More Shawls and RAICES
Jul. 30th, 2018 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydyTo repeat: I knit. A lot. And I usually give away what I create, since I do it for joy. Like you, I've been hugely disturbed by the stories coming from our southern border. So I would like to ask that if you want one of my shawls, you pledge to donate at least $10 to RAICES, or some other immigrant support groups. The donate link for RAICES is https://www.raicestexas.org/donate/
Materials cost for a shawl is between $20 and $50, more if there are a lot of beads. I am not a fast knitter, and I do a lot of ripping and reknitting, so labor time on these is between 30 and 100 hours. What I'm saying here is, if you're thinking about value, $10 doesn't even cover materials costs.
All shawls are knit with a wool blend. If you are allergic to wool these will make you itch. If you have not very bad cat allergies, these shawls should be fine. They were washed and blocked in a cat free area, but stored in a room where cats do go -- though they have not been sat upon by said cats. If you are very sensitive, I can re-wash and re-block, and never take it into a room where cats go before shipment.
Shipping to anywhere is free. I will choose a cheap shipping option. If you need it fast, let me know, we'll work it out.
One last note, my camera doesn't capture the glitter of the beads well, and the colors are not always true. I'll note as we go along. In general, the shawls are prettier in person than in pictures.
Please comment to let me know that you want a thing, and I'll PM you and we'll work out the details.
6. Celtic Knot
This is actually greener than the pictures show. It's fairly simple, except for the knot work. Kind of subtle, but man was it a pain to knit. It starts in the round, and I purely hate DPNs. (So, of course, I have been seeking out patterns that use DPNs, because I'm just that kind of nutter.)
7. Flowers for Yvonne
This is a nice, rich shawl. No beads, just some really lovely lacework. It is fairly large, which means you can knot it or drape it dramatically. And if you ever want to watch me bitch in almost real time about the process of making something, check out my Ravelry page, where I use the pattern notes to whine extensively. I'm lydydrew, there, and most of my projects go up there, too.
8. Perseus
For reasons that are beyond me, the designer thought that this pattern looked like Greek armor. Dunno. The yarn is Malabrigo, which means that the colors are marvelous and complex. And, unfortunately, I can't photograph them for toffee. The colors are both more blue and more purple than shown, and generally a lot richer. It's a nice little shawl, and, again, prettier in person. Sigh.
And that takes us to the end of this shawl crawl. If you have interest in any of these, please let me know.
Materials cost for a shawl is between $20 and $50, more if there are a lot of beads. I am not a fast knitter, and I do a lot of ripping and reknitting, so labor time on these is between 30 and 100 hours. What I'm saying here is, if you're thinking about value, $10 doesn't even cover materials costs.
All shawls are knit with a wool blend. If you are allergic to wool these will make you itch. If you have not very bad cat allergies, these shawls should be fine. They were washed and blocked in a cat free area, but stored in a room where cats do go -- though they have not been sat upon by said cats. If you are very sensitive, I can re-wash and re-block, and never take it into a room where cats go before shipment.
Shipping to anywhere is free. I will choose a cheap shipping option. If you need it fast, let me know, we'll work it out.
One last note, my camera doesn't capture the glitter of the beads well, and the colors are not always true. I'll note as we go along. In general, the shawls are prettier in person than in pictures.
Please comment to let me know that you want a thing, and I'll PM you and we'll work out the details.
6. Celtic Knot
This is actually greener than the pictures show. It's fairly simple, except for the knot work. Kind of subtle, but man was it a pain to knit. It starts in the round, and I purely hate DPNs. (So, of course, I have been seeking out patterns that use DPNs, because I'm just that kind of nutter.)
7. Flowers for Yvonne
This is a nice, rich shawl. No beads, just some really lovely lacework. It is fairly large, which means you can knot it or drape it dramatically. And if you ever want to watch me bitch in almost real time about the process of making something, check out my Ravelry page, where I use the pattern notes to whine extensively. I'm lydydrew, there, and most of my projects go up there, too.
8. Perseus
For reasons that are beyond me, the designer thought that this pattern looked like Greek armor. Dunno. The yarn is Malabrigo, which means that the colors are marvelous and complex. And, unfortunately, I can't photograph them for toffee. The colors are both more blue and more purple than shown, and generally a lot richer. It's a nice little shawl, and, again, prettier in person. Sigh.
And that takes us to the end of this shawl crawl. If you have interest in any of these, please let me know.
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Date: 2018-07-31 12:47 am (UTC)I don't know if your offer is open to strangers off the internet, but I'd be happy to donate to RAICES for the Perseus shawl if no one else claims it.
(I've been happily playing Monument Valley after reading the comments on your game request post!)
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Date: 2018-07-31 07:44 pm (UTC)Yay for good reccomendations, too.
email me at lydy@demesne.com or PM me with your snail mail addy, so I can send you the shawl. I'll let you know when I get it in the mail.
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Date: 2018-07-31 08:18 pm (UTC)Almost forgot to say: THANK YOU!!! :-)
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Date: 2018-07-31 09:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-07-31 07:46 pm (UTC)One of the nice things about shawls is that, if you're like me and your internal temp varies a lot, they're easy to take on and off, so as I go hot and cold by turns, I can shrug in and out of them easily.
If you know anyone who would like a hand-knitted shawl, do send them my way. They're kind of piling up.
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Date: 2018-08-01 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-01 03:09 am (UTC)How about KIND? https://supportkind.org/ Provides lawyers in court for undocumented unaccompanied children.
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Date: 2018-08-01 06:05 am (UTC)email me your snail mail addy to lydy@demesne.com and I'll send you the shawl. I really like this one, I hope you will, too.
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Date: 2018-08-02 01:54 am (UTC)