– I have been collecting orange yarns at just about every yarn store Q and I have been to in the last 2 years. This all started when I saw a fantastic shawl on display in a yarn store in Missoula, MT. Q and I were at the store with our mom. She loved the shawl.
As you can see, I have added a reddish brown yarn to the mix. I just found a dark green to use as a slight accent to help pop the orange. In the bottom right hand picture, I used two strands of the yarn; one from the middle and one from the inside of the ball.
I cast on 200 stitches using a US 10 needle. After finishing a row, I cut the yarn long enough so I can make a fringe at each end of the shawl. I tied the next piece of yarn to the one I just cut. I knit four rows of each yarn before changing to the next yarn. I am just knitting-as-I-go and randomly choosing the next yarn. Go ahead and try one. It is great way to use up odd balls and left over yarns. Just a note: If your yarn is too thin mix it with another yarn or use 2 strands together. 🙂
I love orange too. It makes me happy.
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Thanks! That’s the only color Q seems able to wear this summer. 😎
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The colors are lovely, I love orange. Are those sequins hanging from the yarn?
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Not sequins. Just a very shinny yarn. Thanks for asking. curls
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That should have been ‘Opal’ not Opaly.
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😎
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Where did you get that awful “heading” Orange……etc. I want to see the shawl on this blog. sounds delicious.
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From the knock knock joke.
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I loooove this color!
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Thank you! 😎
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