I blocked Aeolian on Friday. And once she was all pinned out, I stood there for quite a while just admiring her. When David and Emily came home, I insisted that they both come in and admire it, too.
Now I’ll let all of you admire her, too!
I’m in love with it!
Specs:
Pattern: Aeolian by Elizabeth Freeman from Spring 2009 Knitty (The shawl version)
Yarn: Mama Blue Limited Edition Silk Lace in “Urchin”
Needles: 2.75mm Knitpicks Harmony
Beads: 8/0 Silver Light Amethyst seed beads
Mods: The pattern calls for 1100 yards of yarn, and my skein was only 1000 yards, so I was worried that I’d run out. I contacted the designer on Ravelry, and she was very helpful! As a result, I only did 10 repeats of the Yucca chart, instead of the 12 in the pattern. In the end, I had 17g of the 100g left over, so I could probably have managed all the repeats. I’m not concerned though, I’m perfectly happy with the end result! Possibly the only thing I’d change would be to get beads that contrasted rather than matched.
Love it all, the yarn, the pattern, the beads, the end result!
oh wow. Donna that’s spectacular. Great work, great photos. You look so happy. Hooray for you!
Donna, I am in awe!! that looks fabulous1
so pretty!
WOW that is gorgeous and amazing!!!!!!
That might be one of my favourite shawls ever. Gorgeous!
Damn that is one gorgeous shawl! Once again, I aspire to your mad knitting skillz.
oh Donna that is bee-yoo-tee-ful!!!
Gorgeous!
What a lovely shawl!
And congratulations on your mention on the Sticks and String podcast. It was in reference to your Autumn Rose at the Easter Show.
Oh, the shawl is stunning! I just love the color too!
Quite Rightly you should love it and be proud of it.
Truly Spectacular. Worth the wait!
Wow. That one’s in my queue – yours is lovely!!
stunning. I would never want to take it off!
next year’s Show entry?
I agree that this is a winner and an entry for next year. Beautiful!
Donna, that is so beautiful! I love it, the color, the shawl itself, everything.
Another masterpiece! It’s so…gorgeous.
as i’ve said in ravelry, that shawl is gorgeous!!!! it’ll probably take me a year to knit something like that!!!
Gorgeous Donna, a work of art. I dont think I would ever have the patience to achieve something like that.
fantastic! what gorgeous colours in that yarn, and you can see the beads, it will be lovely and shimmery under a light. in a glass cabinet. strangled with fishing wire 🙂
That looks amazing!
Beautiful!!! Great job.
goorgeous! you look thrilled with the result! Awesome effort!
You know what, I wasn’t that taken with it when I saw it in Knitty, but I think I’m converted!! This is just stunning, and plenty big enough I think even with fewer repeats! Fantastic wonderful work! I’m not surprised you love it.
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There’s a shawl, socks and sweater
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And the nose on a rabbit called Twinkie.
Fantastic work, Donna.
Absolutely gorgeous! Wow!
WOW!!
It’s just beautiful! What a gorgeous color!
Wow! You are truly amazing!
OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!
I’m a bit late, but wow Donna this is amazing! I love the colour too. Don’t you just love it when you feel really proud of yourself after making something, and you just keep wanting to look at it? You totally deserve to be proud of this. Just gorgeous!
A stunning shawl… what more can I say? 😉
Oh, she is beautiful!
Oh it’s just gorgeous Donna! 🙂
Oh I missed this post!!! Gosh it’s so so pretty!! Now you inspired me to knit one too! How many yards did you use for this?? 800?