Hi, its me, Abelene. Its been a very long time since Jen has brought me out of my closet to model beautiful hand-knit things, but there is something really important that she wants me to show you right now . . .
um, something about recreating the original photo . . . what do you think?
After losing all of her lovely lace Fishwives prototypes within weeks of knitting them, and never even getting to wear even one of them in that fateful Autumn, Jen felt that loss almost as dearly as any. But after the wildfire, one of the first things she bought again was another ME, and the dear little hand-made fish shawl pin she had found on Etsy , which I had modelled the original prototypes with. Jen has just been waiting for another Fishwives stole to be completed, so she could put us all together, and here we are !
You see, Jen really wanted to bridge over to recreate the experience of ‘a pile o’ fishy shawls’ . . . and yet although she tried, she drowned herself in new designs to distract herself, which required a lot of knitting different and new non-lace prototypes, and never seemed to get around to making the Fishwives stole she wanted. An important anniversary of the year after the first one brought her to cast on but it sat, in a basket. Everytime she’d pick it up she had to relearn the chart, etc, typical knitterly & nonsensical excuses, which kept it from getting knit. Then very recently a real effort was made, and voila!
Splashing fish tails and waves are the Fishwives Lace Shoal signature theme, do you see them? ((shhh… but Jen is already casting on for another, a second in her pile o’ fishy shawls)) At last Jen has a lovely stole to wrap herself me in , again!
Ta ta for now, Abelene.
♣ ♣ ♣
Pattern: Fishwives Lace Shoal
Yarn: One very sentimental skein of Sweet Georgia Merino Silk Lace, brought with Jen when the wildfire came.
Project details: on Ravelry here.
All fun posts FISHY ! ~~ scroll to bottom of posts to read about the theme.!
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Lovely, Jen. You wear it well, Abelene.
xx from Abelene
Oh my goodness that is a stunning shawl. I am so glad that you grabbed the special yarn.
Hi Wen, this is Abelene, thank you for all your help with Jen on the Fishwives test-knitting ! XX
This is absolutely stunning!! You are such a talented knitter, Jen. I love the shawl pin; it complements the lace beautifully. It must feel good to have this shawl back in your life. xoxo Regina
Speaking for Jen, its me Abelene, and I think yes, Jen is over the moon having a Fishwives back. I stand still in the same spot with it draped over me, because I think Jen is just admiring our work before she puts it into her drawer of winter woolens. xx
Stunning 😍
Thank you ~~ xx
Abelene
Hello Darling Abelene! You look absolutely exquisite in that frothy fishy perfection! Truly a work of art. xoxo Good to see you out and about. xo
Thank you so much, I’ll pass on the compliments to Jen xx
Just marvelous. Live the pattern. Blessings.
Love it too 😉
xx
Abelene
Really beautiful this time too! Still loving my cowl in this pattern ❤
That is so wonderful you too have a Fishwives!
xx Abelene
Beautiful!
Thank you Jackie! xx