I love ash alberg’s designs – they’re clever, interesting, and fun to knit! I was so excited when they announced a new book, cwtch – and so honored when they picked me to test knit one of the shawls in the book.
I knit camhanaich, which means “early morning light” in Gaelic. It’s a gentle cable and lace pattern that creates a pattern that reminds me of my favorite emoji, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I ended up using the suggested Harrisville Designs Nightshade (in Street Light – unintentionally the same colorway as ash’s test knit!).
After waiting over a month for my yarn to arrive, I started this project in January and finished it in about a week. It took 3 skeins of yarn – I even ended up having to undo my swatch to get enough yarn!
To be honest, I’m not a shawl person but this is one of my favorite cold-weather accessories now! I kept this folded on the back of my chair through the month of April. It was so nice to snuggle up – this shawl is like a blanket for your torso.
I knit this shawl using size 7 32″ interchangeable needles. My gauge was right on – and this project was the first time I got to break out my lace blocking wires! The pattern is easy to follow and it knit up pretty quickly once I got going.
As a side note – I did order Knit Picks City Tweed DK as a backup since my Nightshades yarn took so long to arrive. I’m currently knitting szept, another pattern from cwtch, using it.
