FO: Granddaughters model their goodies!

ArtLady1981 · June 30, 2013, 12:21am

Celeste models her Pink Mohair Scarf at her 8th Grade Graduation Party!

Charysa models her Wedding Shawl at the Bridal Shower today!

ABC_s_Mom · June 30, 2013, 4:12am

Beautiful granddaughters and beautiful knitting!!

yarnrainbow · June 30, 2013, 2:08pm

Beautiful girls and gifts! That wedding shawl looks so soft and…ethereal.

Jan_in_CA · June 30, 2013, 3:00pm

Beautiful girls and goodies! :yay:

IslandTime · June 30, 2013, 3:17pm

Just beautiful!

Antares · June 30, 2013, 6:39pm

I take it both gifts were a big hit? The girls look very happy showing off their handmade finery! Way to go, Grandma!!

ArtLady1981 · June 30, 2013, 7:00pm

My oh my yes! At the Bridal Shower you’d think no one had ever seen a shawl such as this! All her girlfriends went nuts! Yup, the Wedding Shawl was a HIT! But most important of all, Charysa adores it. And her set of 4 monogrammed, cross-stitched fingertip towels.

Celeste, my 9th grader next year, loves scarves…and especially airy, lacy, pink scarves!

salmonmac · July 1, 2013, 3:01am

Mmm-mm, heavenly. Both beautiful granddaughters look gorgeaous in their gifts. You can be absolutely certain that in fact [I]no one[/I] has [I]ever[/I] seen such an exquisite shawl. No wonder there were such Ooohs and Ahhhs!

nonny2t · July 1, 2013, 6:13am

Thanks for sharing. It makes it even better seeing the projects on people and btw your granddaugters are gorgeous!

GrumpyGramma · July 1, 2013, 6:52am

ArtLady1981 · July 1, 2013, 9:41am

This was my very first ‘real shawl’. It was daunting work because both sides , RS & WS, had “work to do”. So if you make a mistake on the RS, such as forgetting a YO or what have you…it’s impossible to detect on the WS, much less correct, because you’re occupied with more ‘work’ on that row! The only ‘clue’ that “something ain’t right” is when the stitch count between the markers were ‘off’ and you couldn’t complete the assignment between them

I had to become paranoid at the end of each row, checking the work between each stitch marker before moving on to the other side. I think there were 27 stitch markers (repeats of 12 st each) across the row for the lacy bottom part. Oy vey.

So it wasn’t until almost the end of the shawl that I began to automatically recognize the pattern stitch and enjoy the work. So all in all, this shawl was [B]work. [/B]But I’m glad I did it for her!

dturner · July 1, 2013, 6:23pm

Looks like they love their knitted goodies! The scarf and wrap are lovely, as are the girls!

justplaincharlotte · July 1, 2013, 8:06pm

So very pretty: both your knitting and the models!

auburnchick · July 5, 2013, 3:45am

ArtLady1981:

This was my very first ‘real shawl’. It was daunting work because both sides , RS & WS, had “work to do”. So if you make a mistake on the RS, such as forgetting a YO or what have you…it’s impossible to detect on the WS, much less correct, because you’re occupied with more ‘work’ on that row! The only ‘clue’ that “something ain’t right” is when the stitch count between the markers were ‘off’ and you couldn’t complete the assignment between them

I had to become paranoid at the end of each row, checking the work between each stitch marker before moving on to the other side. I think there were 27 stitch markers (repeats of 12 st each) across the row for the lacy bottom part. Oy vey.

So it wasn’t until almost the end of the shawl that I began to automatically recognize the pattern stitch and enjoy the work. So all in all, this shawl was work. But I’m glad I did it for her!

First “real” shawl? Really?

:passedout:

Your work, as always, is to die for! Your granddaughters are beautiful!