Friday, July 23, 2010

what you can do with 6 days

Do you remember that gorgeous yarn I bought last Friday ?
It's all grown up:


I'm going to wear it to the big Quilt & Craft show @ Jeff's Shed*, down in Melbourne tomorrow [ just so I can show it to Nadie,Tara, and Luz ]

pattern: yes it's another Forest Canopy Shawl [ Susan Lawrence]
needles: 5.5mm KP Options
yarn: EGMTK Sock [ no idea what the colour is called ] 610 metres
mods: 18 repeats of the main pattern and an extra repeat in the border
finished size: 78" x 40"



* Jeff's Shed is actually The Melbourne Convention Centre or somesuch but everyone [ including the Street Directory ] calls it Jeff's Shed after the State Premier at the time it was built.

12 comments:

Crowing Moon said...

Ooooooooooooooh that is SO beautiful. Do you sell them?

catsmum said...

not so far - most have been for gifts
there's a lot of work in them - basically I've done nothing else all week - and I'm not sure that people would be prepared to pay what it's worth.

Unknown said...

Beautiful work, and mighty quick I might add. Did you really only buy this last weekend?

Looks gorgeous..

Alwen said...

Holy shamoley, that was quick! I love it.

Alice said...

Do you never sleep? If not, I can tell you that insomnia never looked so good as it does in that beautiful shawl.

colleen said...

Wonderful job. Absolutely gorgeous. I would have had to have a break. Definitely too hard to price.

Anonymous said...

susan - i love lots of your knitting - but this one is absolutely gorgeous! i cant believe how productive you are - you will be the 'belle of the show' lol! debbie jordan, elf4

Donna Lee said...

The only thing I could make in less than a week is a pair of child's socks. And only if I devoted every night to them. Wow. It's beautiful. That pattern really shows off the yarn colors.

Sheepish Annie said...

Wow. It took me six months to finish my last pair of socks. I am seriously impressed!!!

Suzy said...

Absolutely beautiful!!

Carol said...

This is exquisite. I have recently made that shawl, but it looks nothing like this. ~~sigh~~ And it took me a lot lot longer! LOL. You've picked a beautiful colour.

Lynne said...

That is just beautiful - the pattern, the yarn and the knitting.