It has been a pretty calm week with warm weather and cloudy skies.
I’m still nursing a sore ankle (the adventure continues… this bad-boy ankle will be it’s own post someday…) so I was able to get a lot of knitting done.
I finished the Sea Swell Shawl (by Stephen West) Monday night and got it wet blocked the next day. I really, really like this shawl. Let me introduce you to my current favorite knit:
This shawl is knit in wedges that use short rows with some lace to build the pattern. The back of the shawl maintains a constant number of stitches while the increases are built onto the sides and front edges. I didn’t completely understand what this would mean in terms of the drape until I was done with the shawl and wearing it.
I wore this all day Wednesday and then took it out to do errands with me this afternoon. Because of the shape the shawl stays right where it belongs while wearing it!! If you usually fight with shawls to make them stay where you want them (like I do) or have to resort to a shawl pin to immobilize them into submission, this is a big deal. The shawl even behaved itself while I was getting into and out of the car!
All of the edges of the shawl are icord, and I have to admit that I was a little sick of it while casting on and binding off. This is not a quick operation, but the finished product is so nice that it was worth the effort. I think that the stable edge contributes to the shawls well-behaved drape.
Here are my project notes. I’m already stash shopping to come with another one of these shawls. Spring colors, don’t you think?
Have a great knitting weekend everyone!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Your shawl is beautiful!! It sounds like a win all the way around:)
It was, and in my favorite colors too.
Thank you for the review! That does sound pretty wonderful to knit and wear 🙂 And nice to see your spring flowers and your knitting supervisor!
Thanks. It was a review, wasn’t it! 🙂 It took me awhile to figure out what was happening in the shapening of the shawl, so that is what I wanted to talk about.
Love the colors you chose. They make the pattern stand out. Check out my son’s pattern . It is coming out on Sat. He is name is knitaholic on Ravelry. He was asked by the Blue Brick yarn Dyer to make something for her aviary color collection.. I think you would like it. It looks like bird wings. There are pictures of it on Bluebrick site.
I will check it out. Thanks for the info. I hope your son’s pattern does well. 🙂
Wow! Love the colors and the lace – it’s gorgeous and what a bonus that it stays in place !
Staying in place is the best part!!
I love your shawl! I was checking out the pattern and your notes on Ravelry. Did you follow the pattern for the medium size or the large size…or something in between?
I’ll add that to the notes, sorry. I made the three skeins medium size, and you can see that it is pretty big. The large size uses 5 skeins and would be enoumous!
It looks really beautiful!
Thanks!
Wow, I love your shawl and I’m so happy to find your blog post! Started mine today! Wish me luck, please! 😳
Good luck!