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purple and blues handspun shawl

Hand spun hand knit shawl folded on a wooden desk. A keyboard is at the top of the frame with a yellow measuring tape unrolled along the bottom next to the space bar. There is approximately twelve inches of yarn from the bind off edge shown. This part of the shawl is a teal. There is also a lighter blue and green multicolor. The beginning of the shawl is purple.
Project Info
  • Pattern — asymmetrical triangle
  • Project Type — Shawl/Scarf
  • Project started — 2023-08-06
  • Percentage complete — 42 % (estimated)
  • Worked with — 3.75mmmm needle
  • Yarn(s) — handspun

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All yarns are chain plied.

Purple: LavenderSheep Superwash Merino, “Purple Raspberry”, 82 yards, 2012 (ravelry link)

Blue/Green: Happy Fuzzy Yarn  Polwarth, “Gorge”, 117 yards, 2015 (ravelry link)

Turquoise: Happy Fuzzy Yarn Superfine Merino, “Cobalt”, 243 yards, 2016 (ravelry link) [maybe. i have another light blue yarn that may be cobalt.]

Project Log

  • Ultimate yarn chicken

    Bound off with twelve inches (30.5 cm) remaining! It’s a small shawl and thankfully big enough I can wear it. I hope when I actually block it it grows a little bit. I’m thrilled to finally knit these yarns. Soon it’ll be shawl season again and I look forward to wearing it.

  • yarn chicken

    Yarn chicken with handspun is not for the faint of heart. Finished with 18 in (45.75 cm) of C2 remaining. Let the C3 knitting continue.

  • zooming along

    While not on zooms (thankfully) but knitting as car passenger to/from site visit, evening TV (Grantchester) and during my morning coffee with “the gang” it’s amazing how fast a shawl knits up when at 4.5 spi ! I miscalculated in the car yesterday because I dropped the ball so I’ve altered the fade between C2…

a hand knit shawl in progress out of purple handspun being held on “the poppy wars” by k f kuang p 442 (no significance to this page other than that’s where I am) next to orange flowers and in front of a small water feature
a hand knit shawl in progress out of purple, blues, and blue-green handspun on a wooden desk next to a keyboard. a strand of green and blue yarn is held in place by a clear quilting ruler. the yarn measures 18in (45.75 cm) in length.
a hand knit shawl in progress out of handspun being held on an open book in front of a chimenea with a small fire
Hand spun and knit shawl with c3 in progress on the garden as safe space blanket
a hand knit shawl in progress out of purple, blues, and blue-green handspun on a wooden desk next to a keyboard.
Hand spun and knit shawl laid flat on a wooden floor. The ends are not woven in.
Hand spun hand knit shawl folded on a wooden desk. A keyboard is at the top of the frame with a yellow measuring tape unrolled along the bottom next to the space bar. There is approximately twelve inches of yarn from the bind off edge shown. This part of the shawl is a teal. There is also a lighter blue and green multicolor. The beginning of the shawl is purple.
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