sweetpea shawl
this is the sweetpea shawl from the HH book. I made it with a beige
linen - soft and pretty, but very slippery to work with.
a few observations for anyone who's thinking of making one:
-remember to always check for corrections to the patterns on this
website:
www.bust.com/knithappens/snbhh-errata.pdf
for this pattern there is a correct of 1 ch before and after each
shell pattern starting on the 3rd row.
- the pattern starts with a chain of 202 stitches. make sure you keep
those stitches nice and loose. I had to frog the first 3 rows and
start over because I'd made to tight a chain and it all started
getting wobbly.
- on one side you have to slip stitch to the middle dtr of the first
shell. make sure you keep those slip stitches loose, or the shawl will
skew one way.
- the dtr's are very loose and loopy by nature. I ended up using a
smaller hook (5mm instead of 5.5) because it was looking sloppy to me.
of course that depends on the yarn you're using too!
have fun! :)
Comments and faves
Aroma de Luar (61 months ago | reply)
So delicate! Lovely!
kokkole (61 months ago | reply)
thank you Aroma de Laur!
kokkole (61 months ago | reply)
i washed it and blocked it, and now it's really pretty! linen's not easy to work with, but gives lovely results...
Harpa J (61 months ago | reply)
Very pretty!
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Carina » Polka & Bloom (61 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
kokkole (61 months ago | reply)
thank you Harpa J and wardi! I love the linen - very special.
e.kristina (61 months ago | reply)
pattern is simple and beautiful!
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