Final Shawl Photos

There it is! That took around a month to do and I can't even begin to convey how proud of it I am. I'm going to wear it to a ball on May 5th, so I'm glad it's finished. Heck, I'm amazed it's finished at all. lol

My friend and I are going to do a mystery shawl knit along on Ravelry but it doesn't start until May 7th. We're filling our time with small projects to clean out our yarn boxes. Every yarn we use clears the way to buy new yarn! That's exciting. :-D

I'm currently working on The Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief. It's nothing thrilling, but it's using up a ball of my DK weight yarn. When I ordered some Araucania Ruca recently, the company didn't match the colors worth a darn. So, instead of using it together like I'd hoped, I had to split it out into two projects. This little kerchief is turning out to be quick to make and will use almost a full ball. Hurray! It's sort of funny. My friend isn't liking how the colors are pooling. Me? I'm just glad I'm using a ball of yarn. lol


This particular yarn is interesting. They're hand dyed in Chile and this yarn is made out of 100% sugar cane. Isn't that neat? It's very soft and so silky. It's fun to touch and a joy to have next to the skin. Unfortunately, the hanks are a nightmare to wind into balls, and it splits as you work with it. You have to keep your eye on that. Even though it's an awesome feeling yarn, I don't believe I'll buy any more. I still have 2 more balls to use up. I'll get there eventually.

One thing I've learned is that, while I like variegated yarns, they don't work well in a lot of projects. If you want to do fancy stitch patterns, you need the yarn to be "dull" so as not to distract you from it. I'm finding that a good tone-on-tone hand dyed yarn is better. Too bad they're more expensive and can be hard to find. Oh, well. I'll keep my eyes open and buy some as I find it. :-)