Shawl pattern suggestions?
Posted by emmajane on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 14:04
I know, I know again with the shawls... This time I'm looking for a pattern that has the following requirements:
- is not a single pattern from top to bottom (the flower basket shawl is starting to drag on, and i'm only 1/3 done)
- includes beads in three shades (I'm thinking as a stop-light-esque pattern toward the border)
- only needs one skein of sea silk (400m)
- is vaguely water or droplet themed
I'm willing to be flexible on the pattern part...and am happy to work from random charts as long as you can help me figure out how to estimate yardage. I'm thinking something like the Icelandic spiders at the top and feather and fan towards the bottom? Field of Flowers as a triangle (Ravelry has better photos, and here's the corner on Flickr)?
I know this is a trap and I'm not falling for it. I will not talk about shalls with you. I will not recommend shalls. There are no shalls. Nice try.
Estonian Triangular from the latest Piecework? On second thought, needs to be finer than seasilk probably.
Hi, Emma ...
OK, I don't really knit - but I have friends who do :) And this doesn't really fit your requirements, BUT, it seems like a pretty cool shawl/capelet that might be interesting to try. Joanna ran into some problems with it, but eventually got it to work. She has about 4 posts on it in her "knitting" category starting with this: http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/2008/05/11/moebius-mobius-mobiusiest/
Cheers .. Kate