I loved knitting this pattern. It is nearly mindless, a simple repeat, over and over. I would use the stitch again. However, and this may be my shawl only, there is something wrong with the shape of the center top. I haven’t gotten it to straighten out. I soaked the shawl and I’ve steamed it. I have not blocked and pin dried it. I haven’t ever hard blocked a project so haven’t gotten together the tools.. this shawl will force the issue. What this means, though, is that the back rolls down a bit forming a sort of shawl collar. Quite nice, but not what I expect it to do. You’ll also notice that the tips haven’t blocked into points.
Yarn: 80% alpaca / 20% silk hand dyed (my yarn)
Needles: #7 circs.
about 300 glass beads
18 responses to “the Shetland Shawl”
It’s beautiful and the colors are perfectly fall.
Gorgeous shawl! The colors are beautiful!
Too pretty, the colors are perfect, wish I could touch it!
achingly beautiful!
perfect, simply perfect colors, too!
Beautiful, that and the matching landscape. How about a close up shot of beads?
How beautiful! The color is wonderful, too.
Words fail me. Beautiful.
The way you match your knits and landscapes always inpsires. You’re right! It IS time to hard block that lace.
Love how the shawl came out! It is gorgeous. You will have to hard block it to get it just right though. Sucks, but true.
Love the ice photo. We are getting there too. Parts of the lakeshores are freezing over and some of the slow moving creeks and swamps are completely frozen.
You will be amazed at what a good hard blocking will do to that shawl. I was amazed with my little shawl.
It is absolutely beautiful and I love the little beads 🙂
Beautiful fall colors and matching pic. I hard blocked the Shetland Triangle today, and it made all the difference.
Just gorgeous!
I agree – give it the good blocking it deserves. What a lovely project.
The colors are so beautiful. I do think you will have to hard block this one though.
Beautiful! You have captured the season in the shawl, (down to the autumn colors, and the ice of the beads…)hard blocked or not, it really is a beauty!
I just found your blog and I’ll be back for more. Your photography is beautiful…very calming and peaceful. I love your gorgeous yarn.
I love it, it’s just beautiful. The collar of mine did that same sort of rolly thing, until I pinned it out. I blocked the heck out of it and I liked it better afterwards.
Seriously–all those lovely shawls and scarves you knit, and not one of them was ‘hard blocked’? I would never have guessed! I wonder if the fact that you generally use your own handspun has anything to do with it. Your yarns often have a fair bit of silk in them, if I recall correctly, and silk is so nice and fluid and drape-y. Hmmm.
As always, I just love the colors. 🙂