Color Affection/Infection/Affliction - just in time for a cold snap

[untonuggan]

I just finished knitting Color Affection, which I know most people do in a lot of different colors...however, I picked lots of shades of blue with some variegations of purple and green mixed in. Why? (1) Stashbusting. (2) Zomg blue is my favorite color and it will match a lot of my wardrobe. (I did end up buying the third color, because I couldn't find a set of three that matched in my stash.)

Enough talking. Moar knitting picturez!


Color Affection shawl in blues being modeled by yours truly, front view


Colors Affection shawl in blues being modeled by yours truly, back view


Obligatory blocking photo that shows some of the striping pattern. Does not show entire shawl, because it's fricking huge.
Note that I was unable to get gauge, despite swatching twice. Apparently when I knit large, heavier objects it really messes with my gauge, and I don't know how to compensate for this.

It's a fun knit, I got to practice carrying yarn and learned the difference between "make 1 right" and "make 1 left". (Side note: if you do make this, it does take a concerted effort to have your make 1's be loose while you're carrying the yarn. This is worth the effort.)

\o/

cross-posted to my journal

Comments

[spuffyduds]

Wow, lovely!

[untonuggan]

Thank you! (nice icon, btw.)

[starfish]

Nice job! I did one in what I thought was a versatile color combo (project page here)... it ended up not going with anything I own except black and grey. I Rav-swapped it for more yarn. Next time I will try something similar to your idea.

[untonuggan]

Wow, you did a nice job on yours! Your gauge sounds much close to the gauge that is called for in the pattern. I had not heard of Rav-swapping, sounds intriguing.

It is a fun knit, though. Thinking of making another anytime soon?

(P.S. I totes went through a crisis of confidence about the color halfway through.)

[starfish]

Re: Rav-swapping -- I belong to a group that exists mostly to chat and swap yarn. I have spent a lot on postage but it's kind of fun.

re: another CA -- I have several color combos in mind, but after seeing yours, I want one closer to that in depth/height. One of my other disatisfactions with mine was that it didn't reach far enough down my back to, you know, keep me warm. ;) So possibly a different (thicker) yarn ...

Or maybe I will just do a Stripe Study. *g*

[untonuggan]

Funnily enough, the max height for mine is about 14" and max length is about 84". But if I drape it the right way (and maybe invest in a shawl pin to keep it there more regularly) then it does keep me waaaay toasty. Now I'm going to knit arm warmers to keep the rest of my arms warm, which means I can compensate for not knitting a sweater atm. (My size, it is changing, making sweater sizing hard to predict.)

Mine is sock yarn, one of them is Plymouth yarn happy feet. I did end up using #7 needles rather than #6, because my lying swatch said that I would get closer to gauge with that. Um, no. Also, apparently on the needles the edging was 2" but when I blocked it it was closer to 1.25"? So, I dunno, it's a shawl it doesn't really matter because I am toasty and satisfied with how it looks.

Also, oooo, Stripe Study...*g*

If you wanted to do it with a thicker yarn you totally could, it would just make guesstimating yardage difficult I guess? And also which needle to use, but I suppose you could just pick one that produced a fabric you like.

[manifold]

That is absolutely gorgeous.

[untonuggan]

Thank you!

[eruanna]

Wow, good job! Those are my 3 favorite colors. :-)

[untonuggan]

\o/ I love the colors too (which is why they're all over my wardrobe).

[scheherezhad]

That's really lovely. It would match a lot of my wardrobe, too!

[untonuggan]

Thank you! It makes me want to spontaneously sing, "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba die" like in that song from around the turn of the millenium. ^_^

[babs_bee]

Totally love this color combo! It is a fun knit isn't it?

[untonuggan]

Thank you! Love your icon! It's fun to knit, although there were parts were I was like, "When will this part eeeeeeeeeeeend??? I want to get to the fuuun colors!!!"

[aunty_marion]

Fascinating! I've only seen it done in fairly contrasty colours, so yours looks very different.

For a shawl, getting gauge/tension is not usually critical... It only really matters if you're knitting a shawlette (say) and end up with a head kerchief, or something that's meant to be 'large' and ends up 'enormous'. If that worries you.

[untonuggan]

Oooh, I love the shawl in your icon!

It was kind of stash that dictated how it started, and then I was like, "Well, blues, I like them..." ^_^ Initially there was going to be a lime green, but it had bits of yellow in it that clashed.

As for gauge - I figured I only really cared if I ran out of yarn partway through a row as I'd lost the ball band for my MC.

[aunty_marion]

Damson, by Ysolda Teague. A very nice little shawl and not very difficult. That one was done with one ball of Zauberball in green.

[untonuggan]

I have been eyeing Zauberball for awhile now...