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Lady Bertram Shawl

July 21, 2010 By Carole

I had an opportunity on Monday evening to make a quick trip to Cape Cod with Dale. He had a band job and I made plans to meet a college friend for dinner. At the last minute I grabbed my finished and blocked Lady Bertram shawl and my camera and threw both in the car. I’m awfully glad I did. The beach was absolutely picturesque – the light was lovely, and a softly worn fence provided the perfect spot to showcase the shawl. I took a bunch of glamor shots!

Lady Bertram 1 blog size

The one that shows the whole shawl.

Lady Bertram 2 blog size

The one that gets a little closer.

Lady Bertram 3 blog size

The one that looks like it was casually tossed over the fence.

Lady Bertram 4 blog size

And that one that’s very similar but just different enough that I wanted to use it, too.

Lady Bertram 5 blog size

Finally, there’s the one that shows a nice close up of the lace. What I really love, though, is the blurry beach in the background.

The pattern, from Wendy Knits, is fantastic and a great first time lace project. The yarn, a blend of merino, cashmere and nylon from Ball and Skein, is wonderful. It’s soft and a fabulous shade of tomato red. I blocked the edges straight across rather than pull out the points and I really like it this way.

It’s the perfect shawl to throw over your shoulders while strolling along a Cape Cod beach.

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Comments

  1. Julie says

    July 21, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Nice pictures! The shawl is beautiful; love the color.

  2. Wendy says

    July 21, 2010 at 6:51 am

    Love love love it! I really like your blocking choice on the bottom edge. 🙂

  3. Manise says

    July 21, 2010 at 7:30 am

    Beautiful! Perfect place for a photo shoot! It really allows the shawl to shine and pop that wonderful red color.

  4. Barbara-Kay says

    July 21, 2010 at 7:39 am

    It’s lovely! Those were great pictures, yet I’m certain it would look marvelous draped on the photographer, too.

  5. Kim says

    July 21, 2010 at 7:42 am

    SO pretty and in one of my favorite colors…..lovely!

  6. margene says

    July 21, 2010 at 7:52 am

    The color is spectacular against the grays of the beach. Beautiful photographs, too!!

  7. Sharon says

    July 21, 2010 at 8:25 am

    Magazine quality shawl and photography!! Just beautiful! Wendy Knits patterns are one of the best–Anne Hanson is my other favorite!

  8. Jo-Ann says

    July 21, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Gorgeous, as usual 🙂 Love the shawl against the backdrop of the fence & beach.

  9. Laurie says

    July 21, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Beautiful shawl, and the setting is just perfect. How nice that you have weather cool enough to enjoy your shawl. I just finished Brandywine and can’t even think of wearing it yet.

  10. Dinah says

    July 21, 2010 at 9:00 am

    Beautiful. It reminds me a little of the Shetland Trader Aestlight shawl I just did in natural cotten and linen. Now I know what my next shawl project is going to be!

  11. Vicki says

    July 21, 2010 at 9:11 am

    Oooh, that’s just lovely, Carole! You photographed it beautifully, too!

  12. Judy says

    July 21, 2010 at 9:27 am

    It looks beautiful!! Wasn’t it a great knit? I loved it. Beautiful pictures, Carole. The grey really sets off the reds.

  13. Marcia says

    July 21, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Absolutely beautiful shots, Carole! This is a shawl I think even I might be able to handle and will put it on my list.

  14. Kathy says

    July 21, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Gorgeous! The photography is wonderful!

  15. Hillary says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Very nice. I really love the lace and the color.

  16. Tina M. says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Beautiful, and I love the contrast between the vibrant red and the washed out neutrals of the fence and sand. Great choice.

  17. Nora says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:26 am

    So pretty, Carole! Wonderful job.

  18. Kristi aka FiberFool says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:27 am

    Gorgeous! A great setting for it’s debut shoot.

  19. Cheryl S. says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:41 am

    Beautiful shawl – love the color, and very pretty photographs!

  20. Teyani says

    July 21, 2010 at 11:02 am

    sounds like a perfect evening to me – the first shot’s my personal fav, but they’re all stunning. Love that tomato red! I bet you look gorgeous in it with your summer tan.

  21. Jenny Bennett says

    July 21, 2010 at 11:42 am

    I’m getting married next May and I have been looking for an easy-lace shawl pattern for the wedding. This may just be the one! I LOVE the shawl and also where you took the pictures of it!! BEAUTIFUL!

  22. Birdsong says

    July 21, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    Wonderful! The shawl, the color, the beach… all of it! I am reaaly fond wide lace borders these days…

  23. elizabeth says

    July 21, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Lovely! (as always) You picked the perfect backdrop too!

  24. Julia says

    July 21, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Your shawl is great! I admire people who knit solid or semi-solid yarn, I myself can’t help it, when I have the choice I always take very colorful yarn instead of semi solid. But the pattern turns out very nice in semi-solid. It was a good idea to take pictures at the beach!

  25. Laurie says

    July 21, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    That’s such a beauty! The red vs the beach is a really nice way to highlight the FO. Judy yarn must feel SO good in that shawl.

  26. Cookie says

    July 21, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    How lovely!

    Great photos and what a wonderful color!

  27. claudia says

    July 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    That project is right up my alley. And a lovely shoot as well! Nice job!

  28. Suzanne says

    July 21, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Looks great. I love the color.

  29. Laughingrat says

    July 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    Great pics! I knitted Wendy’s “Argus” pattern and found it to be a really nice knit, too–a group of us did a knitalong and the first-time lace knitters found it pretty straightforward. She does good patterns.

  30. Paulette says

    July 22, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    I love your shawl—liked the edging better as you blocked it! The photos are perfect, with the beach setting and all. I really want to make that shawl now!!

  31. Susanne says

    July 22, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    It is beautiful, I love the pattern and the tomato red color is great. Lovely pictures too.

  32. Sara says

    July 22, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    Very beautiful shawl! Love the color!

  33. Sarah says

    July 23, 2010 at 1:53 am

    I love it!

  34. lisa says

    July 23, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    oooohhhh!!!!!! Wicked nice, the shawl, the photos, the beach!

  35. jill says

    July 24, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Perfect! And the setting is pretty swanky too!

  36. Beth says

    July 26, 2010 at 10:27 am

    It’s beautiful! That color is great.

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