Ishbel
March 29th, 2009
You know how parents are always telling their kids that they love all their kids the same? Yeah, that’s not true when it comes to my knitting. Because, this one, this gorgeousness that will be wrapped around my neck every day from now on, is my absolute favorite project evah’.
Deets: Ishbel by Ysolda
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in Tiziano Red
Needles: US5
Rav’d
Malabrigo lace has to be the most delicious lace yarn ever. The color has so much depth to it (the first picture is the most accurate color-wise.) The finished shawl has a beautiful sheen and drape to it. Ack, I wanna eat it…I mean, you know, if I didn’t want to wrap it around my neck and all.
Ysolda’s patterns are so clear and well-written. She’s certainly outdone herself with this shawl. In an effort to use up as much of this gorgeous yarn as possible, I made the stockinette portion for the largest size, but I followed the pattern repeats for the smallest size. In the end, I think I had enough yarn leftover to make the largest size. It would’ve been close, though.
I got the whole Whimsical Little Knits Collection, so stay tuned for a few more Ysolda originals popping up here and there.
I’m off to go fondle my shawl again.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
love. I really need to add this to my queue. oh and the color? outstanding!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Ok that’s it! You have totally inspired me to learn how to knit and crochet. I will have time this summer because I won’t have all the extra school/karate/outside work stuff to clog up my time. So..if you can tell me about some good easy “this is how you do it” books, that would be awesome!
I love this shawl…the color is fabulous!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
What a great call on a. the yarn choice and b. doing the extra stockinette–why didn’t I think of that?! It is a stunner for sure:)
March 29th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Gorgeous!!!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
It’s beautiful! I have a bunch of other stuff on my queue so I’ve been trying to resist Ishbel’s charms, but I think you’ve done me in.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:06 am
your ishbel is so gorgeous! I love that color. and now I may have to steal your idea and combine the small and large sizes next time I knit this!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Oh that is beautiful Sharon!
I’ve been toying with buying that pattern as well as the booklet. Everything looks so nice.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I just want to drink a glass of that color. So deep and rich! Lovely shawl!
March 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Gorgeous! That color is terrific on you!
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 am
This is absolutely gorgeous. I have yet to find a shawl that I can knit happily and finish, but this one looks likeit is worth the time invested. The yarn looks super gorgeous. I have Malabrigo lace for a hemlock ring, but I am sure I will have some left over. How many skeins did you use?
April 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
so gorgeous!! the color is really deep and beautiful. i’ve been thinking about plunking down for ysolda’s whole collection. lots of good stuff in there.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I agree, this is just gorgeous! Perfect color for the pattern.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:43 pm
wow! Freaking gorgeous! hmm must get me some malabrigo…