FO: Olivia Shawl

Pattern: My own
Yarn: Artist’s Palette Yarns Smoothie Sock, 1 x 100g skein in colour: Olive
Needles: 3mm Addi lace circs of pointyness

And now after the simple stuff, we’re back to the fiddly lace! I finally managed to work out what to do with the leafy lace that was bugging me a few months back. I wanted to try to design a shawl that had a few different patterns in it for interest and that was fully adjustable. So a person can knit 3 of one chart, 27 of another and 19 of a third if they so choose. It was great fun to knit even if I did have a few head-scratching moments and even threw the whole thing in the corner at one point because I couldn’t work out what I needed to do. That’s where a nice plain sock that has been on the needles for a while comes in handy.

The yarn is Artist’s Palette Yarns Smoothie Sock, which is a lovely, sproingy yarn that is a delight to knit with and has blocked beautifully. I wanted a green yarn but in a lighter weight because everyone many people have skeins and skeins of sock yarn in their stashes and this is perfect. I should whisper in case there’s a mad rush, but the base yarn feels the same as *cough*Wollmeise*cough*. Just saying…

The pattern is now in the testing phase and should be ready in a couple of weeks. And I’m off to the calm and uncomplicatedness of more plain sock knitting.