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Looking for a terrific way to say "Thanks"
Photo and Hand Knitted:
Knitted Candy Diva, April 2014
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I was supposed to start Sea
Leaves after finishing my last shawl/wrap. But I found out there is
MadMay, knit something using Madelinetosh, happening on Ravelry for
the month of May. And during the same time I wanted to knit a “Thank You”
gift for now a dear friend who has greatly helped me during the past 8
months. So I flipped the order of my two projects and the pattern that came
to mind to knit for my friend is Budding
Shawlette, a FREE Ravelry
pattern, by Joyce
(YuLian) Yu.
Why knit this again?
I’ve knitted this one
skein pattern before in 2012 for my now SIL. It was a fun, quick knit. I am a
firm believer of stress-free, relax knitting where I can knit while commuting,
watching TV or chatting with my knitting group. While Joyce's pattern looks complicated, it has an easy-to-remember flower bud lace
stitch pattern. And she includes both charts and written so whatever your
knitting style is, her pattern covers both.
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| Light and airy at 62 in x 23 in Spring "Budding Shawlette" Photo and Hand Knitted: Knitted Candy Diva |
My stylish friend, who’s girly, wears a lot of color, loves
to travel and works in an air conditioned office so I thought
this Araucania hand-dyed, purple variegated fingering weight shawl would be a great,
versatile gift knit for her since she'll have many ways and places to wear it.
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| Drapes beautifully, very feminine. Spring "Budding Shawlette" Photo and Hand Knitted: Knitted Candy Diva |
Results and ideas
Loved how the shawl turned out. Gentle blocking really made
the flower buds pop. It’s large, light and airy. The pattern is customizable, you can increase or decrease the bud lace stitch pattern repeats. I made a few modifications so that I used most of the skein - had only 4 yards of yarn left!
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| Can you see the flower bud lace pattern? Spring "Budding Shawlette" Photo and Hand Knitted: Knitted Candy Diva |
If you
are looking for warm or cool weather knitting ideas, this FREE knit pattern is a
great option to have in your library. The first time I knitted this, it was
with an alpaca DK weight skein, with the intent to keep my SIL warm and cozy and easy to layer on and off when she flies overseas. I think this shawl/wrap would also look great knitted with either
mohair, angora, cashmere or something with a little silk in it.
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| Knitted my Spring with fingering weight Araucania Ranco Multy, Color 344, 376 yards 75% wool, 25% nylon Photo: Knitted Candy Diva |
Wanna learn more about my knitting modifications to this pattern, please visit my Ravelry project page.
Love to hear from you: Do you have Go-To gift knitting
patterns that you like to share here? What is your pattern picking thought
process?
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