Knit Sisters

I am zipping along (well, relatively speaking) on the Handsome Triangle shawl, despite having had a stunningly bad day on Saturday and spending most of the day in tears.  If I sound like I am making a shameless play for sympathy–well, I guess I am.  Nevertheless, I knitted through my tears and made some real strides.

 

I think this will be really beautiful when it’s all done and blocked.  I am planning to put the ruffled edging on it, like the Handsome Triangle shawl pictured in the very back of the book.

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the shawls I have knitted, what I like about them, and when and how I wear them.  One of the ones I have worn most is the Kimono shawl (I think that’s what it’s called) out of Cheryl Oberle’s Folk Shawls.  (This is a terrific book, by the way, that I recommend to anyone who is interested in knitting shawls.  She includes a great range of projects, and they are all gorgeous.)  Anyway, I made this shawl out of a laceweight cotton/silk that I bought from Elann many moons ago.  I just kept knitting on the durned thing until it was tremendously long, but as it turns out, that’s one of the things I like about it.  It’s long enough to wrap around you more than once, and the cotton/silk yarn is also fine and drapey enough to be wound around your neck like a giant scarf.

 

A detail of the lace pattern:

 

Another long rectangular stole that I own was not knitted by me, but was made by and given to me by my own dear sister.  This is from a Knitty pattern, and the yarn is 100% silk.  This stole is much heavier than the one above, and it has a wonderful drape and flow when worn.  (Of course, it goes without saying that the workmanship is superb, as well.) 

 

Diane asked if I had a shawl pin that I wear with my shawls, and I do, indeed.  It is a turquoise pin from Designs by Romi, and it is truly beautiful.  I get compliments on it whenever I wear it.  In this photo, you can see it adorning the front of my Nicola cardigan. 

 

I usually do wear a pin with the burgundy silk stole, because I find that it really helps it stay in place.  The nice thing about the Designs by Romi pins is that they are sharp enough to be pinned through the shawl to the clothing or even a bra strap beneath.

But what I like most about wearing my shawls?  The romantic heroine/glamourpuss feeling I get when I wrap up in one of them.  At these times, I feel confident that I really can be the star of my own life.

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