This one’s a gift, so the post is behind the cut…
I’m knitting a shawl for a friend who’s getting married on New Year’s Eve.
She’s wearing a halter style dress and the ceremony is right before midnight. I think she needs a little something to keep herself warm.
She wants it to be mostly a surprise, so the only direction she gave me was the color. She left everything else up to me — yarn, fiber, pattern, shape and size.
I stayed up late on Friday to sketch out a design. I had this idea of doing a wedding knot in lace, but it wasn’t coming together fast enough. I only have 3 weeks to design and knit this so I had to come up with something else. She’s wearing a clean-lined dress without a lot of frills, so I wanted something geometric to keep it from being too sweet.
For my second go-round I went with a diamond motif and a zig zag edging. In the swatch above you can see I tried beading it too. But in this final round I removed the beads. The clear beads were showing up whiter than the yarn, and beading was slowing me down anyway.
I have to admit I’m a bit nervous that the bride will like it. Is it the right shape? Style? Color? Fiber? The one nice thing about a tight deadline is that I can’t second guess myself. I have to have faith in my intuition and knit on.
So here I am on Sunday afternoon — two weeks away from the wedding and I’ve knit 3 of 20 repeats. If I can get in 2 repeats per day I’ll be done before Christmas — which is my own personal goal. After all, I have Christmas baking and cooking to get to!
It is absolutely gorgeous! I’m sure she will love it.
It’s beautiful and elegant, I’m sure she will love it.
Oh my gosh, I think it’s amazingly beautiful and perfect for the season and for new year’s.
I love the soft halo, stitch pattern, and design, and I think you’re right to go with something that’s not frilly. It looks fun and stylish which is what you would want for a New Year’s Eve wedding! (which is a great idea by the way, I wish I had thought of that…how fun.)
Having just recently been a bride I can assure you this is something I would’ve wanted to wear! So pretty.
Wow….NO PRESSURE!
It is beautiful. I think you’re design is perfect.
I think she’ll love it, it’s quite beautiful!
What a lucky friend. I’m sure she’ll love it and it’ll be an heirloom.
wow. that is quite a deadline. it is beautiful – i’m sure she will love it! it’s detailed without being fussy…
It looks beautiful and light and dreamy. (Speaking as someone who got married on New Year’s Eve!)
I think you have nothing to fear, except maybe the ticking of the clock! Sending speedy knitting vibes your way.
Breaking it down to a daily amount of repeats makes it so doable. It’s going to be lovely!
It’s going to be lovely! Good luck!
I know she will absolutely LOVE it!! Have no doubt!