Luna Wrap

 Jonathan had a trunk show at the Blue Ewe in early March from Mirasol.  I bought yarn for my next project to knit at the Blue Ewe.  I would never have bought this project if I hadn't seen the shawl in person.  That just shows you how affective a trunk show is.  The pattern was thrown in with the purchase of the yarn.  I have stored the pattern in the chest beside my bedroom door in the knitting drawer.  

The yarn is 

It is a DK weight yarn spun in Peru.  This beautiful tweed yarn is a blend of Superfine Alpaca, Linen and Bamboo Tweed.  I will probably knit the project on a size 5 needle as I would like it to drape well.

Cherie Chevron Shawl

 Finally finished Loop.  Very surprised how quickly I was able to weave in the ends.  So this past week I started my new Blue Ewe project: Cherie Chevron Shawl

I would never have chosen this shawl if I had not looked through the projects to find these particular colors and the owner wearing it exactly this way. I found the photos from the original project to not be nearly so appealing.  I am using yarn from the Blue Ewe:

The Variegated is from Tulip Tree Yarn in Lexington in color evening rainbow and the Red background color is Symphonie Terra in Red Rose.  I am using size 6 needles

I am really enjoying knitting this shawl.  I am using my old method from when I used to do a lot of texture knitting of putting the pattern on notecards with a rubber band.  I used a new method of making the notecards.  Since my pattern was digital, I copied and pasted each row on mailing labels with row number on each.  Then I used the mailing labels on my notecard....it has turned out great.  And I love the fact that when I finish each row I know the stitch count on that row has turned out perfectly.  Which means that I never have to pull out more than one row because of mistakes.  

Snow Day

 I had three doctor's appointments in place for today

All three have called to cancel because of the 

HUGE winter storm that has hit our area .

So I guess this will be a knitting day for me.

Hope to finish my Loop shawl!  And perhaps

start a new Blue Ewe project.

Paris Toujours

When I finished my  orbit shawl in Araucania Prisma Yarn, I looked around the house for another pattern to start and ended up deciding on Paris Toujours in 

It is easy to pick up and put down and one can see mistakes easily.  I like it a lot.  I have looked at this pattern for many years.

Joining Blanket squares

 This came via pinterest tonight.....

https://www.amazingknitting.com/2019/05/JoiningBlanketSquares.html#google_vignette

 I have collected a variety of amazingly wonderful skeins of yarn that are variegated. ....just one skein.  Here is a listing of patterns that call for two or three or four colors that are perfect for using one skein of variegated:  

On the Spice Market by Melanie Berg:

This version calls for only three colors.  Melanie's original pattern called for more.  But the lady who made the one below called it My Corona and I have a photo that names her on another blog post.  The three colors below are an orange, a tan and a variegated.  REALLY pretty!

Asymmetrical shawls

I am getting close to the end of my  Orbit pattern using Araucania Prisma yarn.  And I think that I want to just keep knitting until I run out of yarn.  But will it be too big?  So I measured this morning and the long side is about 36 inches....hard to tell for sure until it is blocked but that is my best guess.  So I googled what is the best size for an asymetrical shawl.  And while I haven't found the answer to that question yet, I have found a few things that I want to remember.

First is a great article from Interweave knits explaining different ways to start and proceed when making an asymmetrical shawl as well as several photos of finished projects.

https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/shawl-shapes-explained-asymmetrical-triangles/

Next I looked on Ravelry at shawl projects and realized that I had made a pattern in the past called Wendy's Fern that is similar in shape to the one that I am working on.  I tried it on and am reassured that I can keep knitting until I am out of yarn.  I believe that this shawl is going to be great with jeans this fall.