I've been busy knitting up a new pattern. This is the Finch Ruffle Shawl. I love it! It turned out exactly the way I hoped. It's a totally feminine, silky shawl with beautifully transitioning colors, knit with two strands of Finch rayon boucle yarn together, in a gentle curve by increasing at the edges of the body. The ruffle is knit last with a single strand of the same yarn on smaller needles in short row sections along the bottom edge of the shawl so that the colors transition sideways along the bottom.
The shawl was knit with 6 skeins of Finch, rayon yarn [1350 yds total] from www.robinjedmundson.etsy.com in these colors: Vineyard, Deep Woods, Summer, Sandstone, Orchard, and Elderberry. This yarn is available in many colors. If you need help choosing colors, feel free to email me for help and suggestions: robin at morenna dot com or convo me via my Etsy shop: www.robinjedmundson.etsy.com.
This pattern is totally flexible. Change colors as often as you wish. Mix and match whatever colors make you happy. You can even knit it all in one yarn [try Stella, silk noil yarn at www.robinjedmundson.etsy.com - 1350 yds for $35.] Or you can mix and match the yarns - for example try mixing the Finch, Zig zag, Rayon spiral and sparrow. Just remember that you need 4-6 colors and about 1300 yds total. Use similar colors or bold contrasts. Any way you do it, it'll be gorgeous.
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished size:
60 inches wide at top. 24 inches
long from top to bottom.
Needles:
Size 8 [for ruffle], size 10.5 circular needles 24” or longer [for
body], size 15 [for cast on]
Here are some ways you can wear the shawl:
Photo above: Pinned at shoulder with inside ends overlapping in front.
Photo left: Flipped over one shoulder - no pin needed.
Turn the whole thing upside down with the ruffles on top and wear it like a scarf.
It's plenty big enough to wrap once around your neck so that all the colors in the ruffles shine.
The pattern is for sale on Etsy for a whopping $1.50. A real bargain for a gorgeous pattern.
If you buy the yarn from me, I'll send you the pattern for free. Just let me know when you purchase the yarn that you'd like me to send you the pattern. [The pdf will attach easily to an Etsy convo].
Happy knitting!
