Dyelot Stimulus Package Winterberry & Colinette Mohair Meditation Shawl
This was an extremely enjoyable project to knit because of the gorgeous textures and variations. It was knit over the latter part of the Summer of 2010 mostly on weekends while spending time on our boat "The Blue Pearl" in Gloucester Harbor. I used Dyelot Stimulus Package Winterberry yarn purchased at Coveted Yarn www.covetdyarn.com in Gloucester Massachusetts. I used the free pattern that came with the yarn (also available at www.dyelotyarn.com ) but boosted the width and length of the shawl by adding a skein of Heather Colored Collinette Mohair which is a beautiful yarn from Wales, UK. This was a very meditative and introspective project. Although a simple pattern, the interest of the yarn was striking to put together and easy to pick up and put down between swims and activites on the water. I knit part of it on a trip to The Isle of Shoals in New Hampshire which is a lovely set of islands off the NH and Maine coast. The islands are wild and desolate. Every stitch has the awareness of mantra remembered and vibrated during knitting. A very lovely shawl for early morning meditation. Very protective and warm. Inspiring :)
2 comments:
Love your colors. I am knitting this now and do not have enough yarn to come close to even 10 inch width, does blocking help. Have one color all gone and a few of the others might make one more set of six rows.
Do you recall how many sets of 6 rows for each color you made? I also had to add a K 1 at start of row five because mathematically there was no way it would work.
Love th shawl but disappointed in amount of yarn. Do you think I could order another color or two from Dyelot yarn?
Hi, I knit two of these and I was disappointed with the amount of yarn. When I knit the second one, I bought a skein or two of something similar but from another company and made the 2nd shawl wider. I don't know about ordering skeins from Dyelot but I know I just found a mohair yarn that looked good and bought it and used it with good success.
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