Friday, February 24, 2012

A New FreeForm Shawl


I worked on some fun spinning this last week, including this Super Sparkly Soft and Silky lace weight. It's a blend of alpaca, merino, bfl and silk, plus generous quantities of sparkle. I'm working on a freeform shawl and I needed a light weight, glossy yarn that was delicate, but with a lot of personality so that it wouldn't get lost in all the texture of my art yarn.


I'm using it to embellish this fabric I knit with some of my handspun art yarn. It's hard to capture the pretty opalescence, but I think this little lace weight holds its own amongst all the curls, twirls and cocoons.

I hope you have had a wonderful week, I'm on my way to visit Andrea and check out all the happy creative people at WonderWhy's Fiber Arts Friday!

Blessings Friends!
Melissa

12 comments:

  1. OH,I can't wait to see the finished shawl. Your yarn is so beautiful and now that you are making some FO's with it, it comes to life even more.

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  2. It's wonderful, Melissa! (You know how much I adore your free-form work!)
    Did you finish your scrumble purse yet? (I'm anxious to see it!) XXO-

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  3. More magic! Can I see a picture of you wrapped up in one of your creations?

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  4. Thank you Ladies!

    Guess what Heather, I took the scrumbles all apart and I'm starting over! There were some that did not fit the style I wanted for this project.

    Hi Donna, you can see me on my Ravelry project page in one of my freeform shawls.

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  5. So delightful with lots of personality.
    Love your creations.

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  6. Just saw your fabulous Hummingbird Garden Scarf.
    It is sooooo wonderful.

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  7. That is some kind of wild freeform! Can't wait to see it completed.

    Creativity on. :)

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  8. You are so creative! I love how silky soft the yarn looks.

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  9. Lovely...looking forward to seeing it finished.

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  10. Melissa - your stuff is always so pretty. :-)

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  11. Oh, no!! This whole 'taking things apart' bit with you knitters/crocheters...yikes! (I'm glad that the best you can do with a failed felting project is to cut it up and make it into something else!!) XXO--

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