My new Hitchhiker shawl

I finished my hitchhikershawl in time to take to Lake Como with me. I made it using my gorgeous mini skiens (Christmas present) from the fabulous Sew Happy Creative and I love the stellina glittery threads, so pretty but hard to capture. I used 8 mini skeins in total and Fiona was fabulous and hand dyed another batch when I requested an urgent suppyl!

Pattern: Hitchhiker shawl (with eyelet rows added on row 8)

Yarn: mini skeins @sewhappycreativ

Needles: KnitPro symfonie size 3.75mm

leave a little glitter wherever you go

I've started another (like you do) this time using Sirdar Snuggly Pattercake in colourway 0761 its beautiful to knit with and feels like cotton wool. Very reasonably priced too for 150g you get 498m/545 yards of 70% acrylic 30% nylon that is machine washable at 40 degrees. I actually purchased mine to knit a baby blanket but so glad I didn't, its perfect for a Hitchhiker shawl because the colour changes are very soft and I love the name too Blustery Grey. I've been knitting all weekend and it will be finished this week for my Etsy shop.

Blustery Grey

Keep Calm and Knit

Comments

mamasmercantile said…

My goodness, what a beautiful make it is stunning.

17 September 2019 at 07:43

Eight by Six said…

thank you x

17 September 2019 at 08:38

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