One of the projects I’ve finished this year so far is a take on Airy White (Ravelry link) by Sachiko Uemura (Instagram link).
I’ve also made Sachiko’s Flowers in the Air, another beaded, lace weight shawl. This time I didn’t have lace yarn to use, but I had some lovely, soft fingering yarn left over from my Fauxchet Jumper and some silver beads that I thought would go nicely together.
I knew my end result would be very different but I don’t mind that – it’s just more snuggly than airy, that’s all.
Much like Flowers in the Air, the finished shawl needed a good steam block to make it flat and drape.
The adjustments I made were:
- Fingering yarn
- 4mm needle
- Adding beads as I went instead of stringing them in advance
I knitted until I ran out of yarn and called it good. I did need to buy a top up of beads, but that’s another small amount of yarn out of my stash, which is a big win.
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