Radiance Shawl

Recently, I moved nearly 1,300 miles across the country for a new job.  As one would expect, this was not an easy process.  My husband needed to find a new job, we needed to sell our house, find a new house, transfer insurance, and I'm sure you can imagine the tons of other details and things that have to change when making such a long move.

Throughout the process I developed a friendship with a new co-worker who really went out of her way to make sure I had somebody to talk to and was very supportive through all.  When my LYS announced the Radiance Shawl as a knit along, I thought it would be the perfect thank you gift for my co-worker.  I opted for the larger 2-skein version in Claret of Freia Ombre Sport.

I thrilled with the way the colors came together.  To start the project I did the foundation rows all from one skein, then after that alternated skeins every two rows, carrying the unused skein up the side.  It was exciting to see the color changes come in, though it did take a few rows for it to be obvious.  Clearly, the project still needs to be blocked.

Here is the center row, I love how the leaves branch out from the middle   Unfortunately I couldn't get the camera to cooperate for this photo and it turned out a bit more pink than the yarn actually is.  The other two photos are much more accurate to the true color.

The tips of the leaves are curling over pre-blocking.  Also, the puckering of the leaves shows through as well.  With any luck this will come out when it's blocked!