Artyarns Silk Shawlette

Here is a shawl I did using a basic 3/4-shaping calculation with three colors of Artyarns Beaded Silk & Sequins Light.

Took 3 skeins of H19G, less than one each of H8G and H2G (which I overdyed to olive).

We are going to mix it up a little this month with our new contest: Here’s how to win a FABULOUS Namaste Backpack stuffed with the yarn of your dreams PLUS goodies galore!

Here’s what you have to do:

• Pick a fabulousyarn from, of course, our website: Fabulous Yarn
• Write a little blurb on why  you love it, and what you would make with it if you had some! Link to the yarn in your blurb.
• Post that BLURB on your blog, Facebook page, in twitter and or anywhere you typically communicate on the web
•  YOU MUST link BACK to the yarn page in your post.
  (full URL please, i.e. if you are linking back to Artyarns Mohair, please do this:  Artyarns Mohair and the link http://www.fabulousyarn.comartyarns_silkmohair.shtml
• Send us the URL, or a link, to the post (where the post is on the web)
  to contest@fabulousyarn.com

EXAMPLE:
I just love the soft silkiness of Artyarns Silk Mohair and if I had a bunch I’d make the Elizabeth Scarf!

We’ll share your post with the world, and you’ll be entered to win  the Fabulous Knitters Boardwalk Backpack stuffed with the yarn you wrote about, plus some other extra special goodies!!

• Places you can post:
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Blogger
• Your Blog (wordpress, whatever!)
• Ravelry
• Pinterest (just pin the page and write your stuff there)
• Kaboodle

REQUIREMENTS:

1 -Not too much – just try and write more than a one liner. Pix would help: (like, I’d love to make a silk muffler for my lovely pit bull, fido. A picture of FIDO would really rock in this case!)

2 – you MUST link back to the yarn page. If you send us a post that doesn’t do that – we’ll let you know so you can add that to your writeup!

We adore mohair – why? Because this yarn is soft, luxurious, has a lovely, wonderful halo and just gives a biitt o’glamour to any project. We have a bunch of different mohairs – first and foremost, we have Artyarns Silk Mohair Yarn. Why do we feature Artyarns silk mohair, as opposed to rowan kidsilk haze, for instance? One, because the Artyarns is just a better quality mohair. What this translates into is softness. If you don’t want scratchy or itchy, you have to have a mohair with no additives – no nylon, no polyester at all. Better yet, you get a mohair that is processed as a luxury yarn, with very high quality mohair fibers that are longer than others so there are less ends to scratch you. Then you’ll understand why we feature Artyarns for our regular mohair.

Second on our list is the Be Sweet family of mohairs – we carry two of their mohair yarns – one, we carry Be Sweet regular Mohair boucle yarn, which is a larger loop mohair, but is still incredibly soft. Second, we carry their Extra fine mohair boucle yarn, which is a small loop boucle and is extra delicate – great for making light shawls and wraps. Almost ethereal!

If you are looking for a fabulous pattern to work in these yarns – we have a couple First up, is the ever-fabulous Mac And Me Elizabeth Ruffle Scarf. This incredible 3 ruffle scarf is easy enough for a beginner – but when you are done – you’ll have a WONDERFUL, wearable piece.

ELizabeth Ruffle scarf from Mac And Me

We have two wonderful patterns for the Be Sweet Mohair Boucle – for the regular boucle, you can try our trio shawl – using three tonal gradiants of the regular boucle, this can be left as a boucle, or brushed out to create a soft halo. Still need more?

Shown above in rust, dark rust and pale rust!

This shawl was knit in the same lace pattern as the previous post – ensemble cowl, in the above yarn combo.