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The Swallow Tail shawl from the fall 2006 number of Interweave Knits is a wonderful pattern, very easy and quick to knit and very beautiful. Even though I added five repeats of the Budding Lace pattern, I was able to finish in less than a week. The yarn I chose for this project was a 2 ply wool/silk blend from Bånsull, a yarn that fits the pattern perfectly. Unfortuanately photographing a white shawl is a bit difficult, but I hope you can get a general idea of what my Swallow Tail shawl looks like.

And finally, a close up:

Around Easter I dug out my big bag of left over Rauma Baby yarn from the stash. For a long time my goal was to try and use yarn from this bag whenever I make a baby sweater. And I really tried, but even though I always found some suitable yarn in the bag, I would still have to buy more yarn to be able to finish the projects in question. In the end I had to put more left overs into the bag than I took out of it. I finally decided I had to do something drastic about this infamous plastic bag full of wonderful yarns. Inspired by other knitters I cast on for a Log Cabin blanket. My initial plan was to make a baby sized blanket, but when the bag of yarn was empty, the blanket was to big for a baby. It measures about 1,65 m x 1,65 m! The perfect TV-blanket!

I love this blanket and I love the fact that I was able to use all the different colours in the bag. I never thought they would look so good together.


I am so thrilled by this blanket that I want to make another one. I think there is a bag of yarn at my mother’s that no one knows what to do about. Well, now I know.