Mood:  a-ok

Faux Lace Shawlette

Faroese  style

This shawl is the same pattern as the triangle shawl and starts at the neck just like the triangle shawl.  This one is the Faroese shape which many people feel fits the shoulders and stay on better. This shawl is knit from the top down as developed by Myrna Stahman in her book Stahman's Shawls & Scarves.  Traditional Faroese-shaped shawls start with the bottom and hundreds of cast on stitches.  Casting on lots of stitches is a bummer, so I much prefer Myrna's method.   

This is a handspun alpaca/silk blend.  Interestingly this is overdyed natural color alpaca.  The monitor makes it look a brighter red than it is.  It is closer to a burgundy.   I had spun quite a bit of this yarn and previously knit this seaman scarf.  I didn't want to knit it in brown so overdyed it with a fuschia.  Because the yarn is comprised on two colors brown alpaca and white silk, it took the color differently which add additional interest.  When I show people the two items, everyone is amazed they are the same yarn. 

Coincidently these items were knit a long time from each other, but this scarf is also in Myrna Stahman's book and is based on Old Shale.

I am busy dyeing right now, listening to election coverage.  I'm starting another version of the faux lace shawl to test the pattern and am dyeing the yarn right now.  More later.  Linda