Sunday, June 22, 2008

Mermaid's Net


All the fish were knitted first, with a modular sweater in mind. After sewing some together, I decided I wasn’t happy with the lack of drape in the resulting fabric. Put them away for about a year. When I revisited them, I had a new vision. I took them apart and started crocheting them together with a selection of different textured yarns. Then I added the beads and pearls. This shawl actually used every single fish I had knitted and over all took about 2 1/2 years to finish!



3 comments:

Janice Rosema said...

The photos of this shawl are stunning but I have to say don't begin to capture how gorgeous this piece looks in person. Another fabulous creation!

Ana said...

iI too have seen this one in person and it is gorgeous! A lot of work, how you have time to sleep I do not know.

Christine said...

I'm almost speechless. One word: WOW