The Perfect Yarn for a New Shawl Design

All black! Yes, I love black, which may come as a surprise to you as most of my designs are very colourful. Just look at my Etsy or Ravelry shop and you'll see the most colourful palettes. But for this shawl design I'm envisioning, I've selected black because I usually only wear black and I want to wear it myself (and as you can see in the pic, I've already chosen the accessories to go with it!).
Designing a large piece like a shawl is a bit out of my comfort zone, but at the same time I'm also looking forward to making it. I will share the pattern here on my blog!

The yarn that's just perfect for this project is Scheepjes Whirlette, Whirl's little sister in single colours. I think I can assume that quite a few of you are already familiar with Scheepjes Whirl, the gorgeous variegated yarn cakes so very popular for shawls. Whirlette was made as a uni colour companion and since I've seen very few projects made in Whirlette only, I thought let's use this yarn for my design (see below for more yarn info).

I'm also featuring another Whirlette colour - Grappa - because I may just make a second shawl because I'm thinking two different sizes would be fun and a shawl would of course make a lovely gift..... Perhaps you're wondering why there's a teapot in the picture...... I really want this shawl to be a relaxing project, one without a lot of counting and for me tea equals relaxing. So I'm all set and I will show you some progress shots next week.

Whirlette info
The Whirlette cakes are 60% cotton and 40% acrylic, which makes for a wonderful breathable fabric and thus very suitable for wraps, shawls, scarves and garments like cardigans. The 100g balls have 455 metres of soft and supple yarn and a 3.5mm crochet hook is perfect for it. And there are 19 shades!

Where to buy Whirlette yarn (international shipping)*

UK Wool Warehouse

UK Deramores

UK Black Sheep Wools

CANADA Knotty House
NL Caro's Atelier

And any other Scheepjes stockists

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*A big thank you to Scheepjes, who supplied the yarn for me to use. As always, any opinions expressed are my own. The affiliate links in this post support giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. By purchasing yarn through these affiliate links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you!