Today is a holiday here, and the sun is shining. In my experience these two events don’t occur at the same time as often as they should. I am about to venture out for a walk in the woods. Before I do, however, a very quick post to show you a pop of colour from my newest project:
This is the Koko shawl, designed by Olga Buraya-Kefelian. The pattern photo has it knitted up in pastels, but as soon as I saw this luscious green at the Unravel festival, I imagined it in this shawl. The yarn is Northiam by Kettle Yarn Co, a fingering weight 100% wool in Samphire (green), Canvas (cream), and Blackthorn (a very dark navy). The yarn is lovely and feels great.
The fabric naturally curls quite a bit, a you can see from the above photo, and it is also pulled in – it will all relax out in the final blocking, although I will try to keep as much of the 3-D structure as I can. Here I am stretching it out a bit side-to-side so you can have a glimpse of what the pattern will actually look like post-blocking:
And here I am stretching it out end-to-end so that you can see how much I’ve knitted up so far – about 15″/38cm:
I’m off for that walk!
Looks a very interesting fabric! Almost Escher like!
Such a cool project! Hope you enjoyed your walk
That is amazing! Those colors really work so well with that pattern – very summery and nautical!
Great colours for a super pattern. I am looking forward to trying this one some time, although may first be distracted by Olga’s new Korokoro shawl which she is about to launch!
Oh that’s an interesting pattern. Makes my eyes find it hard to look away, quite mesmerising.
It was a beautiful holiday weekend in New York. That is a very unique pattern. I like it!