Monday 20 April 2009

Third pattern section taking shape

Now that I've reknitted a couple of inches I'm glad I decided to change the third pattern.

The pattern I've replaced it with and which looks a bit like leaves is from the "Cap shawl" (also in Victorian Lace Today) and I think it works well with the border above it. Now those circles almost resemble flowers, don't they? And the lines above them could be rays of sunshine or perhaps rain. (Provided the wind blows from opposite directions simultaneously!)

The yarn looks grey in this photo, but it is jet-black. I like the colour: even if I could see the shawl in any colour, this choice makes it both dramatic and elegant. It could be interesting knitting the same combination of patterns with different colours, for example green stems & leaves, red flower circles and blue sky. On the other hand, that might make the idea very obvious, not leaving much to imagination - and I like it when things aren't too obvious. Besides, I do prefer lace knitting to be one-coloured to do justice to the patterns.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Det blir jättevackert!

Anonymous said...

You are right about the flowers. The pattern is stunning.
Ron in Mexico

mono said...

Dette blir fantastisk vakkert!! Gleder meg til å se det ferdige resultatet!! =)

Ha en fin dag! Hisen Mona mono

ylva said...

It looks fantastic!The chart reminded me of Print O´The Wave Stole by Eunny Jang.It´s nice to see image´s in the pattern I meen flowers, blue sky , leaves :-)

jolly arora said...

nice pattern
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Asplund said...

Thank you, all!
Ylva, I checked out the pattern you mention and it does seem to be the same one. It was nice to discover it was far easier to learn than I expected.