Rosales: Pattern by Nim Teasdale

Nim's original piece
Nim's original piece
The shawl as knit by MythMouse.
The shawl as knit by MythMouse.
The shawl by RivendellKnitter, showing the beads beautifully.
The shawl by RivendellKnitter, showing the beads beautifully.
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A beautiful design by Nim Teasdale, Rosales can be knit in anything from lace weight through to DK weight.  

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The Design

Here is what Nim writes: 

Rosales is the order of flowering plants from which apple trees (and roses, and many other plants) descend.

This shawl was inspired by a beautiful old apple tree outside my front windows. This tree marks the passing of seasons with a cloud of pale petals and hum of happy bees in spring, the scent of apples in summer, the thick carpet of leaves in the autumn, and starkly elegant branches in winter. 



The shawl echoes this seasonal cycle with three parts, reminiscent perhaps of blossom, falling leaves, and winter’s rest.

So it is a perfect piece to knit to commemorate the passing of the seasons and the coming of Spring.  

The Yarn

What Nim used for her original shawl shown on this page was sport weight yarn, a total of 415 yards, using size 5 and 6 needles.  Her finished size was roughly (after blocking) 72" x 17".  

We show photos which have some pieces that Nim knit and also the shawl as knit by RivendellKnitter (her Ravelry name) which shows the beads beautifully. Not only that, but we also got permission from Myth Mouse (Rav name) to show her shawl as well -- this will give you a wonderful look at ways to use gradients.  

What I like especially, on looking at Nim's design and these yarns, is the contrasting color yarn used for the bands across, and again for the lace border.  

The Beads

Honestly, I am not sure how many beads you will need.  Nim does give you a placement to use on the edging for where to put beads, and the projects done with beads look awesome.

 Take a look in particular at RivendellKnitter's piece, the last couple of photos on this page (used with her permission) which shows the beads very clearly.  Note that she used a heavy lace weight yarn (and I am not sure of the size of her beads) but regardless, you can get an idea of the overall look from this.  Quite gorgeous, don't you agree? 

Nim tells me that she used about 200 beads for her shawl.

And MythMouse (that's the creator of the beautiful teal-and-tan shawl also shown on this page) was kind enough to count the beads on her larger shawl for us.  Following Nim's placements on the teal parts of her shawl, she used 301 beads.  She did also add an addtional 228 beads for her tan segments, deciding herself where to put them.  

 

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