Photo's made on my favorite beach in the Netherlands: Callantsoog! I often drop by on my motorbike to put my feet in the sand and my eyes on the horizon. Home away from home. Hjemme is the danish word for Home.
(C) first and fifth photos by Monique Dreef.
A Faroese shawl with some intricate lace patterns.
Worked from the top down. Yarn: 982m /1073y 2 ply Jamieson & Smith Lace 5 balls (200m/25gr) Yardage can differ due to personal knitting tension. Needle: 3mm needles (if you prefer: a 32” circular) Notions: tapestry needle to weave in yarn ends, suitable detergent, towel, T pins + block kit, 20 stitch markers.
You can block it straight or in points. What most pleases you.
The coloured handspun version is 1ply Shetland Supreme plied with my handspun Hilltop Cloud "Mountain" colours in the Cambrian collection.
990.0 meters (1082.7 yards), 152 grams for the 2ply.
quote from the website by HillTopCloud:
".... It’s dyed on Cambrian Wool. This is Welsh wool from farms local to me. The Cambrian Wool CIC (Community Interest Company) selects the finest fleeces from these farms and has them processed, in the UK, in to Combed Top & Worsted Yarns. The sheep are known as Welsh Mules. A Mule is a cross between a native upland sheep, in this case Welsh Mountain, and a Blue Faced Leicester. These sheep produce wool with beautiful sheen, and incredible bounce, and a long staple length"...
Suggested yarn: Jamieson & Smith Shetland 2ply Supreme (100% Shetland Wool) 5 balls (200 meters / 25 grams) OR: Handspun (coloured example) at approx. 800m / 100gr 2ply Yarn weight 2 ply Lace Needle size US 2½ - 3.0 mm Yardage 1077 - 1094 yards (985 - 1000 m)
