Finished Knitting the Flower Basket Shawl!

May 18, 2005 5 Replies

I finished knitting the Flower Basket Shawl last night at Bible study. I have three ends to weave in, I did one last night, and the other four I used the russian join on, but the cast on end, and the first new ball join I still have to weave in. Then, comes blocking, and I am ready to gift it to the wife of the priest who married us and baptised our children. :)



I have cast on for a ruffly play dress of my own design for Amira, and I was wondering if I should treat kitchen cotton/Lion cotton like denim and add length to allow for shrinking. I also swatched for a bolero I am designing for myself. There's a UFO for me to pick up and work on, so that is now in my knitting bag as well.



Regards, Ranee


It always feels great when you finish a project! Will we see pics any time soon? :o)

Jenn

Congratulations! That's a lovely design. I'm sure that when you give it to the lucky recipient she will love it.

Why not swatch it and wash the swatch the way you intend to wash the dress? I think I've heard that some kinds of cotton actually stretch and "grow" after knitting. The swatch can be sewn into a toy later, one of those toys made from squares that were going around a while ago.

=Tamar

Terrific blog, Ranee. Your work is gorgeous! That Flower Basker Shawl is a beautiful pattern, was it very difficult?

Gemini

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The shawl is beautiful, Ranee! The wife of the priest will be very happy! AUD ;-))

Hi Ranee,

Thanks for sharing the pictures, I enjoyed all of them, and the shawl is beautiful.

Hugs,

Nora

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