Penny's Notebook

Color Affection

5 foot 2 inch person wearing jeans and a tan sweater Wearing the grey and green striped shawl. Their back is mostly to the camera and they are in front of a white wall.
Project Info
  • Pattern — Color Affection by Veera Välimäki
  • Project Type — Shawl/Scarf
  • Project started — 2023-03-05
  • Project completed — 2023-04-02
  • Worked with — 4mm needle
  • Yarn(s) — 85g molly girl boogie woogie in “between halloweens” (grey); 70g artyarns merino cloud in “2246” (charcoal tonal);90 g 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. They were apparently so engaging that I knit extra repeats.

The shawl is huge and squishy and I love it. One day I’ll measure it.

Project Log

  • Binding off!

    Using Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off. Running errands (as passenger) so hopefully it’ll go quickly.

    Read more: Binding off!

  • Pattern mods

    Apparently I’ll do 8.5 repeats of the short rows, almost did a full 9 but I want this finished already. That’s what I get for not paying attention and going on autopilot, discovered when I was at 7.5 repeats. Thankfully I have enough of c2.

    Read more: Pattern mods

  • Endless progress

    Each short row is getting longer. I’m over 3/4 complete with this section. I’m very happy with my final color choices. I can’t wait to finish it.

    Read more: Endless progress
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
A tuxedo cat laying on the shawl in progress and looking at the camera. The cat is on a grey couch.
The grey and green striped shawl laid flat on a distressed wooden floor
5 foot 2 inch person wearing jeans and a tan sweater Wearing the grey and green striped shawl. Their back is mostly to the camera and they are in front of a white wall.
Binding off the grey and green striped shawl
5 foot 2 inch person wearing jeans and a tan sweater Wearing the grey and green striped shawl. Their back is mostly to the camera and they are in front of a white wall.
5 foot 2 inch person wearing jeans and a tan sweater with shawl wrapped tightly around the body. They are sideways to the camera and looking to the left.
5 foot 2 inch person wearing jeans and a tan sweater holding up the grey and green striped shawl. They are standing in front of a white wall.

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