This is the shawl I knit for my Knit East Shawl Swap partner.
Pattern: Marin by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Colour Adventures Dia Twist DK in Sour Cherry
I must admit when I first saw this pattern among my swap partners favourites list I didn’t really pay much attention to it. I started off knitting a French Cancan in a different yarn but didn’t like the pairing. I decided to mull it over for a while and kept coming back to one picture of Marin that really showed off the shape.
It wasn’t until I cast on and started knitting Marin that I really became intrigued. Knit side to side the construction is fun to knit and completely reversible.
I decided on Colour Adventures Dia Twisted DK in the Sour Cherry colourway. My swap partner was a red lover and as I’ve said before Sour Cherry in my opinion is THE perfect red. I couldn’t go wrong.
It was hard to part with this shawl in the end. The sour cherry and those scallops really won me over. I think the shawl was well received and looked fantastic with her dark curly hair but I told her I’d gladly take it back if she didn’t love it.
I can’t get enough on those scallops and would love to knit this one up again in a worsted weight yarn for a bigger shawl.