Thursday, November 03, 2005

A new FO


I finally finished another shawl a couple of nights ago. This one took a few months to finish, it is made from KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud color Midnight (www.knitpicks.com) and I used 3 hanks. I like this yarn because the shawl drapes very nicely and you just can't beat the price for Alpaca laceweight. Unfortunately the yarn is not very color fast because the blocking bath water turned black! And the yarn has a tendency to split on the needles but it's not noticeable after blocking. The pattern is my own design. I'll give it for free if anyone asks, but be warned. This free shawl knitting pattern has a couple of mistakes I fixed on the fly and it's construction in an Excel spreadsheet is not very professional.

Susan

3 comments:

Tammy said...

Beautiful shawl. I'd love to get a copy of your pattern if you are still offering it.

Thanks - Tammy
http://knitsnpurrs.blogspot.com/

IvanovaKnits said...

Hi Tammy
I checked your blog, and I don't see an obvious way of emailing you :). But it is late, and I am tired, so I will post the pattern in my next blog post.

Cheers,

Susan

IvanovaKnits said...

Okay, scratch that Tammy, I can't see an obvious way to post files that aren't digital images. Poor tired brain! You can email me, it's in my user profile :).

Susan