Karen StrickholmMy #AuroraCabinShawl from Stephen West's HKAL last winter. I learned so much making it!
The air has cooled, so I've broken it out for winter. Cosy, lightweight, large, worked in silk and cashmere from #JadeSapphire. It's a great pattern. 😊
And yes, I did lose my game of yarn chicken. Which is ok because as always, I laid in a back up skein, part of my personal knitting operating policy.
Aside: Id rather build my stash from these extra "insurance" skeins than from randomly purchased one-off skeins. If I fall for a yarn before finding a pattern, I always lay in 1,200-2,000 yards.
Anywho, here's the Jade Sapphire "Wild Oats" in cashmere. A real delight to the hand and eye. 🧶 2/2
I've reached the point where the WIP is so big - approaching the legendary "shlanket" size designer Stephen West is known for - that it's hard to spread out to show the whole thing, until it's off needles. Every picture I post looks like the last one, but I have to call out my 6 rows achieved today. Loooong rows.
This weekend, wrap up 5-color band, knit deep chevron border. Then block! Then wear!
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Dear Mastoknitterati ~
The end is nigh! I'm just 21-1/2 rows away from finishing final five-color band on shawl. Long rows, but still.
After this, it's 16 looong rows of chevron, then bind off in contrast color.
This knit - #AuroraCabinShawl from Stephen West - has been a blast. I got to do hard design thinking, got to use amazing new yarns from #JadeSapphire 2-ply - cashmere and silk-cashmere yarns, and got to make a thing of beauty, just for me. Yay! 🧶
Greetings Mastoknitters! Now more than 1/2 through this challenging, engaging knit. Design (Stephen West #WestKnits, Amsterdam) is built around his inventive use of drop stitches, creating those long spans of yarn. There is only ever one yarn held at a time across a row - kind of amazing when you look at the result. This here yarn is cashmere and silk, with a soft draped hand. The nicest thing I've made to date!
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