Last week I posted a few sneak peeks of my work in progress. By that time shawlette was almost finished and I was deciding on the color for the border with petals. At first I wanted to use contrasting colors to give a small bright accent. This shawlette is made with Stone Washed* yarn by Scheepjes and I used shades Amazonite (813), Crystal Quartz (814) and Boulder Opal (804) for the body. And then I was hesitating if I really should add anything or just stay within the same colour palette.
Thanks so much to everyone who helped me by commenting on Facebook post. Many color choices did sound awesome, but since I didn’t have many shades of Stone Washed yarn in my stash, I decided to go for Boulder Opal (804) again, and use it for the border. It also helped to reduce the yardages. Or maybe yardages is not the right word here. But I didn’t have to use a new skein of yarn. Sometimes less is more, indeed!
To say I don’t like to be pictured is to say nothing, hehe. Unfortunately my friend was not available on the day I wanted to make final shots. So there was nothing left for me but to be a model myself… My idea was to show different ways this shawlette can be worn. It was cold and windy on that day… But anyway – here are the pictures!
As I've already mentioned the shape of this project is very simple and easily adjustable. You can make it longer or shorter, wider or narrow. Free pattern will be published next week here on my blog. I believe it will be suitable for beginners, as there are no intricate or very difficult stitches used. You can make this shawlette in one colour only, or add more stripes according to your taste. Just everything you wish!
And I am off to write the pattern down… See you soon!!
UPDATE: the pattern is published and is available HERE.
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I love it! You take great pictures ��
ReplyDeleteThank you! Many pictures in this post are made by my darling husband! :)
Deleteit's beautiful and very versatile, ik like the fact that one half is in one color and the other half striped.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Making this shawlette not symmetrical I thought - then it can be worn in different ways and with defferent color accents (depending on your current mood). you can show the colorful part, or another one.
ReplyDeletebeautiful looking forward to the pattern I have been searching for something for a gift to make this looks perfect <3
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! And indeed ... 'Less is More'!!! Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteLess is More :) I will learn this rule!
DeleteIt's so pure and fine... So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSelma Wolters
Allerliefste Haakwerk
So happy you decided to stay with the 3 colors. It turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI tried dark blue and moon stone for the border. And they actually worked very well. But with white the shawlette was too festive. And dark blue would demand some special colors in clother. So I decided to stay with the most neutral variant.
DeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteWonderful style and you are a fabulous model; I'm looking forward to the pattern!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, the colours are lovely, looking forward to making this pattern soon.
ReplyDeleteJan
in Sheffield, UK
I have just finished your Shawlette - I made it in a pinka nd purple fingering weight wool and bamboo yarn - trying to set it up as a project on my Ravelry page (Im Maggie Lewin on there) not very good at using Ravelry. I will post a pic on Facebook as well. But wanted to say thank you SO much for this pattern - with the asymetrical stripes as you said it can be worn different ways. I only had two colours so I sort of made up the stripe pattern as I went along.
ReplyDeleteHi Maggie! thank you for a lovely comment. Can't wait to see your shawlette on Ravelry. And yes, youy can create stripes just as you like. even leftovers in multiple colors can be used for this pattern.
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