24th January 2011

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Pattern Choice Help

Calling to all of you with opinions! (though I may not listen) I would love some help deciding on which shawl to knit with the yarn I bought myself over the weekend. (Tales of the weekend, NYC and adventure to follow soon.)

I went to the marketplace at the Vogue Knitting Online Live event at the Hilton in Manhattan and walked away with this:

That’s right folks! Qiviuk! (Which is from Musk Ox) This is Windy Valley Muskox’s Majestic Blend. The color is actually pretty accurate and the yarn is actually 15% Qiviuk, 80% Merino, and 5% Mulberry Silk.

So here’s the question, which shawl should I knit?! Originally I thought I would knit the les Abielles shawl. It’s lovely and lacy and a quick knit. Then I noticed that I also could knit the Juneberry Triangle. It calls for slightly heavier yarn, but I think it would be fine. I should have plenty of yarn for either one.

So, who’s got an opinion?! I’m leaning towards the Juneberry, but do like both a lot. Perhaps you have another suggestion entirely (that uses about 650 yards or less of heavy laceweight/light fingering weight yarn).

What d’ya say?

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