It's Tuesday, which means it is the first update in the Stripe Study Shawl Knitalong that Sarah and I are doing *grins*
I took my grey skein of yarn with my to my mum's over Easter and she kindly helped to wind it (saving poor boyfriend the arm ache of a second skein of Wollmeise!). When I got back, I saw that Sarah had tweeted that she already had stripes! So I cast on immediately *laughs*
And now I have stripes too...
5 of them. I'm completely in love with this shawl already. I love the simplicity of it, the Wollmeise feels gorgeous once knit (I find it somewhat nondescript in the skein - pretty but not amazing to touch) and the colours are so vibrant.
This picture should show the colours a bit better:
I don't usually complain about the sun, but the way it was streaming through my window this morning made it very difficult to get a good picture of the wonderful bright green!
Don't forget to go and check out Sarah's lovely blog, Crafts from the Cwtch, to see her progress today. And if you're still wavering about joining us, here is an excellent Q&A post she cunningly put together to entice you. We've only just started, and the first bit is so quick, so you can definitely catch up!
And if you are participating, let me know so I can link to your blog too *smiles*
Here are some of the other participants:
Maya
Kat
It looks AMAZING! I LOVE the colours and find myself wishing I'd chosen something more bold/bright!
ReplyDeleteWowza! I can't believe how much you got done already. That is inspiring. I am still plugging away on my shawl. Must finish that first.
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty! I'm here from KCCO, your shawl looks so nice and cozy! I've got a finished shawl blocking now...it's a gift so I guess I need to start another one for myself! Happy knitting!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I wish I had time right now to join in. Sadly, kids and school are trying to kill me with lots to do right now so I will just have to watch your progress instead.
ReplyDeleteConsidering you just started, you are moving very fast, apparently it's an easy pattern. I may have to try it when I get the time. It looks gorgeous by the way!
ReplyDeleteOoh it looks great! I've only just finished the first contrast stripe on my Stripe Study. You're making me want to plough on!
ReplyDeleteLooking good so far! I love the colour combination.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Congrats on it going so quickly...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Her designs are quite addictive to knit :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! It is great to watch the two of you working on this shawl in such different colors.
ReplyDeleteHooray, stripes! =) It's looking great; I love the color combo!
ReplyDeleteLooking great so far, I love the colours!
ReplyDeleteAhh this is going to be pretty! I had Study Stripe shawl on my to-knit list forever too :-)
ReplyDeleteThat looks lovely! Where is the pattern from?
ReplyDeleteI followed you from Frontier Dreams. What a great shawl--the colors are perfect!
ReplyDeleteHere is my most recent project: http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-tuesday-bunnys-birthday-dress.html
bah! I cannot start one more thing! I love the versions of this using the rainbow aade long (not that I can see myself in rainbow).
ReplyDeleteI made the different lines, such clever patterns!
Very lovely colors!
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