Comments on: Knit one Purl one

By: Carol E.

Carol E. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:36:00 +0000

I love that beautiful, blue yarn. For a shawl I’d suggest looking up prayer shawls (easy google search). They’re easy and beautiful.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:33:00 +0000

At the link below you can see tons of pictures of feather and fan shawls (see my comment above for pattern source) made by folks using the free pattern. Beautiful!

http://flickr.com/groups/feathernfan/pool/

Michele in TN

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:27:00 +0000

Here is another link to some free shawl patterns (and other free knitting patterns too). I especially like the first shawl in the list, and plan to make one.

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns-shawls.htm

Michele in TN

By: Evelyn aka Starfishy

Evelyn aka Starfishy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:15:00 +0000

That seed stitch IS very slow! I knit LB an entire baby blanket before he was born – he still uses it – beautiful, but time consuming for sure. Keep at it – the results are well worth it.
Cheers!
Evelyn

By: Leanne NZ

Leanne NZ — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:32:00 +0000

I have never made it but a lovely easy shawl – like Tasha Tudor wore is at this link.
http://www.woolywest.com/notebook_shawl.html

Love Leanne

By: GailM.

GailM. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:00 +0000

I think I have that Martha shawl pattern. I think it was a free pattern by lionbrand or some other yarn manufacturer. If you want it let me know and I’ll look for it.

By: GailM.

GailM. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:22:00 +0000

I love to knit, but I'm not a fan of changing colors. So I usually knit aran style of sweaters. I bought this pattern, The Great American Aran Afgan pattern, which will be my project for next winter. I just love it. I also have the other one called the Great American Afgan from the same website. http://www.stitchesmarket.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=6462&cat=214&page=2

By: Deb in AZ

Deb in AZ — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:26:00 +0000

Not a big fan of knitted items but remember one I liked. When Martha Stewart was in prison one of her “mates” gave her a knit shawl. That was a pretty one! Did Martha ever post the pattern?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7119356/

By: Sheila in Ohio

Sheila in Ohio — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

I was on a shawl kick (pattern search) this past w/e. The prayer shawl you could basically make any size you want. There don’t seem to be many square shawls out there that are not time-intensive or lace-like. I love Eliz. Zimmerman’s Stonington Shawl, but it would prob. take me the rest of my life to do it. Also love Cheryl Oberle’s book -Folk Shawls- (library).

In the end, if it had to be square, fast, and easy, I’d buy some dynamic yarn and enlarge a diagonally-knitted baby blanket (free at LionBrand).

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:14:00 +0000

This is a simple rectangular shawl…knit 3, purl 3 and that’s about it!http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs-prayerShawl.html

You can also check out this site for lots more shawl patterns… http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/shawls_stoles.php