I finished this shawl almost a month ago, and I’m just getting around to posting about it.
Project Details:
- Pattern: Boneyard Shawl, by Stephen West
- Yarn: Sincere Sheep Cormo Fingering, color 9 Mile Ranch
- Needles: 3.75 mm
- Started: January 29, 2021
- Finished: May 11,2021
- For: Me
- Rating: ***** for both pattern and yarn. This is a free pattern, available on Ravelry. It was originally written for a DK weight yarn, but can be made with any weight yarn, really. The pattern is dead simple, and can also be adapted to the yardage you have available. This is the second one of these I’ve made, and it won’t be the last. The yarn I used comes in a 500 yard skein, and makes a nice small shawl to wrap around my neck. This does work well with a gradient dyed yarn like this, since the background pattern is so simple. The color changes do all the work here.
In other news, I’m still on a sock-knitting binge. Here’s the latest.
The yarn is Exmoor Sock, from John Arbon. This is a lovely wool blend, with a bit of nylon for durability. It has a somewhat rustic hand, and is on the light-fingering end of the sock yarn spectrum. I might have a few more colors of this in the stash. The luster and colors of this yarn line are fabulous.
One more finished shawl photo for you:
You look beautiful! Wear it in good health!!
The shawl is beautiful. Such happy colors!! Like your new haircut, too. I haven’t been brave enough to get mine cut yet. It’s been well over a year (okay a year and a half) and it’s starting to drive me crazy. Living with a ‘messy bun’ is getting old!
Is this the same pattern I’m using?
Pretty shawl! Nice combo of yarn and pattern.
.You just sent me down a rabbit hole in Ravelry; first to add the Boneyard shawl to my queue using some yarn I love and haven’t been able to find the perfect pattern for. Success!