Sample Shawl Finished and On The Body

 Here is the finished shawl!  I love it.  Well, I love that it is an actual shawl the way this old lady likes to wear a shawl.  The bibs that all the designers make and call shawls these days rather turn my stomach.  Even if they are knitted in beautiful and expensive yarns.  I ALSO don't like wonky shapes.  A nice rectangle or triangle is what I like.  This is a triangle which I widened with short rows to make the point of the triangle more rounded.

This shawl started off with five cast on stitches.  This is the pattern I wrote up:

You will notice some Yarn Over increases that look rather wonky.  I did not know what I was doing really, but wanted to add a few more stitches to increase the width.  It seemed to work but in retrospect, I am sorry I put them in.  The band at the bottom with the more red and orange and other multicolors was to make the shawl as long as I wanted it...ie to come down almost to my wrists.  It worked.  It was Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn.  I don't but I did not want to drive two hours to Joann to see if I could match the Amethyst and Wildflower Big Twist Carousel yarn....so, I took what I could find.

Today I wore the shawl in 45 degree F weather and was very comfortable.  Makes me happy.  Now on to the next started project. I really want to finish everything by the end of this year.  I won't tell you how many items are on the needles.  Too embarrassing.