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90th birthday present

I made this for my Mother-in-law

Created by: gillian P

  • Project Details

    About

    I enjoyed making my first audition shawl and it is worn most days by my friend, so I wanted to make something special for Harriet’s 90th birthday.
    I did fewer stripes in one section to keep the length manageable but didn’t like it, so I cut it and added more rows and grafted it back together. Not the easiest thing I’ve ever done with more than 200 stitches on the needles!
    Again I didn’t follow the pattern and changed sections as I went along.
    Added an icord on the neck edge - it made a softer finish

    Pattern

    Audition shawl

    This pattern can be found here:
    www.ravelry.com

    Needles & Hooks

    • Circular 4.00mm (US 6) 80cm

    Accessories

    • Stitch Markers
    • Tapestry Needle
    Other : Felting pen and polystyrene packaging as a mat. So worried about the cotton ends unravelling I tried numerous ways of weaving in the tails, and felting the cotton to the woo/acrylic yarn seems to work very well- even if there is the occasional felted patch

    Measurements

    Notes: Made it longer(too long?) to try out more patterns

    Tags

    • Shawls
    • Women

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Intermediate

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: Feb 17, 2020 Finished on: Mar 7, 2020

  • Comments

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    5 Comments

    • Donna S

      What a beautiful present. Love the colour combo.
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      • gillian P

        • Perth

        Thank you. I asked my sister in law what colours she likes and she said grey and brown! Hope it isn’t too orange for her!
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    • Vix

      • North Walsham

      Sound like me my body thermostat is set on high!
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    • Vix

      • North Walsham

      Love this fabulous present
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      • gillian P

        • Perth

        Thanks Vix . I just wish I could wear one myself but I struggle- get far too hot and in a knot!
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