Taurus Shawl

I finished my Unique Sheep Zodiac Club design a couple months ago, but am just writing about it now.  It's been busy around here---children's activities as well as my own work (both knit design and music) and I haven't managed to sit down and write.

The design is for Taurus, and the shawl is in the shape of the Taurus symbol.  The head is a Zodiac wheel with twelve sections.  There's a pillar-and-post division between the solid center sections and the alternating mesh and solid outer sections.  The edging is a leaf-and-bud lace I developed when I couldn't find anything that exactly suited my needs.  The pillar-and-post pattern is repeated on the left "horn" of the bull, and the leaf-and-bud pattern winds down the right.

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Kelly Eells evolved this colorway from the Cafe Bouquet colorway from another Unique Sheep club.  I didn't capture the greenest portions of the shawl, but I think the orange is fairly accurate.  I enjoyed watching to see what color the next bud would be as the knitting progressed. 

Every time I wear this shawl, my husband comments on it.  I think it's mostly the color, but the shape is very flattering on me and I know he gets a real kick out of the bobbles.  

I'll have to post modeled photos of the shawl after we take some.  The pattern will be available for sale to non-club members around December.

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The Unique Sheep has accepted one of my designs for next year's installment of the Zodiac Club.  I'm not allowed to say which sign I'll be depicting, but I think it's okay to tell you I'm very excited about this particular shawl.  More about this closer to the time.