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October 12, 2016

From Susan – Now That’s Big!

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 8:03 am

I saw a shawl pattern recently and just loved it: Lehigh by Melanie Berg.  Bought the yarn and the book, Malabrigo Book 10 (Rios)…waited two weeks for the yarn.  🙁  Started the shawl straight away before I headed to DC to visit Surly.

It takes 4 skeins of Rios Plomo and two of Arco Iris (I got the Plomo at The Yarnery and the other from Love Knitting).  I ran out of the Plomo and just kind of finished it up at that point.  Thank goodness.  The finished size is 120 inches across.  I said that to Sally and she goes, “That’s TEN FEET!”  Wow.  She is right!


Susan’s Lehigh Shawl

This shows the wrong side:

I added tassels to the back and both ends.  This side edge picture shows my use of No End Stripes:

I don’t have a picture of the entire shawl, nor have I figured out how to wear it! 😉  But I expect to look exactly like this: 😉

I was and still am disappointed in the color of my Arco Iris.  The picture shows a lot of yellow and spring green (more like this person’s shawl on Ravelry), but my color is more pink and orange — and generally duller.

All I know is, this ten-foot sucker will be warm this winter!!!

11 Comments »

  1. I have to disagree with you. I find the colors in the original shawl picture very bland and dull and barely noticeable while your picture is much brighter and shows off the design better. I can see where you might want a little more of the yellow but I think it’s very pretty.

    Comment by katherine — October 12, 2016 @ 10:45 am

  2. I agree with Katherine above! A pink and orange combo appeals more to me than yellow and spring green, which tend to be grating or else faded and bland.

    Comment by Gretchen (aka stashdragon) — October 12, 2016 @ 1:12 pm

  3. Absolutely agree that the colors you have are sooooo much more attractive (to me). Sorry to hear there is such a variance in color – I can understand your frustration in your yarn appearing to be an entirely different color. I’ve had that once or twice, where the color change sequence is so long that some skeins look like a different colorway (different yarn, though).

    Comment by Amy — October 12, 2016 @ 1:34 pm

  4. Holy smokes, this is stunning! I love it — the pattern is new to me. Melanie Berg is a genius.

    Comment by Jodi — October 12, 2016 @ 1:43 pm

  5. I like your color better, too — but it’s always a bit disappointing to expect one color and end up with another.

    Comment by Surly — October 12, 2016 @ 3:53 pm

  6. Absolutely stunning …

    Comment by Denise — October 13, 2016 @ 2:38 am

  7. You are a little taller, otherwise you’ll look just like that!

    Comment by Mary Lou — October 13, 2016 @ 12:17 pm

  8. After just seeing this in person, I’d have to say yours is much more vivid and beautiful than this one! Love your tassels! Just watch where you wear them! We don’t swing our tassels!

    Comment by Kathy W. — October 13, 2016 @ 7:53 pm

  9. Wow that video on no-end stripes is so useful.
    I am in the middle of a striped project which would have benefited from those techniques.
    Oh well I can start now!
    Thanks again for sharing that video.

    Amazing shawl by the way. I am sure it will be useful this winter. Any snow yet?

    Comment by LisaRR — October 15, 2016 @ 2:49 pm

  10. I am in awe of ten feet of anything!

    Comment by Mimi — October 15, 2016 @ 8:29 pm

  11. I agree with Commenter 7 (Mary Lou). And it is Beautuful! Chloe

    Comment by Chloe — October 17, 2016 @ 6:46 am

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