Pattern: Finola by Aoibhe Ní Pattern Page on YarnTowers.com 🔗
Started: March 28, 2021
Finished: September 17, 2021
Made for: Síle aka Me / Year 2 Dragon Studies
Yarns: Lion Brand Mandala (100% acrylic; 590yds = 150g)
- .54 skein/ 81g of "Troll" = 369 yds
- 1 skein/ 150g of "7001 Amethyst" = 561 yds
- .06 skein/9g of "9801 Krystal" (started with 156g) = 33.66 yds
Hook size: 5.0mm/ US 8
Notes & photos: I feel the need to start something new and different that I don't have to design myself. I'm declaring this for my Year 2 Dragon Studies class at Ilvermorny as well.
So, my plan is to start with my remaining 81g of "Troll" and complete an exact number of panels with it and then use the "new" colorway for more panels plus the upper border. I'm hopeful the total amount of yarn allows for more panels than written in the pattern.
An inspiring photo of New Zealand's scenery
Lupins, mountains, and ocean; could almost be western Newfoundland but it's New Zealand
later: Charts A completed & first 10 columns of chart B
later: Charts A & B done 😊
later: First panel finished and back to the point where panel two starts 😊 I really like how the yarn shaded through the first panel.
4/06: about half done the second panel
April 7: completed the second panel :) I can really see now how the panels both line up and stagger to leave the fan shaped edge. I'm surprised how much of the darker blue is in this ball. Not complaining, just surprised! Looks like there's a bit more and then it will be navy blue for a while before going to a dark purple and finally to the brighter purple that is on the outside of the skein. Need to get up to Walmart for another ball soon, although I think this ball is good for at least another 2 or even 3 more panels. We shall see if I'm right! Photo added of the two completed panels :)
4/08: 3 panels done and chart A finished on the 4th one :)
4/13: Another panel completed :) (Also Jadeybop photobomb)
4/16: Couldn't find any Mandala (not even a shelf tag!) so I found another yarn in a similar color family that I hope works well. It's called Red Heart Roll With It Sparkle; I admit the sparkle drew me in lol I like that it's another gradient yarn.
4/27: Oops, I meant to add photos of the sparkly yarn added in! Here we go then, two photos to update things:
First up the completion of Chart C & D using the new yarn
And the 8th panel is done (also with the new yarn)
later: Yeah, so guess who forgot her project bag on the couch when she went to her vaccine appointment? This panel is only partially done but it's progress!
June 1: New month! And I finished the panel I started last week after (finally) getting the llama finished. Not major progress but it's progress!
June 15: Where is this month going? It doesn't help I've been laid up with my back again for ... today makes 7 days straight. I've started a pair of slippers for Quidditch and gotten chart A and a start on chart B on panel 13 of this pretty. And here's how that's looking:
June 29: What a gorgeous day to sit out and get a few well-lit photos while crafting and adding a little natural vitamin D :) I finished panel 13 and started panel 14 before I turned to my work project. Once that's off the needles I can focus on getting a few others done. Here are some photos from this afternoon under clear sunny skies and a moderate 17°C:
July 6: Another panel finished this week and onto the gray section in the yarn :) It's looking really good:
July 20: Roughly half a panel this week :)
August 2: Finished the 18th panel and started the neckband today :) Instead of 11 linked upple trebles as stated in the pattern, I'm using 9. Keep in mind my 18 panels are also a modification to the pattern. It was written as 14. I took a quick photo of what I have done of the neckband. I will have to get a photo of the whole shawl tomorrow when the light is better. Here's the start of the neckband:
August 3: Didn't get an outdoor photo today and I took back the neckband I had started and reduced it to 6 linked upple trebles instead. I'm actually very low on yarn for the neckband due to the extra sts needed to border the entire piece with the extra panels. So fingers crossed it comes out ok. I really like how the whole piece looks. Here's an entire shawl view:
Sept 14: Haven't worked on this for a bit, but I pulled it out the other night and worked a bit more on the neckband. I'm getting awfully close to the end of this ball of yarn so I may have to get another on Thursday. I really like how the blue looks along the lavender sections. Most recent pic:
Sept 16: Finished with ball 2. I didn't find the same colorway but I found one with a lot of blues in the same yarn. I won't need much to finish. 
later (1:13am NDT, Sept 17): And finished :) It turned out so nice!! Finished photo added to the top of this page :) And my submission post for Dragon Studies is here.
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