{"id":778,"date":"2008-03-12T22:49:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=778"},"modified":"2008-03-12T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T12:49:21","slug":"three-cornered-and-long-shawls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"Three Cornered and Long Shawls"},"content":{"rendered":"

First off, Congratulations to Cathy<\/a>, KSee<\/a> and blogless Rhiannon who won the various skeins of mis-dyed yarn!
\nI finally caved and bought a new camera on Monday, and it’s been so nice to take some nice clear pictures.
\nPics of Twinkie of course.
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\nAnd of Emily.
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\nAnd of course, Hyrna Herborgar.
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\nThis section is much easier than the last. There’s a nice clear centre stitch, which helps, and it’s a very easy 4 row pattern repeat, so it’s flowing much better now.
\nI’ve had a few questions about this book, Three-Corned and Long Shawls by Sigridur Halld\u00dbrsd\u00dbttir. (ISBN 9979-70-032-7)
\nI got my copy from Schoolhouse Press<\/a>, and it came with an English translation by Marilyn Keppel. It isn’t cheap, but there are patterns for 27 different Icelandic shawls and scarves inside, and they’re all lovely.
\nHere’s a better picture of the back cover, which shows all the shawls.
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\nIf you’d like an even better look at the pictures of the shawls, I’ve uploaded all 27 to Flickr here<\/a>. When I was trying to decide whether to buy the book, I found it really hard to find pictures of all the shawls included, so I hope this helps some one else to decide.
\nPersonally, I think it’s well worth the cost. The English translation is not extensive, but I don’t know if it’s the translation, or if the book itself didn’t have a lot of detail in the patterns. Between the translation and the charts though, it’s not too hard to follow.
\nThere’s a nice variety of rectangles and triangles, and there are single coloured shawls as well as shawls with some different colours incorporated.
\nMost of the shawls in the book are knitted in Icelandic lace weight, but I think that as with most patterns, you could substitute another yarn at your discretion. Gauge isn’t essential in a shawl or scarf, so it’s entirely up to you. The yarn I’m using for Hyna Herborgar is a heavier lace weight, and so far it seems fine. On Ravelry it appears that Hyrna Herborgar has been worked in a variety of yarns, and they’re all lovely.
\nDo I recommend the book? Highly! Although I would recommend that you have some experience in lace and reading charts first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First off, Congratulations to Cathy, KSee and blogless Rhiannon who won the various skeins of mis-dyed yarn! I finally caved and bought a new camera on Monday, and it’s been so nice to take some nice clear pictures. Pics of Twinkie of course. And of Emily. And of course, Hyrna Herborgar. This section is much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}