Variation of a shawl

I actually unpinned this from the blocking board on Tuesday morning, but since there hasn’t been sufficient light to take pictures of it after work, I’m just now getting around to posting this:

It’s official, I’m in love with this shawl.

Detail shots:

And now, the notes.

Pattern:
Tina Shawl by Dorothy Siemens (Fiddlesticks Knitting)

Yarn:
Jaggerspun Superfine Merino in Ruby

Needles:
US3 / 3.25mm Inox Express circulars for the border and lace edging
US4 / 3.5mm Inox Express circulars for the center triangle
US5 / 3.75mm Inox Express circulars for the i-cord edging

Modifications:

• Made it triangular, rather than square. I used Birch (from Rowan issue 34) as a model for the center triangle’s construction.
• Incorporated short rows into the edging, to get the angle of the top edges lined up with the rest of the shawl.
• Added i-cord along the top edge. It makes a really nice edge, at least on the border and edging. It looks nice along the center triangle, too, but didn’t help much with the slight rippling there, despite how severely I blocked it. Perhaps going down a needle size for that section’s i-cord would have been better…

This shawl was a fantastic learning experience for me, thanks to all the modifications, and it was also a lot of fun to knit!