Nightmare Before Christmas Speckles Shawl - Finished!

I finished this up back on April 3.  I really like the red border.

It provides a nice dramatic finish.  I do think that adding a border to shawls like this helps bring the pieces together to make a more coherent whole.  The yarn for the edging is another of the Sundara Yarn skeins that I purchased as part of a temperature blanket kit that I never knit.  This color was for temperatures 91-100.

Pattern:   Improvised Garter Stitch Boomerang Shawl

Yarn:  The Unique Sheep 4 Ply SW Merino Fingering & Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Nightmare Before Christmas Speckles Shawl - Body Done, and Border Started!

I was in an all day class on Monday, so I got a lot of knitting done on this shawl, getting to the last mini-skein.  I finished it up Tuesday in some virtual meetings, so yesterday when I got home from work I picked through my stash and found a color for the border.  I knew I wanted red.  I was going to go for a dark red, but it didn’t really work with the colors of the shawl, so in the end I went with a brighter red.  It is another skein of Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino that was dyed up for a temperature blanket that I bought and never knit.  This color was for temperatures 91-100.

It definitely pops.

Pattern:  Improvised Garter Stitch Boomerang Shawl

Yarn:  The Unique Sheep 4 Ply Merino Fingering and Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Nightmare Before Christmas Speckles Shawl - Three Skeins Done!

I managed to get a fair bit of knitting done this past week at the office, thanks to meetings, and having to read documents.  I am actually about half way through the fourth skein.  I do like the way that this is working up.  I have a skein of dark red that I may use for the border.  I have another set of six skeins from this Advent set that will also become a Garter Stitch Boomerang Shawl, and I can get the edging for both shawls out of a single skein.

Pattern:  Improvised Garter Stitch Boomerang Shawl

Yarn:  The Unique Sheep 4 Ply SW Merino Fingering

Needle: US 4 (3.5 mm)
 

Nightmare Before Christmas Speckles Shawl - Cast On!

Of course, finishing up the body of the Electric Oogie Boogie Shawl meant that I had to cast on another mindless project for my work bag, so I grabbed another six skein set from the Nightmare Before Christmas Advent Calendar and cast on a garter stitch boomerang shawl.  This set is simply called “Speckles”, and the only thing to do with this yarn is a garter stitch boomerang shawl.  I may go a bit wild with the edging though and pick a nice pop color, as the skeins aren’t all monochromatic gray/black.  I do like the way the speckles are knitting up.

Pattern:  Improvised Garter Stitch Boomerang Shawl

Yarn:  The Unique Sheep 4 Ply SW Merino Fingering

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)