The shawlette is designed to keep your shoulders warm on a cool night, or to be scrunched up a little and worn more like a scarf or cowl when it's cooler still.
The yarn I used is mostly wool, so it's a little too warm for a cool Mississippi summer night (when the temperature drops just below 85 degrees). It seems like more of a fall color, anyway, unless you're standing right in front of the daylilies blooming their little hearts out in my front yard - like the shawlette, they're full of tones somewhere between yellow and orange and they keep multiplying...)
Citron was a really fun knit, and relatively quick, and I'm sure I'll do it again. This shawl is going to Gray Center tomorrow to be entered in a silent auction. I'm a little nervous, except that my sweet mother-in-law is going to be there and already declared she will bid on whatever I make.
Goodbye, Citron, and good luck!
4 comments:
It turned out so beautiful. It looks good on you! I'm sure it will be a big hit today!
That is gorgeous. do let us know how much it fetches in the end -- I think it should get LOTS of bids.
Lovely shawl, lovely model- creates a desire to try my hand at one, too!
Thanks for the comments! This year's silent auction was much larger than it has been in the past - there were so many lovely things to bid on, including a number of knitted pieces. I wasn't in the room when the auction closed, but the last I checked Citron had received 5 or 6 bids, which were up around $40. That's not too bad considering I bought the yarn on deep discount and had such fun knitting it!
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