My Seraphina is complete!

[macfoo]

I've just completed my first Seraphina!!! Sorry for all the exclamation points but this was such a cool awesome thing for me.

 

I've had a VERY bad habit of picking stuff up, starting it, and never completing it. I am the keeper of WIPs to the point I made a pledge to walk away from my yarn stash last year (sold it all at a Relay for Life yard sale) only to find myself longing to play with yarn.

 

Doni - thanks for the awesome pattern and AmyS the rewrite of the pattern for those of us stitch challenged were awesome and anyone/everyone else who's posted anything about shawl making or this shawl in particular!

 

 

 

It was done in Araucania Aysen on a K hook. Very dense (which was the intention) therefore very warm (which was the request).

 

Now I just have to keep it a secret from my stepmom till Christmas (which is going to be the hardest part)!

[da tigger]

Wow.. that is sooooo pretty!! Every version I see of the Seraphina shawl makes my fingers itch to try it myself (I am very much like you.. great at starting things, and never getting them finished! LOL! I've only just relearned how to knit/crochet again a few weeks ago.. so am hoping to change that very bad habit!)... but the wool you used is gorgeous.

 

Congrats on finishing it!

[bethintx1]

Absolutely stunning!

[kittyloverdeb]

Gorgeous! And congrats on completing it! That is one of my very favorite shawl patterns and I love the color of yarn you used!

[milkyway]

What is the color called?

[macfoo]

823 - Green, Purple, Charcoal

[CraftyZone]

Very pretty great work love the color.

[hhensler]

Beautiful!

[oliveoil]

Very pretty!! Love those colors!!

[lynns]

wow, very pretty, I love the colors

[Gardener]

It is gorgeous!

[contrary.crocheter]

that is beautiful!! I love the yarn, the color is amazing:cheergood job completing it...I know exactly what you mean...I have a seraphina waiting for me that I started last year! congratulations on getting this one done!

[Startigerlily]

Fabulous!

[shuttlebuggy]

Wonderfully done! It reminds me of Carribean Waters!!! The blues are so pretty in it!

[Lera]

Really nice color!

[Dawn143]

Very pretty, ...Love the color... you did wonderful work! GBU!:)

[goldenj32w2]

Great job! I love the colors! I really need to try this, but have been too chicken so far, but each time I see it, I get a little closer. Yours is just lovely!

[macfoo]

Thank you all! For those who haven't given it a shot but say they wish they have

 

Go for it! I thought it was going to be a lot more difficult but it is truly simple once you get the pattern down. The only thing I had to keep checking on was the stitches at the increase points.

 

I'll probably be starting another one shortly because I can't get enough of the pattern

 

[jeannej]

No need to apologize for your exclamation points, Macfoo -Your wonderful accomplishment deserves so many more!!! -Kudos to you for your stick-to-itiveness, right down to the last stitch. Your shawl turned out so beautifully. Very, very well done!

[macfoo]

Just completed another seraphina. This was started on a whim with "pound of love" in white on an "N" hook (had it in my stash from awhile ago). It is being gifted for Christmas to a wonderful lady who's been going through some rough times. I am trying to find a poem to attach to it since it kind of looks like angel wings...

 

It took most of the skein. I stopped with just enough yarn let to put a slip stitch border across the top.

Would have better pictures to attach but the camera decided it wasn't going to work anymore since the battery died

[jeannej]

Beautifully done, Macfoo! What a wonderful comforting gift!

 

If you haven't caught it before, here's a C'ville thread where members have shared some of their giving poems: Original Poems

[macfoo]

Thank you! I think I found the perfect verse to attach