My Mom’s birthday is in January and I’m usually kind of late getting her present to her. This year was no exception. I started knitting this shawl before her birthday, but I didn’t finish it until April and didn’t give it to her until we visited in June. She doesn’t seem to mind. 🙂
This is Echo Flower Shawl, a free pattern from Jenny Johnen, available here on Ravelry. I didn’t make any modifications at all – knit as the pattern was written. This has been on my to-do list forever and I can’t think of a better reason to knit it than for my mom’s birthday.
The yarn is Madelinetosh (no surprise there), lace weight (100% merino wool) in color Posy.
The shawl is knit from the small square in the center top back, and increases into a triangle. The main flower section is pretty quick to knit and looks more complicated than it really is. I just love this pattern and the lovely flower design!
The lower section, with all the nupps (the little bumps or bobbles) was slow going. I’m not a nupp expert. I have to use a very small crochet hook on the purl side to work them off, which is a slow method but it works well for me. It’s the only way I can keep from dropping loops.
I really enjoyed knitting this shawl and would definitely make it again. I think next time I’ll make it a little bit bigger. The pattern says to make 13 flower repeats before starting the border. Next time I’ll do 16. I used 66% of the skein of yarn for this shawl and I think I can still manage 16 repeats with 1 full skein. Have some Tart color that is just waiting to become this shawl.
You can check out my project page here on Ravelry.
It’s beautiful. Thank you for the wonderful birthday present. I love it!!!
absolutely beautiful knit and your mum looks fabulous too xx
I agree. It’s beautiful and it even manages to match her lipstick. 😉 The close up picture is nice.
It DOES match her lipstick doesn’t it! That’s a funny coincidence.