12shawls2012 # 5

My design for Lotus Yarns and their new yarn Mimi. This yarn is 100% mink and is just unbelievably soft. It is softer then cashmere I think. The yarn has slight fuzziness, but the fuzz stays put :-)). No animals were harmed in the process of making this yarn. They are brushed for fiber.

“Norka” means mink in Russian :-)

06.11.12

I truly enjoyed working with this yarn. It is luxurious to knit with and such a pleasure to wear the finished shawl.
The lace stitch used for the shawl body has long been one of my favorites and I have been wanting to use it in a shawl design for a while. Mimi yarn seems perfect for it. I love how the lace looks in it. The border you see in the pictures was the second border I tried and I am so happy I decided to re-knit my original border. The lace stitch used in the border is also one of my favorite patterns. I love how it all (yarn, lace and design) came together in this shawl :-)

The pattern will be released at the end of the week or so on Ravelry, my blog and Lotus Yarns website.

The pictures of this shawl have been taken in my backyard. The bench that photographs have been taken on came with the house. There is a writing on the bench (you can see it in one of the pics). I did not know were the verse came from, but found out recently that these are words from a poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney “ God’s Garden”:

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God’s Heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on Earth.

“God’s Garden” lines 13–16, Poems, by Dorothy Frances Gurney (London: Country Life, 1913)

Blogged here

06.18.12
The pattern is now available on Ravelry :-)