Woodsman Shawll II - Finished!

 

This week is my last week of work for the rest of the year, and it was a bit of a hell week packed with meetings.  Fortunately that gave me plenty of time to work on the lace edging on my shawl and I finished it up this past Wednesday.  For this shawl I bought some Cascade Yarns Heritage Solids in black.  We had a little bit of snow last night and I thought it would go well with the shawl.  This is just one of my simple garter stitch boomerang shawls.  Mindless knitting that is great for when I’m reviewing documents.  I made one for my sister Virginia, but she only wanted the lace edging on the cast off edge.  I loved the colors so much I bought a second skein to make one for myself.

Pattern:  Improvised (Boomerang shawl)

Yarn:  SpaceCadet Yarns Oriana in Woodsman

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Woodsman Shawl II - Body Done!

 

I’ve been working on this one lately and managed to finish up the body last night while watching the latest season of The Last Kingdom.  I ordered a skein of basic black sock yarn for the border.  Now I need another mindless project.

Pattern:  Improvised (Boomerang shawl)

Yarn:  SpaceCadet Yarns Oriana in Woodsman

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Woodsman Shawl II - Cast On

 

I needed another mindless knit for work knitting, so I pulled this skein out of my recent stash.  I made a simple boomerang shawl for my sister with this colorway, and I so loved the color that I purchased a second skein to make a shawl for myself.

Pattern:  Improvised (Boomerang shawl)
Yarn:  SpaceCadet Yarns Oriana in Woodsman
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Woodsman Shawl - Finished!

I finished this shawl up back on February 2 and sent it off to my sister Virginia.  She received it this past weekend and immediately called to tell me how much she loved it.  When I was blocking the shawl I noticed that the lace pattern in the edging resembled the Eye of Horus, which I knew would delight her.  I didn't really notice that when I was picking out the edging.  It popped out at me when I was blocking.  I found it on Pinterest and charted it up in PatternGenius on my iPad.

Pattern:  Improvised
Yarn:  SpaceCadet Oriana in Woodsman
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Woodsman Shawl - Body Done

Over the Christmas Holidays my sister Virginia informed me that she needed another shawl like the Black Eye Galaxy shawl that I had made her, but this one needed to be red and black, with a black border.  Fortunately I had recently received a club shipment from SpaceCadet yarns that I thought would work.  This is the coordinating color for the Interstellar Yarn Alliance December shipment and it is called Woodsman.  The main shipment is Opinionated Cardinal, and I have that cast on for another boomerang shawl, which may or may not go to my sister.

Pattern:  Improvised
Yarn:  SpaceCadet Oriana in Woodsman
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)