Paisley Long Shawl

Recipient: Moi
Designer: Dorothy Siemens
Pattern: Paisley Long Shawl
Source: Fiddlesticks Knitting
Due: Whenever
Colours: 'Mahogany', 'Ruby', and 'Cinnabar' - gorgeous reds and plums
Yarn: Zephyr Laceweight Wool-Silk 50% merino/50% tussah silk, laceweight
Planned status: It's going to look awesome

2008-Jan-11

I mentioned in my description of the Christmas haul that I had received (from my wonderful MIL) a kit to make the Paisley Long Shawl from Fiddlesticks Knitting. The yarn that came with the kit was three skeins of 'Ruby'. This is an unutterably gorgeous wine-red. However, I had something different in mind. I wanted to make it out of three colours, blending and gradiating across the length of the shawl: 'Mahogany' (a plum), Ruby, and 'Cinnabar' (a lovely red with an almost indiscernable hint of brownishness). Fortunately, June at Knitter's Attic was extremely generous (considering that the kit was bought at another shop), and let me exchange my two extra skeins of Ruby for the Mahogany and Cinnabar. I think the colour effect is going to be stunning:



I wish I could say that I was going to start it soon, but it is sooo outside the realm of my 2008 Schedule, which really can't take too much more after-the-fact modification. Alas. (Sob.)

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