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Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Wedding Shawls

The bride wanted to give her bridesmaids and brother's girlfriend shawls to wear in case things got a bit chilly standing on top of the mountain.
She asked me to make them. I was delighted.
First the sampling with white mohair.

Blocking the sample.

I knit a sample shawl on the bias using a Church Mouse pattern.
It was decided the pattern worked but the yarn was too woolly. 
So I had to go to the yarn store - oh dear.

We settled on a kid mohair/silk mix in colours matching the dresses.
Seven shawls, plus the sample one, were completed in good time. But I had to watch lots of movies on TV to get in the necessary number of knitting hours each week, to meet the deadline.


Here is Amber wearing her shawl.  Each time I saw her over the evening she was wearing it a different way. She made her dress too. She's such a clever girl.


3 comments:

Judy Martin said...

The things mothers do for their grown daughters when they are having a wedding. Un believable. You are very generous with your time...and the results are gorgeous.

Best regards lesley.

Gina said...

That was a real labour of love Lesley. They are beautiful.

Lesley Turner said...

Yes, a labour of love but really that is all i had to do for the wedding organisation - oh and the beaded dress repair. The bride and groom did everything.