I came out with a frivolous pair of palest pinkest pointiest kitten-heeled slingbacks (not vintage, but nestled amongst a display of antique gloves and perfume bottles and looking appropriately old fashioned and worthy of an Edwardian lady's dressingroom). And then had to cart them around the Show all day long. Poor planning on my part there. (But they're pink! And pretty!)
Several months later I was out with one of the same party buying yarn (we do engage in activities other than yarn shopping, I assure you). She was buying gorgeous charcoal tweedy wool to knit her husband a jumper and I was browsing bamboo yarns to knit our mutual friend a birthday shawl (the one here and please excuse that first shot, it was cold).
My girlfriend helped me select the right blue for our friend's shawl, and then spotting some divine pale pink bamboo, held it up saying seductively Those pink slingbacks of yours need a little lacy number to match them, I do believe.
She was right of course.
And so here we are. This is the third Shetland Triangle I have knitted; coincidentally all of them have been pink. One, two and now three.
I loved knitting this. The bamboo yarn is divine, full of drape and grace. The pattern is elegant and easy but not boring to work, and the thrill of seeing the lace emerge during blocking is always special. I love blocking with welding rods too. Feels ironic and mischievous.
Vital Statistics
Pattern :: Shetland Triangle Shawl, by Evelyn A. Clark
Yarn :: Cleckheaton's Bamboo 4 ply, 3.5 balls
Needles :: 5mm Knitpros sold to me and set up by Jules at Morris & Sons! I love them, Jules. You were so right.
Cast on :: 29 December 2011 (at my parents' house in Queensland during our Christmas trip)
Cast off :: 17 January 2012
Modelled :: too hot for modelled shots right now so my house wall had to suffice.
Ravelled here if you require even more details and feel the urge to follow the trail and knit your own.
18 comments:
That pink is gorgeous. I'm usually not a 'pink' person but gee I'm really tempted!!! I love it!!!!!
Wow!!!!!
I would love to see a pic of you all pinked up with somewhere to go. I bet they make a lovely lady like click clacking on the floors too. And that shawl is divine. xx
Wow Suse, it is gorgeous!!!
You are soooo prolific. I vowed to knit 12 shawls in 2012 and so far have half of one ... how do you do it?!
Annie, read the stats ... I started the green and black one last JULY! I am not that fast :)
I think it needed to be done...you'll love wearing them both!
You owe us a photo with you all pinked up.
oh it's lovely, it would take me years and years to knit that, and all the holes would be in the wrong places.....
C'est magnifique! Tres chic! (Sorry, it just seemed appropriate!)
I am not a great fan of shoes but that shawl is divine! Just stunning!
so why exactly is there no picture of you wearing both shoes and shawl????
Love those shoes, and the shawl - i want one! Would you sell a pink one to me?
'tis a lovely shade of pink. I too am not really a "pink" person, but that rose shade is very sweet
Beautiful. Your many shawls are highly inspirational. And you make it okay that I too recently finished a shawl that was started last July. Thanks to you I have officially forgiven myself. ;D
Shoes! Pretty, pointy, pink shoes! Delicate, lacey, pink shawl! PINK, PINK, PINK!
There, you see what you've done to me? Blew a girl synapse then. And I've gone and worn out my exclamation key too.
You know the weather has cooled down a LOT, so a photo of you wearing the slingbacks and that gorgeous shawl and a pretty frock to set them off would be perfectly in order now.
Everyone needs shoes like these and a fairy tale shawl .
Perfect !!
But we need to see them TOGETHER....
Well, you are just going to look lovely in the shawl and shoes!
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