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FAF: Alpaca Fan Shawl DONE!

No more artistic renditions, this is the final alpaca fan shawl!  I still haven’t blocked it yet but you get the idea of what it’ll look like.  When blocked the mesh boarder will be more pronounced and the triangle fan pattern will be more even and noticeable.  I’m thinking of adding more fringe.  Right now I put them in every other mesh space.  I’m thinking I’d like more or would that be too much?  Thoughts?

Alpaca Shawl

Alpaca Shawl

I also retrieved the photo of what’s on my wheel right now.  Alpaca/Merino blend that I’m aiming for a 2ply DK weight when done.

Last but not least the huge granny triangle I started and finished this week on my lunch breaks.  I’m thinking I’m going to use it as a swimsuit wrap since the green matches my suit so nicely!

Crochet Granny Swim Wrap

So what have you been up to this week?

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WIP: Fan Pattern Shawl Con’t

So my hope was to finish the shawl sitting around a camp fire while we were camping at Letchworth State Park this past weekend.  Instead our camp fire dreams were stomped out by Smokey the Bureaucratic State Employee Bear!   

  1. Letchworth kicked us out of our cabin that we’ve rented for the past 11 years and tossed us in another one while our usual cabin was geting an overhaul.  Why? Because….
  2. Letchworth took out ALL wood burning stoves from ALL of the cabins
  3. Letchworth no longer provides campers with firewood even for outside camp fires
  4. Letchworth pissed me off and totally ruined our camping trip! ARGH

The first night we all stood around what used to be a fireplace and did nothing but bellyache about Letchworth.  We were so bored we all went to bed at 9pm totally sober and irate.   

Day 2 was a little better; we drank beer, ate bacon and eventually went on a hike.  Later we drove all the way back to Geneseo to pick up some of those manufactured logs just so we could have an outside camp fire.  More drinking made the processed fire almost look realistic.

Letchworth State Park
LSP - Outlet after lowerfalls footbridge.

Letchworth State Park
LSP - Lower Falls after a hard rain.

Since most of my time was spent complaining about the State of New York and Letchworth State Park in general I only got 1 pattern row done on my scarf.  But, the good news is I’m almost done with a skein and there’s 1 more skein left to work and the other one will be used for fringe.   

   

Oh, I also read a book called “A Dog’s Purpose” by Bruce Cameron.  If you’re a dog lover I highly recommend it.  If you’re a crier keep tissues handy.  I slobbered all over my sleeping bag and pillow on several occasions.  

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WIP: Fan Pattern Shawl

I’m not sure why but I have a thing for shawls at the moment.  One thing I’ve learned is never pass up motivation! 

At first I decided this next project would be for ME.  But as I started working on the shawl with yarn I bought by ME for ME I realized it’s not what I wanted.  Ugh.  I’m so complicated sometimes!  I did realize that I love this pattern but the colors of the yarn weren’t doing anything for me.  Don’t get me wrong I really like this microfiber yarn, it’s soft, shinny and worked up easily but, I think I want some minor changes for a self-kept project.

So, this shawl, when finished, will be put up for sale.

Fan Pattern Shawl

My shawl will eventually be the exact same pattern but in an ivory (or charcoal) 100% alpaca lace weight yarn instead.  I’ve never attempted a lace project before.  I’m hoping having muscle memory with the green shawl will help me tackling a lace weight project.

I found the shawl pattern on Ravelry and it is written very well.  I had to read it line by line until I committed the pattern to memory and I’m thankful it was written correctly.

What are you up to this week?