cottington's so crafty: Across the Pond, Across the River, Tomato, Tomahto

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Across the Pond, Across the River, Tomato, Tomahto

Whoah. Y'all, this shawl is PRETTY, but.....

A. I had no classy backdrops against which to photograph it

B. It's not for ME :(

Sucks, right??? I love it and had wanted the Across the Pond Shawl by Mina Philipp (her website, Ravelry group and Knitting Expat podcast) for MYSELF, when the pattern first came out. After my mother-in-law saw my Windswept shawl last year, though, she wanted one for HERSELF. That presents two problems: I don't want to repeat a shawl when I have a million other shawl patterns I want to knit AND my hands hurt so much when I was working on it, though it IS my favorite shawl thus far, aha! After further questioning, it turns out my mother-in-law liked the whole two-colors situation and overall simplicity, I think, so, I told her I had it covered, LOL.

You'd think I did NOT check for loose ends...

The pattern was crazy easy, which was helpful, as I wanted to whip through it quickly, as I have SO MUCH TO DO. In the lace section, per my normal state of LIFE, I tried to make things difficult by getting off-count a few times, but I survived to write about it. It was my first Mina pattern, and she wrote it up nicely - AND concisely. I way recommend it! I want a crescent shawl for myself one of these days! I'm blanking on whether or not I have one, but that matters not ;)

I used lovely yarn, naturally - purchased by Matt's mom, though recommended by yours truly. The Hazel Knits Entice was purchased at Twisted in Portland. I used the Vamp and Nekkid colorways, and there is enough left for me to make socks for Tiberius - yay!