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Fibers, Beads and Folds: Designing a Faroese Shawl Faroese Shawl Pattern Free, Faroese Shawl, Knit Shawl Patterns, Character Pattern, Knit Shawl, Shawl Knitting Patterns, Shawl Patterns, Design Boards, Knitted Shawls

Good Evening! The Faroese Shawl is a wonderful garment that will not fall off your shoulders due to shaping in the shoulder area. These shawls were traditionally started from the bottom worked to the top. Why? I don't know, but I'd speculate that it's more fun to work from a huge number of stitches to none at all! Another advantage is that a cast-on edge can be much more giving than a cast-off edge. Traditional shawls did not have fringe. They were working shawls. Who would want fringe…

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Designing a Faroese Shawl Faroese Shawl, Tanning Hides, Making Patterns, Knit Shawl, Patterns Sewing, Shawl Pattern, Knitted Shawls, Wool Knit, Good Evening

Good Evening! The Faroese Shawl is a wonderful garment that will not fall off your shoulders due to shaping in the shoulder area. These shawls were traditionally started from the bottom worked to the top. Why? I don't know, but I'd speculate that it's more fun to work from a huge number of stitches to none at all! Another advantage is that a cast-on edge can be much more giving than a cast-off edge. Traditional shawls did not have fringe. They were working shawls. Who would want fringe…

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I know it’s only been two days since I publicly swore off shawl knitting, but there is one looming temptation. Remember a few months ago when I kicked off that #vitalknits hashtag? The lovely Julia Billings, aka @woollenflower (who you should totally follow if you don’t already), posted the shot above of her incredible Faroese-style […]

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In September I am teaching a weekend on Faroese knitting at The Wool Shed near Aberdeen. So I am knitting samples, using their Alba lace weight and 4 ply/fingering. I have done a couple of mini shawls, one in each yarn, so far. This is the lace weight: I am now working on a full sized shawl using the Artesano 4 ply alpaca I bought on Papay. I have the main Faroese book on the subject (and the English translation) but I also have photocopies of an earlier book, long out of print. These were…

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