Flower Basket Shawl Finished!

I pulled the blocking wires (I love those things) out of it yesterday and here it is! It ended up being 68 inches across the top edge. Here are all the details. The yarn is less than 2 ounces of Merino/Silk top, handdyed by Kendig Cottage in the Iris Garden colorway (scroll down) that I handspun into a two ply, keeping the colors in the same order. They don't line up perfectly so I ended up with a yarn that blends from one color to another. The weight of the yarn is slightly finer than Jaggerspun Zephyr. I used size 5 US (3.75mm) needles and followed the pattern for the Flower Basket Shawl as published in Interweave Knits in the Fall of 2004. I did work more repeats of the Lower Flower Basket Chart before doing the Edging Chart - I have 16 flower baskets along each short side of the triangle. I also changed the double decrease from what the pattern called for. It called for a slip one, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over which is a left slanting double decrease. I used a centered double decrease: slip two together knitwise, knit one, pass slipped stitches over. This gave me the strong center lines up the baskets that run from the edges of the shawl to the center "spine."
You can see how the centered double decrease looks in this shot. There are oodles of Flower Basket Shawl pictures on the web, so if you're thinking of making one, Google it and you can see what it looks like with the decrease the pattern calls for. Then you can decide which one you want to use. I think its going to be a perfect Spring and Summer shawl because its so lightweight! Of course, right now its too cold to wear it around here.

Have a great weekend!