I don’t think you’re supposed to keep the knitting urge when it’s Spring and the garden is growing, but I do still have the knitting urge, so that’s that. I am a whim-follower. This week, my whim is to knit a Tasha Tudor shawl. Never mind that I’m knitting it in wool and we are in the middle of March and I live in the Deep South. Never mind that at all. I want a shawl like Tasha Tudor has, and I want to knit.
Here is Miss Tasha in her red shawl:
Mine will be in Chestnut Brown. This is what the delivery guy brought today:
Chestnut Brown 100% wool (4 skeins) & size US4 29″ circular Bamboo Knitting Needles
(those are the only things needed for this project but I also ordered, because I am a follower of my whims, a Bias Tape Maker and white wool to dye – neither of which I know how to do, but … what fun is not trying, I ask?)
Do you want to knit a shawl like Tasha’s, too? If so, here are a couple of links to photos and the free pattern:
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The free pattern for Truly Tasha’s Shawl and a photo of the back
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Photos of a completed shawl by Threads of Love
Of course this is not the only knitting project I have going on. I like to have several projects in the works at all times. So, I’m also making a knitting bag, a scarf for my man (who absolutely will not need it until next “winter,” and maybe not even then, but what else to knit a guy?), and finishing a purse for our Little Gal. The purse was supposed to be a sweater until I got absolutely bored of the pattern and couldn’t imagine spending months on it, so it’s now being stitched up to be a bag/purse. Whims. You know.
Oh no! I think I want a Tasha Tudor Shawl also. I’m not sure if you are an inspiration or trouble, LOL! I have white wool also, should we have a dye-the-wool party!?
Samantha
I love this shawl! and the knitting bag! I say you started this at the right time, you’ll get to use it now that the weather is cooling off, by the time mine is done the cold weather will be also!