Sisterly Shawl

This is by far one of my favorite patterns for a triangular shawl. A friend in my knitting @ noon group, my manager at work actually, tagged me on a FB post that had information about this Crochet pattern on Ravelry, Bruinen by Jasmin Räsänen The yarn is a self changing fingering  yarn from KnitPicks called Chroma. I fell in love with the amazing colors that it comes in. I decided to make one for each of my two older sisters. In Manzanita and Wild Flower the first time. They liked it so much that I made another one for each of them, to bring to them when I visited India again two years later. This time in Avalon and LakeFront. It is a rather delicate yarn that you have to work with care because you can almost never undo a stitch without causing damage if you happen to make a mistake.

Manzanita

WildFlower

Avalon

All this time I had been thinking about making one for my manager who introduced me to this pattern. When she announced her retirement this year, I knew exactly what I'd give her for a gift to commemorate the occasion and to thank her. Made again in LakeFront since I had liked the peacock blue and green hues very much.

LakeFront

I was drawn again to this pattern when I heard of one of my aunts going through a surgery and I wanted to make a prayer shawl. There were still so many unexplored color options. I opted for red tones to brighten up her spirits. Gelatin is what I picked for her!

Gelatin

And then, one for me in Jan 2020, Red Velvet!. . . I needed some prayers myself this time. Nothing major, but when the dr sends you to emergency room, it is enough to cause angst.