
Monday, August 8, 2016
Knitting: Mom's Multnomah shawl.
Today is my mom's birthday! She's one of those people who I always make gifts for, because she appreciates them and therefore she deserves handmade. :) Socks are my go-to knitted gift for her, because she always loves those. But for a while I've been wanting to knit her a shawl.
The pattern is Multnomah. This is the second time I've knitted it (first time here), and it's a nice pattern. It really is a decent sized shawl from just one skein of fingering weight yarn! A part of me always thinks "cowboy bandana" when it comes to wearing smaller triangle-shaped shawls around your neck. :) But the edging on this one seems to make it a softer and more feminine triangle, somehow. Last time I struggled a bit because I decided to make the shawl bigger (I had more yarn), but this time I followed the pattern exactly and guess what? This Multnomah is only a couple inches smaller in wingspan than the other, and it's actually an inch deeper. So I should have just left well enough alone the first time, ha. It blocked out to be about 15 inches by 53 inches.
The yarn is madelinetosh: Tosh Merino Light in the Ophelia colorway. It's lovely, soft single-ply yarn that knits up into an airy shawl. My only disappointment was that the colorway knitted up a lot darker than I expected. My mom loves pink, and I thought that the pink color would be more prominent than the dark blueish-black. (Actually, from a distance, the colors in this shawl remind me a lot of my Hitchhiker.) Hopefully she doesn't mind. Happy birthday, Mom!
Ravelry project page.
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I love wavy edges. Holden is my go-to; I have knit it twice, once in fingering, once in cobweb for someone else, and I want to do cobweb with beads (I have yet to knit with beads) for me.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen Holden before, I'll have to go check it out! I've never knitted with beads, either.
DeleteIt's beautiful, Kristin! What a great gift for your mom!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
Deletewhat an amazing gift! I love it :) I think it very pink! I bet your mom will love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks! She says she does. :)
DeleteSo pretty! Even if the colors didn't come out how you had hoped, I love the combo. :) Happy birthday to your mom!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteBeautiful, Kristin! i am sure your mom loved it :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteKristin- Thank you so very much for the beautiful shaw you knitted me for my birthday!!! I love it and I love you for making it for me! Thanks for making my birthday special .Love You- Mom
ReplyDeleteLove you too, Mom!
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