Jewels of the Czar Shawl

We finally have a bit of sunshine today, so I got some photos of my latest finished project.

Project Details:

• Pattern: I improvised this one. It’s a top down triangle shawl, started with a garter tab. The body is stockinette, with a three-stitch garter border on each side. After every nine rows of stockinette, I threw in an eyelet section: purl one row on the wrong side, then yo/knit 2 tog across on the right side, then another purl row. I added a garter stitch border and bound off.
  Yarn: Raven Frog Fibers Elegante, color Jewels of the Czar. This is perfectly yummy yarn to knit with and wear. It’s a 50/50 merino/silk blend, with 650 yards/skein. I used all but a few grams.
• Started: September of 2024
• Finished: January 5, 2025
• Needles: Size 3.5 mm circulars

This is lovely, and was a perfect knitting project to go through football season (aka TV knitting-simple enough to knit watching tv, but not so basic that I want to kill myself). It will get a lot of wear in the warmer months.

All the Christmas stuff has finally been put away. I’m ready for spring, though that sunshine outside doesn’t fool me one bit. We’ve got another few months of grey and rainy to get through first.