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Mar 07 2023

Color Affection

Grey and charcoal striped garter stitch knit shawl in progress shown on a distressed wooden floor
Project Info
  • Pattern — Color Affection by Veera Välimäki
  • Project Type — Shawl/Scarf
  • Project started — 2023-03-05
  • Percentage complete — 18 % (estimated)
  • Worked with — 4mm needle
  • Yarn(s) — molly girl boogie woogie in “between halloweens” (grey); artyarns merino cloud in “2246” (charcoal tonal); mystery fingering weight (tonal greens)

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I’ve wanted to work up this design for over a decade… finally realized that it won’t knit itself.

It’s well planned… by the time I was bored with the solid section, I began the stripes. As that began to be tedious, I started the short rows.

Project Log

  • More changes

    2023-03-21

    It’s warm enough to sit outside and knit this afternoon. Realized that the Haiku is very shiny compared to my other yarns. Went stash diving with my scale and found a mystery green that fits perfectly. I may be off by a few stitches but here’s to C2 and short rows.

    Read more: More changes
  • stripe by stripe

    2023-03-16

    At 6 C1 stripes. The merino cloud is showing darker for the most part than I expected when presented next to the molly girl. I like it an am definitely cuious how the haiku will look when added to the mix.

    Read more: stripe by stripe
  • color change for color love

    2023-03-14

    Swapping out the Old Maiden Aunt in Cold Sheep for Artyarns Merino Cloud in a tonal dark charcoal grey (2264). I kept questioning the choice so it made sense to make a change, however I don’t quite have a good third solid so I hope this isn’t too tonal! Now if I could just do…

    Read more: color change for color love
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Gallery

beginning of color affection shawl, a row in progress. yarn is a light grey and it's shown on a silver background
Tuxedo cat looking at a zip project bag with three cakes of yarn in light grey, blue-purple, and purple. a computer keyboard is in the background.
Grey and charcoal striped garter stitch knit shawl in progress shown on a distressed wooden floor
Grey and charcoal striped garter stitch knit shawl in progress shown on a distressed wooden floor next to the 3 cakes of yarn chosen for the project

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