My progress on my Susan shawl has stalled because I am taking a class for the Pie R Squared Shawl. I am using the Gracie charts for some of the lace. I put...
Hullo Susan A, That sounds like fun! Pi R Squared is on my "Gee, I'd like to knit that someday" list, as is the Gracie. I admire your ability to think outside...
Sue, I think you can probably make more than one thing from that much Zephyr! (you lucky, lucky gal....) I've been eyeing a cone of Zephyr....one day, I'll get...
Hullo all, OK, I've found and posted the pictures I took of my Susan shawl done in alpaca. Check the Photos section on the group. I ran out of yarn halfway...
OH Susan! Just gorgeous! Thank you for the photos of the blocking wires, too...what kind of board are you using? Stinkers is also gorgeous...what a pretty...
... too...what kind of board are you using? The wires are the Zonta Dressing Wires that used to be available through Myrna's group. The boards are the "puzzle...
Susan Regarding Stinker's sibling with long hair? You do know that kittens from one litter can have more than one father? One of the idiosyncracies of...
I added a photo of my sis wearing the finished Susan Shawl to the Photos section, in the "Sandy" folder. Sis is allergic to most animal fibers, so I made this...
I'm new. And I'm so excited to get started on my own faroe shawl. I've been reading (studying) the Stahman's book. And as I understand some of the structure...
HI! Becky, Welcome to the group! I'll try to answer some of your questions tho' I haven't made Alka. Knit from the "Top Down" means that you're knitting from...
Thank you, Sallee One more question at the moment, and then I will be off to cast on later today. What is meant by the 'shoulder shaping'? Is that something...
As I understand the shoulder shaping (and I'd love ANYONE else on the list to add their comments, please?), the chart (or written instructions, whichever you...
Hi Becky, I knit my Faroese shawls from the bottom up but believe me, I was just as confused as you were. I just kept blindly following the directions and...
Hi Becky - One way to think about the shoulder shaping on a Faroese shawl is consider a raglan sweater, knit from the top down. You start with the back of the...
I did it!! I really did it!! Following patterns always make me nervous. So, for me, this was exciting. But I"m stuck now. I think I have fried my brain from...
... Woohoo! ... Would you make the same dense fabric for a sweater? A shawl should be even more drapey, so you might not like sock fabric for a shawl. I know I...
I like shawls and one of the luckiest days of my knitting life was when I picked up Myrna's book. I liked the idea of knitting from the top down for many...
Thank you. I appreciate your comments. I forgot to mention that the yarn I'm wanting to use is Alpaca. and it surprises me that it is so light and flexible......
... I am using Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud lacweight (100% alpaca, 440y/50g) on a 3.0mm needle. Lightly dry blocked, I am getting 6 st/inch. Some like a more open...
Hullo Diana S. - OK, I went upstairs to the attic and measured my alpaca Susan Shawl. My handspun is prolly thinner than some storebought alpaca laceweight...I...
Hello all. I bought the book over a year ago and have spun some shetland yarn to use for my shawl. I joined so I can ask questions as I knit my shawl and also...
Welcome Becca! I use photobucket for my blog photos/buttons. The blog button is just a photo. You can save it to your space, then upload to the photobucket.com...
Geesh. That stuff in between the ** ** is supposed to be in blue to indicate that you have to replace things... Sorry...I guess one of the "new" features of...
Sallee: Thanks so much for your help!!!! I so appreciate it. I have lots of shetland sheep and shetland spinner/knitter traffic on my blog so I know some of...
I finished my shawl a few weeks ago and finally got around to "dressing" it this week. I got my dressing wires from Handworks NW at the Black Sheep Gathering...
Jessica I saw your gorgeous shawl on your blog a day or so ago, and left you a comment - the edging coloration against the main shawl is just lovely! What a...
Dear Jessica, Congratulations on your beautiful Idella Farose-shaped shawl. It looks great with the darker lace border, something that I had not thought...
Hi All, I am new here! :-) :-) My name is Tammy. I am a Mom of 3 (2g, 1b), wife of my loving (and very tolerant) dh. :-) I also knit. And I like to start ...
