Butterfly

Deidre has a new project - she is going to knit us another Butterfly Shawl. This was our store sample but we are no longer carrying the yarn that we used. The shawl is beautiful and looked great hanging in the store so it’s time for a new one.

For this shawl we are using Zauberball Crazy (1702 - 2 balls) with SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock (cauldron - 1 skein). It’s going to be bright.

You can purchase the pattern for Butterfly on Ravelry.

Take a look at the finished shawls on Ravelry that are knit with Crazy. Whatever colour of Crazy you pick will make a beautiful shawl.

This short row shawl looks lovely in either a long transition mutli-colorway or in placed color OR with bits and pieces from your STASH. 

Instructions are expressed in a new and unique method which I developed and that most American knitters are familiar with. The instructions let you know when you are on the right side or wrong side and gives extensive stitch counts. For some, it takes away a lot of the confusion sometimes found in other expressions of short rows. 

There is a lot of counting and this is very important. It is not a great project to knit while only partially focused in the short row sections. But there is also a lot of plain, garter knitting employed. For every short row section, there are rows in between that are more simple to execute.

Photo © MarinJa knits

My plan was to put together combinations and get pictures. I couldn’t get outside for pictures but here are a few that I was able to get inside.

Crazy 2514 

Above Alegria Natural (which isn’t quite as white as the picture)

Below Tough Love Sock London Fog

Crazy 1699

Above Alegria Natural

Below Tough Love Sock London Fog

Crazy 2528

Above Malabrigo Sock 412 Teal Feather

Below Tough Love Sock Spearmint

You can also use black or charcoal with any colour of Crazy for a real contrast. 

Dad and Lucy just left and it’s time for a few rows of knitting. I need to get back to Elah but that won’t happen until tomorrow. I had a crazy day in the store (thank you to everyone who stopped in) so it will be an early evening.