredible!!! What an heirloom piece you’ve created!
Oh, thank you! I hadn’t thought of it that way–an heirloom piece– and I love it!
That looks like a difficult knit – it’s gorgeous!
Thank you! It was a bit tricky at times, that’s for sure.
WOW!!! You have every right to feel proud. If we weren’t under a stay at home order, I would tell you to put that on and parade around town! The color is so gorgeous.
I really can’t take my eyes off of this!
Thank you so much! I mean, I guess I could put it on and just go for a walk around the neighborhood! LOL
Wow that is gorgeous!
Thank you!
Wow! Just beautiful!
That is just so beautiful! Wow!
Thanks so much!
Absolutely outstanding! A beautiful heirloom to have. Lovely lace!
Oh thank you! It would be awfully neat to pass it down to future generations!
Beautiful. You should be rightly proud of your new shawl.
Thank you. 🙂
That is absolutely stunning! You can always pin out the edging differently when you eventually need to wash the shawl again. I love how the tweedy bits give just a hint of color contrast!
That’s what I figured, too! One of the great things about blocking–it’s never really permanent!
Absolutely beautiful!! I love the subtle pops of color with the nups
Thank you!
It’s even more beautiful outside ❤
This shawl turned out absolutely stunning I love the photo on the fence for size comparison but with the white shirt under it it’s beautiful 😍 💚💚💚
Thank you!! 🙂
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