Sneak Peeks of My New Shawl Design

Today I'm not writing a very lengthy blog post. I just want to make you curious about my new shawl design :-) so I'm posting a few sneak peek photos. In my previous post you can read all about the history behind the yarn I selected for this shawl, so you'll understand how special it is for me to work with it.

Last month I published the pattern for my very first shawl design called the Moonwish Wrap. It's a top to bottom circular shawl easily adjustable to any size. For this new shawl design I wanted something completely different, but still adjustable to any size you'd like. I won't show you anything beyond the bottom part of the shawl, but perhaps you can guess what the finished shape is going to be.

I already have ideas for two more shawls. Shape possibilities are endless and I fear my hands won't be able to keep up making all the shawls! But a series of say four different ones is doable. For now, my focus is on finishing this one. I'll reveal more next week.

I'm also struggling with the naming issue again.....I enlisted your help to name the Moonwish Wrap and received so many lovely suggestions. But it's still hard to decide on a good name because I'm somehow determined it should be a name that hasn't been used on Ravelry yet. Or at least not for a shawl, scarf or wrap. For this shawl I thought of Shooting Star Shawl (ties in nicely with Moonwish Wrap) but as you can guess, there are already a few shawls with that name. Starshine Shawl also sounds great, or Starlight Shawl, but both are taken. Stardust, but that's the name of another Scheepjes yarn. What about Star Beam Shawl? That might be the perfect name as it's still 'available.'

I'll leave you with a close-up of the gorgeous shades in the Our Tribe colourway I'm using (colour 975 Canadutch). You can find all the technical details and where to shop for this yarn below.

Yarn details

Our Tribe is a variegated yarn that is beautifully twined, which creates a dappled effect and thus the idea that there are even more than 6 different colours each ball consists of. The more the colours contrast, the more dappled the effect. It's super soft and works up very smoothly and quickly. It consists of 70% Merino Superwash and 30% Polyamide and comes in 100g (420m) balls suitable for hook/needle size 2.5 to 3mm, or even larger when making shawls because that'll result in a beautiful drape. It's machine washable at 40 degrees. Since the day we created the blogger colourways, quite a few new colours have been added to the range and now you can choose from 38 different colours - both variegated and single colours.

Where to buy Scheepjes Our Tribe

Scheepjes Our Tribe yarn is available from the online retailers listed below. Click the link and it will take you to the yarn*:

UK Wool Warehouse
UK Deramores

UK Black Sheep Wools
CA Knotty House

NL Caro’s Atelier
And available from various other Scheepjes stockists

Thank you to Scheepjes for providing the yarn for this design.
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