This was my first time knitting with silk; it won't be my last. (Luckily there are four more skeins in my stash, ahem).
The pattern is 198 yards of heaven, the yarn is Debbie Bliss Pure Silk DK, the needles were 5mm and the finished shawl weighs 100g (two skeins). The silk was originally a creamy yellow colour called Straw, but I overdyed it with Landscape dye 'Moss'.
It's a birthday gift for a treasured friend. Every stitch knitted with love.
More details here.
44 comments:
Just Beautiful!
gorgeous!
that is beautiful, Suse, one of my favourite colours, well done!
Take-my-breath-away, veritable birthday gift treasure, that.
Breathtaking - what a shawl!
that is absolutely beautiful, what a lucky friend, but then again, she must be a wonderful friend to you. As they say, what goes around, comes around. As for the week's 'love in', I agree that they are sheer hell, the hands on my watch move SO SO slowly and each new hour just brings more infinate boredom!! Poor Poor you. I wonder if you could knit as you listen!
Simply beautiful Suse.
As always absolutely gorgeous
Wow.
Suddenly I'm wishing that it was MY birthday coming up!!
It's gorgeous! And I really like the colour, too :-)
Magic!
That is so delicately beautiful - a work of art!
You're not kidding!! That IS heavenly.
(gasps in pleasure) The colour, the pattern, just DIVINE!!!
A very VERY lucky and deserving friend I'm sure
So beautiful ! And it looks so light and soft and twirly .
Good luck with looking alert through the blurb this week . Keeping at least one eye open helps .
That's just stunning. I want one!
You're so clever.
It's just exquisite.
That is lovely. I haven't had my morning coffee yet so this may be a stupid question but what pattern did you use?
Hi Mooncalf, the pattern is called 198 yards of heaven, and if you click on the link where it says More Details Here, you'll be able to access it.
Webby, leafy, lacey gorgeousness.
WOW! That shawl is so beautiful...
I love the mossy green colour.
Wow, gorgeous! Screw socks, I want to knit THAT. (Alas, I am about 10 years away from being able to do so, at the rate I'm going, but it's good to have goals and whatnot.)
Absolutely delicious. Seriously: I want to put raspberry vinagrette on it and eat it.
Beautiful!
Stunning. Gorgeous color~
Wow. That is GORGEOUS. You're amazing.
I doubt I will ever have the patience to knit something that complicated. I'd be all, Boys, stop killing each other! and drop a half dozen stitches or something...
Lovely lovely lovely!
Still working out what I can knit with that Gorgeous Pink Wool of yours ...
Beautiful, beautiful! I love that colour. Do you remember that dress in the same colour Nicole Kidman wore to the Oscars one year? My all time favourite Oscars dress.
I've some pictures to post in the next few days of one of the things knitted up in that beautiful yarn you dyed for me.
Off to Ravelry now to check out the details of the shawl. Really beautiful, Suse. Your friend is indeed lucky.
Pure knitted loveliness!
Wow. Really, wow.
Breathtaking. Not only will I have to use my silk for similar heavenly purposes, I will have to purchase a whitewashed(?) mudbrick against which to photograph it. Damn.
amazing. seriously.
just gorgeous. it's such a great pattern, and looks lovely in the finer gauge. you've tempted me to give silk a go ...
Amazing shawl with amazing knitting skill and the colour!
That deserves capitals. FABULOUS.
That's a very nice shawl.
I like the way it's displayed on the rock wall.
A question:
Do you mind if I, too, become your treasured friend? Don't answer now! Think about it for a while. I'll just sit here comfortably and wait.
-------->That shawl is AMAZING!!!
Heavenly! Lucky friend.
Wow. So, so impressive and beautiful.
1 Hated the pattern when I first knitted it, but love it now!Love the colour
wow - so amazingly beautiful I can't think of what to say. Simply divine!
You know, over the years (!) I have given you such a hard time about your knitting. But this, THIS, is absolutely, breath-takingly beautiful. Sublime even.
Just stunning. Can't stop looking at it actually.
My eyes feasted on this scarf when I saw it. Beautiful delicate work. Love it on the mud brick wall too.
This turned out beautifully, love the pattern and the color. This makes me want to knit one for a friend of mine who loves leaves. I guess I will add it to my list.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Susanne
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