Whirl and Whirlette Yarn: The Perfect Combination for a New Shawl Design

I think by now you know that when I post a picture of Scheepjes Whirl and/or Whirlette yarn, I'm in shawl design mode. This time I've chosen lovely shades of springy green with the Sippy Sage Whirl and the Avocado Whirlette. I have a very relaxing stitch pattern in mind for a shawl that'll be perfect for early spring days. I plan on using all 1455 metres of the two yarns combined, but the shawl will be easily adjustable to any size.

I can't show you anything yet, but next week I'm sure I'll have some WIP pictures for you and in a few weeks' time I'll post the pattern on my blog as well. What I can reveal is that the shape will be a simple rectangle. This is my fourth shawl design and for each shawl I want a different shape or construction. So far I've made an asymmetrical triangle, a dragon tail and a circular shawl.

My Other Shawl Designs

Lunation Shawl: Asymmetrical triangle shawl in
 Whirl and Whirlette

Moonwish Wrap: Circular shawl in 
Whirlette

Star Beam Shawl: Dragon tail shawl in Whirl-Fine Art
and Merino Soft

Whirl and Whirlette yarn

Both yarns are a blend of 60% cotton and 40% acrylic, which makes for lightweight and breathable shawls, or any wearables really. Whirl is a gradient yarn with a very generous twist so that it works up really quickly and it helps prevent splitting. Each colour change (and there are many, which I love because it makes the gradient so subtle) is carefully tied to ensure the knot can be discretely hidden within your stitches. So don’t worry if you come across quite a few ”knots”, or rather “fluffy bits”, because that means one colour thread is replaced by another colour thread that needs to be worked into the yarn. The Whirlette yarn comes in single colours, matching the Whirl shades. Below you can see all yarns available.

Scheepjes Whirl 561  Sippy Sage and Whirlette 861 Avocado

 

The shade cards shows all the 54 Whirl yarn cakes and 44 Whirlettes available.

Where to shop for Scheepjes Whirl, Whirlette and other yarns

Scheepjes yarns are available from WoolWarehouse, Deramores, Black Sheep Wools and Caro’s Atelier. If you purchase yarn through the affiliate links below, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!*

Click on the link and it will take you to the shops where you can search for the yarn you’d like:

UK Wool Warehouse: http://shrsl.com/17owu

UK Deramores: http://tidd.ly/cf1bc042

UK Black Sheep Wools: http://shrsl.com/17owe

NL Caro’s Atelier:

https://caros-atelier.webshopapp.com/tracking/tradetracker/redirect/?tt=27390_12_296927_&r=%2F

Or shop at other Scheepjes stockists.

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