Finished Variegated Shawl

 

Here it is, all finished and ready to go.

I'm about to swing into my annual prayer shawl/lap robe marathon which should end on the Sunday nearest Valentine's Day. I turn in as many as I can finish to my church and they give them to our local hospice. Sadly for this project, I'm a much faster crocheter than weaver and I want to make as many shawls and lap robes as possible.

I'm not abandoning my weaving blog. My wrist and elbow will start complaining at some point and I will switch mediums to give my joints a break. After all, we still have to work on diamonds, textures, and plaids.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi Linz

Only Variegated - Part 2

I'm close to finished with the variegated prayer shawl. This is maybe the easiest kind of patterning you can do. The colors create the design.

You can do a completely random color arrangement if you want to, but I have one trick that organizes the colors just a little.

I like to start in the middle with variegated yarn. Then I cut a number of strands. You'll notice that one side of the yarn is mostly greens and turquoises. The other side is mostly purples and blues. I weave the strand on whichever side the end most closely matches.

The colors on the strands don't match exactly along the way, but you end up with pools of color that blend into each other. To me, that makes a more pleasant design.

That's my only hint for working with variegated yarn.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi Linz

Nothing But Variegated

 

Here's where I am in a prayer shawl using nothing but variegated yarn. The visible mesh is going to be one big chevron - ascending on the left side and descending on the right side.

I'll post it again when I get to the end of this project.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi Linz

Other Weavers!

I've had a few people ask me for the patterns that I had from old kits. I've emailed them the patterns and recently sent out an email to the same people with news about my mesh weaving blog.

One lovely lady from North Carolina sent me photos of some of the pieces that were finished by their prayer shawl group.

Check out these lovely pieces done by the "Wrapped in Love" Prayer Shawl Ministry of Independence Hill Baptist Church of Huntersville, North Carolina.

My thanks to Dora and her prayer shawl group for allowing me to post these pictures of their gorgeous work.

I'd be happy to hear from anyone who loves to do mesh weaving. Some of you are much better at it than I am. lol

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi Linz