Welcome to Unraveled Wednesday! Today, I am happy to say, there has been no unraveling and I even have a finished object!
First up, Settler Shawl – okay, I don’t think I would actually classify this a shawl – more like a scarf or a shawlette perhaps, due to the yardage of my yarn choice. But, I only had one skein – I received Sterling Silk and Silver yarn from Kraemer Yarns and I have never knit with “sparkly” yarn because, well, sparkles are not my thing. However, this is not super sparkly, it has a very subtle sparkly-ness to it! But the hand of the yarn is really what I want to talk about – it feels very cottony, and in a very good way! There is zero itch factor at all with this yarn – so if you have someone who struggles with wool, this might be the yarn for them! However, the blend is not cotton – but rather silk. Because of the silk content (20%) I was a bit worried about how to wash and block the shawl. I did give it a good bath in tepid water (not hot and not cold) with a little bit of Soak Wash™, letting it rest in the water about 15 minutes. I then squeezed out the excess water and ran it through the spin only cycle on my washer. I did not pin this out to block it at all – I did not want to lose any of the garter squishy-ness! I just laid it flat to dry and gave it a little tug here and there to open up the crossed stitch sections. I would love to knit this again with the same yarn (this time with 2 skeins to make it be a shawl). And, yes – I would absolutely knit with this yarn again!
Now, I am back to cruising along on my “Air Soft Shawl” and I am to the point in the pattern where the repeats begin. So, the knitting is with pencil and paper to keep track of everything!
On the finished book list – nothing yet! I had hoped to finish The Lake yesterday, but it did not happen! But, oh my gosh I love this book! It is gripping from the beginning. And, I am adding Konrad Simonsen to the company of Carl Morck and Armand Gamache! He is wonderful! This is the first book I have read by Lotte and Soren Hammer, but it won’t be the last. I should be able to finish this up today, and then back to The Girl in Green.
There you have my knitting and reading for the week. What are you making and reading? Or is it an unravel week for you? Please share!
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What a pretty shawl. I am adding bebads to my current knit – something newish for me. Happy Wednesday
Your shawl(ette) is lovely, and I’m definitely going to have to look for some of that yarn! It looks perfect for a subtly sparkly Hitchhiker. I might also have to add The Lake to my list. Thanks for your knitting and reading ideas!
Your shawl turned out so pretty! Love it. Now I’m off to look up The Lake. If the character is like Gamache, I know I will love it!
beautiful shawl! I kind of like those kind of shawls that wear around the neck like a scarf. I also don’t like anything heavy around my neck, it feels to weighty (maybe I have a delicate neck??).
The shawl is lovely, and you can tell that it’s still nice and squishy. The sparkle must be really subtle, because I can’t see it glancing at the photos. A little sparkle is okay with me, but I’m not one to wear a lot of bling in general.
I’m still working on trying to finish up all my deadline knits, and I’m 100 pages away from finishing my book (“Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett).
I love that shawl!! It’s such a beautiful color, too.
Your shawl/scarf is lovely, colour and pattern suit so well.
That shawl is really pretty – very spring like and the pattern is lovely. I finally finished my Peace Cowl! Hooray! So now I’m working on socks and the Islington Shawl, which I love. I am still reading Moonglow and I started listening to Now I See You this morning.
Your shawl drapes beautifully and the soft color is nice for this time of year. I like the unique edging, too. I am knitting and I am reading and someday I’ll get my act together and tell you about it! 🙂
That is indeed a lovely shawl and i can see why you’d want to knit another and another and another…
Adding your titles to my list of someday/maybe to read and joined in this week with the meme – thanks for hosting it!
Cheers~
What a lovely scarf! sometimes I find it easier to wear the smaller pieces (and definitely cooler in the summer). Still waiting for a Nordic Noir start here list 😉
You shawl is great! Perfect for this time of year. I’m unraveled this week. Nothing finished and I’m okay with it!
I like that shawl, it looks like something I could make. 🙂
Absolutely lovely!
(As for me, I’m still knitting away at my sleeves — but making progress. Too busy with LIFE to blog today.) XO