Every now and again we come into work at the shop and find there are a lots of orders for the same thing without knowing what its for! a few months ago that happened and we noticed there were a number of orders for
2ply Lace in shades L54, L203, L3 and L202. I thought they looked lovely together and then when I went on Ravelry later on I realised
Gudrun Johnston had chosen to use those shades for one of her colourways in her MKAL pattern.
For the past couple of years Gudrun has run a mystery knit along where each week new clues are revealed and you don't know what the final project will look like! this shawl was this years effort and the final pattern is now available itself:
Deepdale
It gave me an idea to put together a few colourways using the 2ply Lace, it's a sometimes overlooked yarn but it makes for lovely lightweight but warm projects.
the original colourway: L54, L203, L202 and L3
warm browns: L5, L4, L78 and L202
greys: L77, L54, L27 and L203
blues: L21, L63, L15 and L16
pinks: L43, L68, L136 and L101
A number of people also ordered the Shetland Heritage Naturals for this project and they would work beautifully, the Heritage is a little bit thicker than the two ply lace but that only makes for an even more snuggly finished shawl!
grey, light grey, moorit and fawn
The above colourways is very similar to the original, but the two below will give you more of a brown finished shawl or a grey one - I love the greys!
shetland black, moorit, fawn and white
shetland black, grey, light grey and white
I hope this has given you some ideas for colours for a Deepdale Shawl, if you make one using J&S yarns remember to tag us on Instagram, our username is thewoolbrokers and we love to see in progress pictures. :)
Happy Knitting!
