Wow! We are quiet. Is everyone off knitting? I am making a seaman's scarf as one of my projects. I would like to start another shawl but I am unsure if I...
Hi, Renee, ummm....I have to admit that I'm not ready to start on my Faorese yet (still...) I have been doing a lot of sewing for my business (which is a good...
I just bought the Stahman book "Stahman's shawls & Scarves" which is all Faroese shawls. I bought it at the urging of someone from this post who used the...
Welcome, Katie, I haven't had the opportunity yet to begin work on the Catharina Faroese Shawl from Best of Knitter's Magazine Shawls & Scarves, but it is the...
DO NOT USE THIS PATTERN!!!!! From this blog I learned from shelly aka eagle flight that it's loaded with errors. She didn't keep her reworkings, but told me...
Perhaps, Katie, you could provide the link to the blog you're referring to? It's a little difficult to understand where your information is coming from, and...
I knit my Catharina from the issue of Knitters several years ago. I don't remember many errors in the pattern- Myrna saw the finished shawl last year at her...
Oops! There's been a mistake. The pattern that I knit that had all the errors was from The Best of Knitter's Magazine Shawls and Scarves on page 38, the...
Dear ERlady, aka Katie, and Knitters of Faroese-Shaped Shawls, ERlady, aka Katie, wrote: "I just bought the Stahman book "Stahman's Shawls & Scarves" which is...
Ah, Shelly! Thank you for the clarification... I'd gone back through our archives, and couldn't find anything that specifically listed the Catharina as a shawl...
On the back panel of the basic pattern do the yarn overs create the back panel to look like a rectange? While the side panels continue to grow? I know I did...
Dear Renee and Faroese-shaped shawl knitters, Renee wrote, "On the back panel of the basic pattern do the yarn overs create the back panel to look like a...
After much confusion and consternation on my part, I am now through the first pattern repeat of the border on my Susan Shawl! It's coming off the needles at...
Hullo Myrna, I'm on the border of my Susan shawl. While I understand the nice chain selvedge made by slipping the first stitch of each row purlwise, I'm not...
Myrna, Thank you, Yes, that was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again, Blessings, Renee ... panels continue to ... referring to ... stitches, ... Prior...
Dear Susan and Faroese-shaped Shawl Knitters, Susan wrote, "I'm on the border of my Susan shawl. While I understand the nice chain selvedge made by slipping...
FINALLY!!! I got the photo of my GS Gracie uploaded. It's not a great picture, but the best I could do for now. The photo really doesn't do her justice. I...
... It looks great. I'd love to see it on you! ... I'd like to know Myrna's opinion on this, but I started the Alka in garter stitch, just knitting back...
Dear Faroese-shaped shawls knitters, Diana wrote, "I'd like to know Myrna's opinion on this, but I started the Alka in garter stitch, just knitting back...
... <chuckle> I believe I'll also be pleased with it whatever the look. But I'm sorry for not clarifying - my question was not so much about "should I swatch"...
First of all, thanks to those of you who suggested that any of the shawls in the book can be adapted to garter stitch. That would never have occurred to me!...
I learned that splicing yarn is a pain and to buy skeins of yarn, or cones, with enough yarn for the entire shawl in the future! You won't believe this, but...
Hi, Brigitte Have you considered Elizabeth Zimmermann's Pie Are Square shawl? It's horseshoe shaped, garter stitch and really fool-proof knitting. I have ...
Hi all, I have been busily working away on my Mirialis B shawl, and thought you might like to see some progress pics. These were actually taken a couple of...
Beautimus!! Sande Francis Fresno, CA, USA mailto:sandeleh@... come see my weaving, spinning, SOCKS, and other stuff at: http://photos.sandeleh.com NZ...
Dear Bev and Knitters of Faroese-Shaped Shawls, Bev, you are the first knitter I have heard from who has actually knit all 38 pattern repeats published with...
Bev, your shawl is absolutely gorgeous! What size needle are you using? I just frogged my GS Gracie using the variegated yarn. I'm going to a larger needle...
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