shawls. Come into their own, at last

I've made a dozen or so hitchhikers, too.

I wear them round my neck with the point at the front and the ends either dangling or knotted under the hanging bit of the shawl. They are more like scarves but a bit more stylish, and not at all appropriate for cartoon grannies in rocking chairs .

They are lovely, I might make one…
I have over 25 shawl/pashmina/dupattias in all sorts of colours and patterns. I have been wearing them all year for many years. Perhaps this adds to the perception that I am rather eccentric?

Caleo That’s a lovely site, I could spend a fortune on all the pins and brooches I like.

I like the shawls in the pictures. A large brooch would fasten a shawl so it could be hands-free without a knot. The shawls in the pictures are loose;y knitted so a brooch would not harm them.

loopknitting.com/collections/shawl-kilt-pins-and-brooches

I love a little shawl - or is it a scarf? - to plug the gaps around my neck. Just a little one isn't bulky and makes a huge difference to keeping warm.

Yours look beautiful Karmalady. It would have to be quite a long film for me to finish one of those though. My knitting is very slow.

Sorry, shawls are not for me! Too redolent of rocking chairs and cats on the lap. I love cats BTW.

I do like a pashmina though and now I think about it, I'm not sure what the difference is.

I like the type of shawl that Claire, the main character in the Outlander series often wears - they cross over at the front and are held in place with a button at the back.

Those look lovely KarmaLady. I must look for a loom knitting pattern.

My mother used to knit the most beautiful Shetland shawls.

A quick easy knit, very much liked by others and good for a present is hitchhiker.

www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hitchhiker

I have made at least a dozen of them. Lovely to knit while watching a film. I used sock yarn