The Luxe Shawlette by Anniken Allis came out on April 17, and because I subscribe to her newsletter, I saw it right away, and decided that I wanted to make it. The link to the kits took me to a yarn store overseas, so I checked out the yarns required on Ravelry and managed to find a US distributor, Wool and Company in South Elgin, Illinois. They had bunches of colors to choose from, but I ended up going with gold. The two yarns are: Lang Yarns Mohair 21 and Lang Yarns Paillettes, held together.
This is definitely not mindless TV knitting, but it is very pretty and sparkly. I did make one mod to the pattern. The pattern calls for increases where you pick up the strand between stitches and knit into the front or back, depending on whether you want a right or left lean. I am replacing all of those with simple yarn overs. No way was I going to deal with working that kind of increase with these two yarns. I received my yarns on April 23 and immediately cast on. I haven’t made too much progress, mostly because I was focused on finishing up my Copenhagen Cardigan.
Pattern: Luxe Shawlette by Anniken Allis
Yarn: Lang Yarns Mohair 21 and Lang Yarns Paillettes
Needle: US 4 (3.5 mm)
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