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.
