Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Stage 3 (Warning: Picture heavy post.)

Chatelaine reached Stage 3, completion, last night. I've thoroughly enjoyed this exercise in design and will certainly undertake it again. I grossly underestimated the finished size and could have easily worked one less repeat widthwise and two fewer lengthwise.

It's harder than I thought it would be to part with this shawl. The fact that it will be raffled off to support two good causes for the Ladies of Auxillary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars makes it more special.

1. Operation Uplink which provides phone cards for our service men and women.
2. Cancer aid and research.

Specs:

Pattern: Chatelaine Shawl designed by Beverly
Sources: Chatelaine - Charted Knitting Designs - A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
The Brand Iron Edging - Heirloom Knitting by Sharon Miller
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr 2/18 in Real Red
Started: July 8, 2007
Finished: October 1, 2007

Modeled by the most wonderful mom in the world!








6 comments:

Vera said...

The shawl is stunning, and your mother makes a great model.

Anonymous said...

I visit regularly just haven't posted. I must tell you I love that shawl. The color is so vibrant. It's a good thing you are doing to help out others.

Monika said...

It's HUGE, it's beautiful! Wow, I was not prepared for this. One rarely sees a shawl in such a vibrant color. Very well done! ;o)

Zarzuela said...

Wow! Simply gorgeous! You did an amazing job!

Jessica

Deborah said...

my jaw is on the floor!

The socklady said...

Do you need another Mom, maybe by proxy, step Mom friend from Ravelry, or whatever. Shawl is incredibly beautiful. Nice job.

Lynne

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