Sunday 28 August 2016

Sea Foam


I love poking around charity shops, especially the book sections. But it is quite surprising how rarely I find any knitting books. I did find this brilliant Vogue book for only a few pounds. It has big sections on designing garments, and pages and pages of stitches and techniques. Happy evening reading!


I was gifted two balls of Noro Taiyo, which is Aran weight, and decided that it would make a little shoulder shawl for my mum. Sometimes wool is so beautiful that it can just speak for itself, and doesn't need a fancy pattern. She is a big fan of green and yellow shades, so it seemed perfect.

So I have just knitted a big block of Sea Foam stitch, which I learned from my new book. I am not certain if I can count this as lacey knitting, although it is close. My mum came to stay earlier in the summer, and I had hoped to photograph her wearing her new shawl. But it took longer than I had planned, so I was frantically knitting and running in ends in the back of the car on her journey home.



18 comments:

  1. Wow, love it; great colors, beautiful texture. Good choice of pattern with this yarn.

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  2. What a great find on the book! Love the stitch. Beautiful!!!

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  3. Beautiful colours in the shawl. The knitting book is a good find. I agree there aren't many knitting books in charity shops, mostly cross-stitch ones.

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  4. I love it, and the color combination is fantastic! Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week! Pinned!

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  5. What a lovely stitch it does look like sea foam too, I bet your Mum was delighted with her beautiful shawl. :) xx

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  6. Those colors are perfect beach colors especially this time of year, and that stitch really shows off that yarn!!

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  7. I've got that book and it's great. What a find! That's the next best thing to someone gifting you Noro.

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  8. Looks great! Part of the fun to me is seeing how different fibers look in different weaves. :)

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  9. Lovely stitch and colours - beautiful!

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  10. At first I thought it was crochet, absolutely beautiful and the colours suit the stitch very well. What a fab find in the charity shop x

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  11. looks gorgeous can't wait to see the finished piece! thanks for sharing and great to reconnect!

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  12. Its beautiful, I love both the pattern and the colours x

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  13. So pretty, what a great stitch. Knitting in the back of the car eh - ok unless you go over speed bumps I imagine!

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  14. I love those colours and know your Mum will love this shawl

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  15. Love the stitch and the colour of the yarn. Great effect.

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  16. What a lovely stitch, and a great book find too

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