Like a Magpie, even in the darkest days of winter, it is the bright and colourful things that attract my attention. Oh, all that is missing is 'shiny'.
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Marilyn's Easy Rainbow Shawl - Susan Elizabeth |
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Marilyn's Easy Rainbow Shawl - Susan Elizabeth |
Here it is, the easy shawl pattern I have been working on:
Marilyn’s Easy Rainbow shawl is, as the name implies,
an easy knit. It is perfect for
beginning knitters, or easy TV knitting for more advanced knitters. I originally learned to knit English style,
and used this pattern to practice Continental style knitting. The pattern was designed for my friend
Marilyn, who said, “No one can teach me to knit something”. I took up the challenge and the Rainbow shawl
was begun.
Choose
any yarn, and needles for this shawl. I
suggest going with needles a size or two larger than recommended for your yarn
to make a nice loose fabric. One skein
of DK weight yarn and size 9 needles makes the shawlette pictured above. One
skein of sock yarn and size 7 needles makes a nice small shawl. Make your shawl
as large as you like by repeating the 2 row pattern over and over, using as
much yarn as you want. Stop when you
decide you are finished.
Marilyn
and I both chose bright variegated yarns, hence the ‘rainbow’ name. Your shawl will be pretty in any yarn you
choose, striped, variegated, tonal, or plain.
You can have fun changing colours and make stripes as you go. This would also be a wonderful way to use up
scrap yarns. Even yarns of different
weights could be used in stripes. There
really is no limit with this shawl.
Have fun,
and ‘make something’ while learning to knit. There are no purls in the pattern!
I will see Marilyn on Saturday, and her Rainbow Shawl. I will take my camera!
Right now blocking in front of the fireplace is a fingering weight version:
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Winter Solstice Rainbow Shawl - Susan Elizabeth |
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Happy knitting everyone.
~Feather~