Zusammen - Finished!

 

The next project that I finished up was my Zusammen Shawl.  I had gotten past the short row shaping and was in the last set of stripes before working the lace part.  I was doing great on my stitch counts until I did the second to last set of rows for my contrast color.  When I finished the sixteen rows I counted my stitches and I was two stitches short.  I will claim distraction during a football game as the culprit.  I was not going to rip back at this stage of the game, so I continued on with the pattern and added four rows to the last contrast color stripe section, taking it from twelve rows to sixteen rows, which I like because it mirrors the symmetry of the other large strip sections.  The lace section was a lot of fun to work.  I’ve never knitted this particular lace pattern before and I really like it.  This was a fun pattern, and I may make more, I certainly have plenty of fingering weight yarn in my stash.

I didn’t even mind working lace with a dark yarn.  I can’t capture the subtle colors in my contrast color, but there are lots of them - burgundy, blue, teal, just to name a few.

Pattern:  Zusammen by Susanna Winter

Yarn:  Expression Fiber Arts Oasis Camel Silk (MC) and Alcidina Momentum (CC)

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Zusammen Shawl - Short Row Wedges Finished

 

This has been pretty good mindless knitting for my first week back at work.  The short row wedges were fun.  Now I’m into the stripes.  I like the contrast between my yarns both from a color and a feel perspective.  The light colored yarn is camel and silk so it has great drape.  The darker yarn is Merino and has a more solid feel to it.

Pattern:  Zusammen Shawl by Susanna Winter

Yarn:  Alcidina Momentum and Expression Fiber Arts Oasis Fingering

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Zusammen Shawl - Cast On

 

I am always on the lookout for good two- and three-color shawls for using up my large fingering yarn stash and I found this one recently.  The dark skein is from deep stash - Alcidinia Momentum, the color ways is The Swan Nebula.  The lighter one is a more recent acquisition from Expression Fiber Arts - Oasis Fingering in Vintage Rose.  I struggled with finding a good contrast yarn to go with the Momentum.  I had originally grabbed a skein of gray, but there was no pop.  I also considered blue, red, even pink.  Then overnight I dreamed the solution and dug the Oasis Fingering out of my recent stash box.  I hope it works.

Pattern:  Zusammen Shawl by Susanna Winter

Yarn:  Alcidina Momentum and Expression Fiber Arts Oasis Fingering

Needle: US 4 (3.5 mm)