7.15.2015

havra shawl & summer bucket list update

Can't believe that it is already the middle of July! This summer is just cruising along too fast. There are still a couple of items to be checked off from the summer bucket list. We have yet to go camping but hopefully that will be in the stars soon. Unfortunately for my waistline, I have managed to eat ice cream everyday (high priority item on the list as far as the little guy is concerned) and grilling up a storm (tonight's dinner of grilled lime coconut chicken with coconut rice and grilled pineapple was particularly delicious). And happily, the beach knitting this summer has been pretty productive. I even finished the shawl for the Shetland Trader MKAL, now named Havra, in a reasonable amount of time.



I am completely thrilled with how it turned out. Gudrun Johnston is such a wonderful designer with a great sense of style. With any MKAL, one has to have a lot of trust and confidence in the designer. It can be both thrilling and scary, depending on your knitting personality. The knitting on this was pure pleasure. The pattern was very intuitive and I love the strong lines created by the combination of garter and twisted stitches. The only hiccup was running out of yarn in the middle of the last clue. Luckily, I was able to get my hands on another skein. I knitted the small size but the shawl blocked out to be a little larger, which was a happy accident in gauge.


Ending this post with some knitting eyecandy of the highest order. I was lucky to have won a pair of mittens handknitted by Chrisknits which arrived on Monday.


Aren't they gorgeous!!! Can't wait to wear them this winter.



8 comments:

  1. That shawl is beautiful!! Love the color you used. I can't complain too much about the mild summer we've been having, but I sure do miss wearing my Fiddleheads! But I won't wish away the rest of the summer just to be back in them right now.

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  2. I really like the green you chose for the shawl, beautiful. And those mittens--wow! You are so lucky to have won them.

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  3. the whole post is eye candy!!! Your shawl turned out great....and those mitts!!! Yowee!!! What a prize that was!! I'd say you had a really really good week...especially if it also contained a daily dose of ice cream! :)

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  4. That's such a wonderful shawl! It looks perfectly cozy and comfortable-and it's the most gorgeous green ever! And those mittens are fantastic, you lucky, lucky person!!

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  5. What a lovely shawl, that is my absolute favourite colour!

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  6. This shawl is lovely! Ooh, the green! I like your solid version better. I'm envious of your wall of bookcase. How fun to full that up or browse it.

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  7. The shawl really turned out lovely. That color is gorgeous. The pattern looks really nice and versatile to wear. I would love to make one, but I have so much on the list already, of course!

    Congratulations on the beautiful mittens.

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  8. That shawl is gorgeous! What a beautiful green.

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