I have the yarn for the Heartwarmwr - maybe I’ll even knit it one of these days! With retirement looming and global warming really changing our climate here I’m not sure what I should do about the many bins of wool that I own - I’m down to wearing sweaters maybe 20 days a year.?
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On Sep 6, 2020, at 9:57 AM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
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Years (maybe 50?) ago, I fell in love with one of the Swedish-type shawls in a McCall’s (maybe) Knitting magazine. That’s how it was shown, Jenny, Sort of backwards. Never did get around to casting on.
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From: yarnmongers@groups.io <yarnmongers@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jenny Swanson
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 10:37 AM
To: yarnmongers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Swedish Heartwarmer Shawl - finally!
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Gigantic is good for wrapping up in. And I think historically the shawl corners were passed around the front of the body, then back around ?and then tied behind to get a cross-over type protection for the front in addition to the warmth on the back. So they were probably meant to be huge.
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Jenny
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Anmiryam, I’d also love to hear how the island is this year. When do you come back??
Jenny, I too thought I was the last one still working on this. It is good to hear that I am not.?
I searched for and found Steph’s video on how to do the colorwork while knitting left to right to avoid 2-color purling and am going to teach myself this technique. My goal is to have it done by Winter Solstice this year!? It is going to be gigantic I think. Maybe I’ll put it up as wall decor ツ
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On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 12:05 PM Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
And there was me thinking everyone else had finished and I was the only one to fall by the wayside.
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How’s the island this year, Anmiryam? I’m guessing you are still over there.
Loved the dog pics.
Jenny
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