I can't wait to show off my latest masterpiece - a knitted lace shawl from Natalia's newest pattern, Little Dryad.
The shawl is worked combining two solid colored yarns, changing one of the two strands at a time for the color transition effect - a method you might be familiar with from ready-to-use specialty yarns, only here, you get to pick the colors and transitions!
I used 100 g [3.5 oz] each 2-ply linen yarn in colors 205 and 260 from the palette. Needles - 4 mm [US6
Start with the yarn in the lighter color held double - working from both ends of the cake - and work until you have completed 7 leaves (I had 10-15 g [3.35-0.5 oz] yarn left over at this point).
Now, break one of the two light colored strands and add in one dark strand in its place - this way, the transition from one color to the next will be smooth and less noticeable.
Now, break one of the two light colored strands and add in one dark strand in its place - this way, the transition from one color to the next will be smooth and less noticeable.
When the remaining light color is all used up, add in a second strand of dark instead and continue to the end using two strands of dark.
Here a few photos of the finished shawl
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