The colour looks a bit strange in the original photo, so I thought I might as well make a black and white version. This was a nice project to knit, quick once past the first few inches and the shape is different from what I usually knit.
Trying something new is always rewarding! Combining alpaca and linen was a good idea too (not mine but suggested at my LYS). We'll just see how my cousin likes wearing it: the garment is rather heavy, almost 800 grams.
The shawl I wrote about in my previous post is also finished. For the bottom border I chose the border from "The Opera Fichu", also in Victorian Lace Today.
As mentioned, I wanted fairly simple lace patterns using this yarn and since I've knitted the fichu before I knew it would curl - I simply cast it off loosely from the wrong side, not bothering about a knitted-on border around the shawl (which I normally like).
My plan is to make it a guest shawl, for people to borrow when they visit. We had quite a lot of snow yesterday, but today is rather wet and windy. And cold: a guest could definitely need a shawl.
The shawl and the tunic (?) are both beautiful. I'd be interested to see what the tunic looks like on.
ReplyDeleteA guest shawl, what an excellent idea! We have guest slippers, but not - yet - a guest shawl.
Congratulations on finishing both of your projects - and both of them show off your remarkable skills. It is a good idea to have spare shawls around for guests. In Mexico, it often gets quite cold in the evening and I hand them out to guests both male and female when they are needed.
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I can just imagine how nice the tunic will fall wearing it. It will be interesting to see pictures of the lucky one! I can also see that it must be a good idea to have alpaca combining with the linen. Does it fill out ? so the tunic doesn´t get a "looking-throw" feeling that linen can have sometimes.
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