Chocolatey Eliina Shawl

Eliina Shawl by Lankakomero

• Yarn 1: My handspun yarn, 50% Superwash Merino, 50% Tencel (503 yards / 119 g per skein), ~1 skein, colorway "Milk Chocolate Lizard"
  
• Yarn 2: Knit Picks Gloss Sock Yarn, 70% Merino Wool, 30% Silk (220 yards / 50 g per skein), ~0.42 skeins, colorway "Cocoa"
  
• Yarn 3: My handspun yarn, one ply Falkland wool, one ply Alpaca, silk, merino (372 yards / 109 g per skein), ~0.12 skeins, colorway "Turkish Delight"
  
• Needle: US 3 (3.25 mm) Knitpicks Circular Needle
  

The main yarn:


Blocking:


Backlit:


The "wrong" side:


Close-ups:



Hope those of you who celebrate it had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Two handspun scarves...

Here are two scarves I made from my handspun yarn (fairly) recently. As you will see, Bug kindly offered to model them for me...

Scarf 1.

A garter stitch scarf with knotted fringe made from my handspun Owl Clover yarn:

• Fiber: Ancient Threads Farm, Merino Superwash Roving (naturally dyed with cochineal, osage orange, tumeric, and lac)
  
• Yarn: 1 skeins = 578 yards (126 g), 14 wpi (fingering weight), single ply (~0.85 skeins used)
  
• Needle: US 4 (3.5 mm) Bamboo Circular Needle
  
• Size: 76.5" long x 7" wide, not including fringe (fringe adds 16 inches to length)
  

Gratuitous cat modeling:












Scarf 2.

A stockinette stitch scarf with simple fringe made from my handspun Live Shrimp yarn:

• Fiber: Creatively Dyed Milk Protein, Seacell, Wool Roving
  
• Yarn: 1 skeins = 365 yards (114 g), ~15 wpi (fingering weight), 2-ply (every bit of 1 skein used)
  
• Needle: US 3 (3.5 mm) Addi Turbo Circular Needle
  
• Size: 65.5" long x 7.5" wide (unrolled), not including fringe (fringe adds 8.5 inches to length)