Pattern: Revontuli-Huivi (this translates as 'Northern Lights Shawl') by AnneM, available for free in Finnish in Ulla 03/07 and for free in English here.
Needles: 5mm bamboo circulars
Yarn Details:
- Kauni Effektgarn 8/2
- 100% Wool
- 100gr=400m
- colour EQ (Rainbow)
- about 180-190gr used
I do have one complaint about the yarn, though. I ordered two balls of this, at a total of around 250gr. Towards the end of the first ball there was a crappy yarn splice from violet back to light blue, and after that point the colour sequence was reversed. Upon closer inspection of the second ball, I recognised that that ball's colour sequence was opposite to that of the first. So, some rewinding and resplicing later, it all turned out well, but it still bugs me. I wrote to the place from where I purchased the yarn and sent them some pictures of the splice and they asked if they could send the information to Kauni themselves.
I know I'll still buy more of this yarn again in the future anyway. It's just too gorgeous.
Oh yeah, if I can stop looking at the fotos, I'll tell you about the pattern modifications I made. I changed both the increases and decreases. Increases were originally (m1, k1, m1) - I made (yo, k1, yo), mainly because I was too lazy to do the written increases. Decreases originally (sl1kwise, k2tog, psso) - I made (sl2togkwise, k1, p2sso) for a more linear look.
10 comments:
It's beautiful, really a rainbow!
Steffi, tämä on tosi hieno!
How beautiful!!
Gorgeous colours!
Ooooooh!! It's absolutely gorgeous!!
Bravo! It's stunning! I've lined up the pattern as well. I do have several Kauni in my stash, even the rainbow one. One thing's for sure - I'll never have such amazing pictures like you do! I love them all. :o)
wow, steffus. that rainbow of beautiful stitches is amazing. it just screams summer! gorgeous, and keep up the good work. thanks for the kitty pix :)
love,
cath in wien
Aivan ihanat kuvat otettu huivista!
More Kauni to the people!
I got my first ever skein in the post today, can't stop myself patting it. just what you need when autumn at its worst is setting in, a private rainbow.
bf also fell in love with it and has now ordered hats and mitts and whatnots made out of it.
Revontuli looks stunning!
one of my knitwhit friends had exactly the same problem with her skeins as you had, she had to frog a cardigan and restart...
cheers
A
Oh my Good - I just love your Revontuli and your pictures ar fantastic.
I just started the shawl - following a KAL at Ravelry and someone linked to you blog.
I like the way you do your increases - I will do it that way on my next Revontuli.
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