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Travel Shawl Finished

Posted on by Laura Kate

This week I cast off this shawl, the last stashbuster of 2024. This shawl started life as a hurry-up project to accompany me on our trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountain coach tour in July of 2024. I found the easiest pattern I could lay my hands on quickly, gathered up a bunch of fingering weight leftovers and hit the road.

She was cast on in the Calgary hotel lobby.

Progress happened throughout the trip. I improvised the color and stitch changes.

Lake Minnawanka
Banff
Jasper

In late July, the shawl and I were in Northern Wisconsin for a week at the lake.

Shell Lake

With the passing of my father in August, we drove to Ohio, the shawl serving as a comforting activity on the long trip to and from.

In December, I sat with my friend who was dying, slowly knitting and listening as she told me what was in her heart.

In January, the shawl came to Iowa, where we signed the papers to purchase our new home. In March we were back in Iowa to visit with family – a joyous occasion.

I haven’t even worn it, but it is embedded with many memories. Memories of all the places where I have knit it, the people who were present and the emotions I felt. Each color change reminds me of the projects that I have made with that specific yarn, and who received the finished project.

This simple little shawl carries a lot of stuff for me. I guess I will keep it.

Linking up with The Unravelers, courtesy of As Kat Knits.

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One of six children, I was raised by a busy mom, who instilled in me a love of fabric. Though I learned to sew and knit at a young age, it was the arrival of my first grandchild that pushed me into action. A long-time knitter, I am now ready to explore all things fiber.

17 thoughts on “Travel Shawl Finished”

  6. This is the blessing of knitting. The places we knit and the people we knit for! Each stitch holds memories, love, conversation, worries, fears, joy, celebrations… Your shawl is so lovely… but the memories it holds are even better! Thank you so much for joining us today!

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  10. Oh, you better keep it! What wonderful emotions and memories it carries — and it’s only starting. I have a shawl a co-worker made for me when I had cancer many years ago — if I don’t wear it it sits proudly across the chair in my work room. Always in sight.

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