FO: Gradient Flight

On By elizabeth kay boothIn Knitting
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Nymphalidea (Published in Knitty)

As mentioned in previous posts, I had quite the pile of FO’s to do finishing on. I decided that this was the month for it – no finishing will be following me into the new year. I worked on and off on this shawl for about a year, finished it during the summer, and realized it was high time to get some use out of it.

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Even though its folded, you can still get an idea of the size and color changes
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Laid flat so you can see the size and shape
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It is hard to photograph large shawls

This pattern is so much fun to knit. I used an Apple Tree Knits cake yarn with long, gradient color changes with a gray Sundara yarn as my MC. My version of this shawl is much larger than the original pattern – probably about twice the size. But that is what I love about this pattern – you can just keep knitting until your yarn runs out or until you have your desired size without doing resizing calculations or complicated math.

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I love a good, snuggly shawl that you can wrap yourself in!
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A whole lotta silk and merino to cocoon myself in
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A photo reflecting the designers name choice for her pattern… this pose does sort of make me look butterfly-ish, right?

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