goldi316
July 26th, 2006, 08:05 PM
Seeing the Seraphina threads reminded me that I hadn't posted my latest Seraphina here in the Show & Tell. Come to think of it, I didn't post my prior one either! I think I'll just post both of them here, for convenience.
This first one I started last November and finished in January or February, can't quite remember exactly when, though it's documented on my blog. I made this out of laceweight Alpaca Cloud from Knit Picks in the color "Iris", and only used about 2 2/3 hanks or about 1000 yards for this. It is a small size, which was perfect for my mom, who stands about 4'10" and weighs maybe about 85 pounds soaking wet! The Alpaca is a very "springy" yarn, more so than wool, and would benefit greatly from a blocking session to get the shawl to spread out to it's full size and lay better. It's wonderfully soft AND warm, though! I prefer to work these laceweight shawls with a size F hook, which adds to the lacy effect. For a full-size version, 4 hanks, or 1600 yards, works best, but as I said, if the Alpaca laceweight is used, it will need to be blocked in order to bring it to it's full size.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/IrisDone-sm.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/IrisDonePointcloseup-sm.jpg
And here is my most recent Seraphina, a scarf-sized version which is made from some SUPER-silky, slinky, stretchy yarn from Hobby Lobby's Yarn Bee line called Featherwisp. I was unaware of the stretchy property of this yarn, at first, and had originally planned on making a full-size Seraphina from this luscious stuff, but after pondering it for awhile, decided that the weight of the fabric might be a deterrent to the shawl keeping it's shape. The smaller size of this scarf version makes it very versatile and allows me to utilize it in several different ways, which is a good thing because I just ADORE this one! The color is called "Seasprite", and it only took a little bit over one ball of this yarn (which comes on a generous center-pull skein of 293 yards) using an H hook.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/SeaspriteScarf-front-450.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/SeaspriteScarf-back-450.jpg
Thanks for looking!
This first one I started last November and finished in January or February, can't quite remember exactly when, though it's documented on my blog. I made this out of laceweight Alpaca Cloud from Knit Picks in the color "Iris", and only used about 2 2/3 hanks or about 1000 yards for this. It is a small size, which was perfect for my mom, who stands about 4'10" and weighs maybe about 85 pounds soaking wet! The Alpaca is a very "springy" yarn, more so than wool, and would benefit greatly from a blocking session to get the shawl to spread out to it's full size and lay better. It's wonderfully soft AND warm, though! I prefer to work these laceweight shawls with a size F hook, which adds to the lacy effect. For a full-size version, 4 hanks, or 1600 yards, works best, but as I said, if the Alpaca laceweight is used, it will need to be blocked in order to bring it to it's full size.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/IrisDone-sm.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/IrisDonePointcloseup-sm.jpg
And here is my most recent Seraphina, a scarf-sized version which is made from some SUPER-silky, slinky, stretchy yarn from Hobby Lobby's Yarn Bee line called Featherwisp. I was unaware of the stretchy property of this yarn, at first, and had originally planned on making a full-size Seraphina from this luscious stuff, but after pondering it for awhile, decided that the weight of the fabric might be a deterrent to the shawl keeping it's shape. The smaller size of this scarf version makes it very versatile and allows me to utilize it in several different ways, which is a good thing because I just ADORE this one! The color is called "Seasprite", and it only took a little bit over one ball of this yarn (which comes on a generous center-pull skein of 293 yards) using an H hook.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/SeaspriteScarf-front-450.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/goldilocks316/Done%20Deal/SeaspriteScarf-back-450.jpg
Thanks for looking!