Wyoming Breezes

Nymphalidea ready for blocking May 2015 While it looked somewhat strange when off the needles, Nymphalidea was a fun and fairly fast knit. The pattern and yarn specifics can be found on this post . Wedge lace detail The shawl is composed of welts (contrasting yarn) and wedges (variegated yarn) where the lace is created by knitting 2 stitches together and adding yarn overs in short rows. Nymphallidea bound off edge  Nymphalidea begins with 12 stitches Notes:   I knit wedges A, B, C once each; wedge D ten times; wedge E ten times; wedge F five times, and wedges G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O once each. The welts were knit according to the original pattern through the fifth E wedge, and from that point on, I knit the alternate wedge.  The finished shawl is approximately 66 inches long.

Nymphalidea April 2015 This shawl was on display at Sin City Knit Shop, and Brenda asked if I would knit it for her if she purchased the yarn. Pattern: Nymphalidea (free on Ravelry  OR   Knitty - Deep Fall 2013 ) Yarn: Charcoal Tonal by hpkyll.com (100% extra fine merino wool)           Dune - Petite Madison by prism yarn.com (75% merino, 15% cashmere, 10% silk) Needles: size 6 US

I enjoyed knitting the two Nymphalidea shawls  for Brenda so much that I made one for myself. (aren't you impressed with my first attempt of taking a "selfie"? My arms were not long enough to take it without the help of a mirror) The multi-colored yarn was a skein that I picked up at Christy's house when she invited Guild members to help themselves to her samples. The Wildfire socks were knit from Christy's samples, too.  Yarn:       Knit Picks Gloss (Black) 220 yards - 70% merino, 30% silk                 LANG Mille Colori Baby 207 yards - 100% merino Needles: US size 6 Pattern:  Nymphalidea (free on   Ravelry  OR   Knitty - Deep Fall 2013 ) Brenda wearing Nymphladia #2 June 2015 Brenda wearing Nymphladia #1 June 2015

Brenda purchased yarn in Las Vegas for two Nymphalidea shawls, so I began the second shawl as soon as I finished the first one .  I was a little put off by the variegated yarn when I started, but since its a self-striping yarn, I decided to let it do its thing before asking Brenda if she wanted me to continue. When the other colors appeared, I was pleased with the look and continued knitting. Yarn:  Heritage Prints (Cascade Yarns) color #5 - (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon) Baah! LaJolla - Garnet (100% superwash merino) I pinned the shawl on the wall to show its true shape.  I like knitting the pattern so much that I've selected some yarn from my stash to knit one for myself.