The 2014 Wedding Wraps

About a year ago, when I first learned that Carina, -- who I helped RAISE --, had set a wedding date, I decided I just had to knit shawls for her, her sisters, her mother, and I graciously included his mother so she wouldn't feel like an outsider among this united Bitticks-Alston sisterhood. I was not thinking of these to be worn IN the wedding, but just to have for whatever they doing around that time. The wedding will be in NC in October and the wedding colors are navy and cream. Most of these pics are "in progress" but here's what I came up with. . .

This one is for Alyce, mother of the bride, good friend for nearly 30 years. It is always good to have friends who are professional counselors. Saves you lots of grief -- and $$ over the years. I owe Alyce big-time.

This one is for the groom's mother. Same yarn as Alyce's but a different pattern. This one came out to be rather small -- a shawlette for just around the shoulders. Pictures I've seen made me think this would do for Josh's mom. . .

This one is for the middle sister. She is tiny and this is big chunky yarn. To be honest, I did this one last, and I'm ashamed to say, I was getting weary. I found the chunky yarn on the shelf, and dug around for a pattern. This one knitted up in about 2 days. Voila!

This one is for the youngest sister. By the time the wedding takes place, she will have a baby and I figured she could wrap herself and the little one in this together. I ended up adding fringe made of yarn and ribbon. I don't know if these outter edges will ever hold that scallop shape and not roll and that is one of my favorite parts of this one.

And this one for the bride. The commercial name for this pattern is "Lagoon Pond" which doesn't sound very pretty to me, so I've been calling it "Marital Bliss". I did not add fringe and there is no glitter or sparkle -- an exercise in restraint.

It was fun to do -- gave me lots of time to enjoy memories of good times together when the girls were little. Lots of babysitting, lots of birthday parties, lots of snow days, nice holiday memories . . .  And though none of these shawls is without mistakes, making them has made me a more confident knitter.

Jena's baby came yesterday. All is well.