Back in 2017, I fell in love with a book called The Mermaid’s Daughter by Ann Claycomb. It’s about a descendent of the Little Mermaid from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and it’s unusual and engrossing and I loved it. There was one description of the main character going into the sea and how the colors changed as she went further down, and I needed to make a shawl based on that. So in 2018, I found five colors from Dream in Color that were perfect.
It took a while longer to find a pattern, and when I did, I cast on twice, starting with different colors, but it just wasn’t right. So the yarn waited patiently for another couple of years, before I found the Sea Swell shawl (Rav link) by Westknits in May. And now? Now it’s DONE!
I don’t have a lot to say about this shawl except that it’s massive and it felt like it took forever to knit, much longer than five months. I wish the darkest blue/purple at the edge was more prominent but overall it’s what I wanted. The swells are great, and I think the short rows where two colors fade together are really cool.
I’m really glad I knit this but I’m also really glad it’s done. I’m not sure five-skein shawls are my jam!
Happy Friday, friends.
bonnyknits 
That is incredibly gorgeous! Also, I will have to look up that book. I’m intrigued!
I hope you do!! And I hope you love it too!
Dreamy!!
Thank you!
Oh Bonny this is so gorgeous! It absolutely seems to reflect your inspiration for it too.
Thank you!! 😀
That’s very pretty! But kudos to you for tackling a shawl that big. I have trouble with shawls even as big as two full skeins. It looks super soft and squishy, though! And oh so cozy.
It’s my second one this big and might be my last. I love two-skein shawls, especially when one is a contrast color.
I do love shawls that use a second skein as a contrast color, but I don’t think I’ve done any that use two full skeins. The bind-off just gets monstrous at that point. (Though… some skeins of laceweight end up with just as many stitches, so…)
Oh gosh, laceweight, I can’t imagine! I’ve never used it!
I LOVE laceweight yarn! It’s so soft and floaty, and you get so much mileage for your money! But, it’s also very thin, so doesn’t work well for all things.
I just feel like it would take forever to make anything! Fingering is slow enough.
Well, yeah. It does take a while to get laceweight anything finished.
It is beautiful! I agree with you about 5 skein shawls – I did one (Find Your Fade), and that will probably be it on that for me 🙂
Yes, the Find Your Fade was the other 5-skein shawl and I swore I’d never do another so big! So give me a year or so and I’ll do it again! 😀
Worth the wait! It’s gorgeous. I hope you enjoy wrapping up in it this winter!
Thank you! I’m sure I will!
This is gorgeous….I love the colors.
Thank you!
It is absolutely stunning! The pattern and yarn are just perfect for the description of the sea changing colour.
Thank you!
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