I am absolutely in love with this new pattern I've started! The pattern is the Woodland Shawl by The Thrifty Knitter- a free pattern that is well written, my favorite. I'm calling it a stole though, since it is rectangular in shape and I associate the term shawl with triangular knits.
I don't know if I mentioned it before, but my family is going on a road trip early November: camping at Big Bear Lake in California, hitting up Oak Tree Village for the day (picture an authentic Cracker Barrel, but in town form) Then we are heading to Old Towne Orange, the largest historic district in California with tons of antique shops and specialty boutiques, yay! Old Towne is just 20 minutes from Newport Beach, so of course will be spending time there with the girls as well. fun,fun,fun! So...I wanted to knit a big stole to keep me cozy while I'm camping,apple picking, antiquing and beaching (Is there a verb for the act of going to the beach? Beach-going?) Anyways, this leaf motif seemed perfect for the Autumn Roadtrip occasion.
I purchased two skeins of Silky Wool by Elsebeth Lavold in Prussian Blue from Sin City Knit Shop, which has turned out to be a favorite yarn of mine. It has a rustic feel and look to it that I appreciate, and I've never used a silk blend before so hooray for expanding my fiber horizon. I know a green, or a more autumn shade would have been the ideal choice for this pattern, but I was inspired by this poem to go with a more 'darker mood' hue...
...I bade men tell me which in brief,
Which is fairer, flower or leaf.
They did not have the wit to say,
Leaves by night and flowers by day.
Leaves and bar, leaves and bark,
To lean against and hear in the dark.
Petals I may have once pursued.
Leaves are all my darker mood.
Which is fairer, flower or leaf.
They did not have the wit to say,
Leaves by night and flowers by day.
Leaves and bar, leaves and bark,
To lean against and hear in the dark.
Petals I may have once pursued.
Leaves are all my darker mood.
-excerpt from Leaves Compared With Flowers by Robert Frost
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I've knitted a Woodland too, loving the colour of yours! Lovely to find your blog through yarnalong! http://www.justonewip.blogspot.co.nz/
ReplyDeleteOh, i'd like to see how yours turned out! share the link?
DeleteI love it! That pattern is turning out beautifully. Is it easy to follow? I'm thinking of broadening my knitting abilities from cowls, scarves, and fingerless mittens to something cozier :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! The pattern is made up of 16 rows which are repeated, and my first 16 rows took way longer than it should have. I made it to row 11, then realized I messed up and had to undo everything up to row 5, and then after that it was still slow until the second pattern repeat when I got a grasp on the pattern. Now I feel it is easy but like I said the first 16 rows were frustrating....maybe cause I was watching TV at the same time,haha. You would just need to know how to K2tog,SKP,SK2P and YO other than the obvious K and P :)
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I love both the colour and the pattern - I think I'll go check it out!
ReplyDeleteThank you! and thanks for stopping by the blog :)
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I love the colour, and the leafy pattern. Beautiful.
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Deleteso cute! I love !
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteIt is looking DIVINE!!! Thanks for sharing the link. I want to make one too.
ReplyDeleteawesome, share the link to your Ravelry so I can follow along :)
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