FO: Highgarden

The rain has stopped and it warmed up a touch (though it's still cool) so Mom and I took advantage of the sun to do a little photoshoot of the Solo Cat shawl.

I'm now pleased to properly introduce you to... Highgarden

Highgarden is named for one of the estates in George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Series (or Game of Thrones, as it's better known by, thanks to HBO). Highgarden is a land of plenty, and the shawl draws on that through it's botanical motifs, starting with flower buds, moving on to leaves, leaves and more leaves.

It's going to be part of an e-book I'm releasing in the spring (sorry... you'll have to wait that long for the pattern)

As you can see, it's a nice wide, asymmetrical crescent shaped shawl. I discovered the technique when I knit Auburn Wave early this summer. I liked the construction so much, I wanted to see how it would look with a more complicated lace pattern. I had the Solo Cat (in Gilded Rose) sitting there... and it all just came together.

The construction makes it sit quite nicely when it's wrapped. And the eleventy billion beads that I used help with the drape and weight to keep it in place.

Finished size is about 60 inches wide and 20 inches deep - so not huge, but not small either. A nice size to wrap comfortably around you shoulders on a cool evening. 

I'm so pleased with how the knit on edges turned out. They made such a difference to the final product.

 

As mentioned in a previous post, once I got the edges done, The cast on edge looked a little odd. But some i-cord ending in a few little leaves solved that problem nicely.

I think it adds a nice little bit of whimsy to a very romantic look shawl.

Now I just need to talk my prince into taking my somewhere fancy....