I love, love, love this shawl! It's the Cedar Leaf Shawlette by Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting. Short rows give it a crescent shape and the leaves are applied when the body of the shawl is done. My favorite thing is the shape. Crescent shaped shawls seem to be easier for me to wear. The shawl I'm knitting now is crescent shaped and I have another shawl or two (Rav link) picked out to knit that are, too.
The yarn is Cash Iroha and it was on sale at my LYS. I thought the color would look nice with my eyes and with jeans. The last time I used this yarn, it got very fuzzy and almost kind of felted. But the shawl will be more lightly used than my mitts are so I'm hoping for good results.
I want to knit this again with slightly thinner yarn or with smaller needles. (Unfortunately, I didn't write down the needle size when I knit it in December.) I'm happy with the size and look, but I wouldn't mind having one a little smaller and with a tighter gauge.
What have you knit lately that makes you happy?
the shawl is beautiful! love the color and the way you're wearing it. I need to put this into my queue!
in my recent FO pile, the cranberry capelet makes me smile... a happy color and it's fun to wear!
Posted by: Mary | February 11, 2011 at 06:58 AM
Beth, I love your cedar leaf! I have cast on twice and frogged because it just didn't feel "right". Maybe I will cast on in a different yarn. Can't wait to see it in person.
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | February 11, 2011 at 09:01 AM
That's beautiful and I love it! What a great color to wear with jeans, too.
Posted by: Carole | February 11, 2011 at 09:38 AM
Cedar Leaf is such a wonderful pattern and I love the casual look with jeans!
What's been making me happy lately is paging through "A Gathering of Lace" and dreaming about what I'd like to knit next.
Posted by: Robin | February 11, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Lovely colour, and it does go very well with your jeans. I have not tried crescent shaped shawls before, but now that you've mentioned it, they do seem to drape better than triangle shawls.
Thanks for all the links. I like the Abyssal design very much!
Posted by: erin | February 11, 2011 at 10:12 PM
beautiful shawl! i love the color. i will have to try a crescent shaped shawl one day. right now i am knitting up the super quick scarf with the new rasta. i cast on last night! happy weekend!
Posted by: vanessa | February 12, 2011 at 10:29 AM
What a beautiful shawl! I love how it goes so nicely with a white tee and jeans - so classic!
Posted by: keri | February 12, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Beautiful! Love it with jeans!
Posted by: KM | February 14, 2011 at 04:34 PM
Ooooo, very pretty. Just finished Lady Eleanor and I'm in love with her!
Posted by: Lynne | February 15, 2011 at 02:26 PM