Here's my third Flower Basket shawl, designed by Evelyn Clark for Fiber Trends. This was done in Dale of Norway Falk sport weight 100% superwash wool. The colour is light peach, even though the close-up photo is quite washed out...still trying to get the hang of the new digital camera! I used 9 skeins of yarn (each 116 yards) and a size 7 32" Addi Turbo circular needle. I thought that a size 8 would have been better, but when I blocked the shawl, it was just right. The finished size was 76" by 36". This shawl took 7 days to complete.
On to the next!
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Becka, I'm not sure about using cotton for one of these shawls. It has to be blocked pretty severely and I'm not sure how cotton would hold that kind of blocking. I can remember my Mum having to starch cotton lace doilies in order for them to hold their shape, so I'm not sure that cotton would be a good choice. I'm going to make a rectangular shawl (the Cocoon Lace shawl, also from Fiber Trends) for my neice to wear on her wedding day and will be using cotton; I guess I better swatch that to make sure it works!
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