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.

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.

Photos

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

Binding off the grey and green striped shawl

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.

Log

Binding off!

2 April 2023

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

Pattern mods

29 March 2023

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.

Endless progress

26 March 2023

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.

More changes

21 March 2023

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.

stripe by stripe

16 March 2023

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.

color change for color love

14 March 2023

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 my work and knit at the same time.

almost next

13 March 2023

Two repeats until the second section. However, am now questioning my yarn choice and hoping this works. I've now gotten the rhythm of the increases for the first section. It's decent car knitting. The molly girl has a nice twist and works up well.

finally begun

7 March 2023

I'm working the yarns from grey to ice blue/purple to purple. In black and white they don't have much contrast but I think it'll work. I hope so.

It took a few repeats but I can now read the knitting and not have to think so much about when I need to do the double increases.