Let’s face it, I am not a shawl designer. But when my daughter announced that she was getting married, I knew I needed to knit her a wedding shawl. It took months to find the right inspiration. It began when I discovered Seven Sisters Arts at VKL NYC last January. We have summered in Maine all of my children’s lives, so a yarn hand-dyed in Maine seemed perfect. As the months moved along, I would stare at the skeins of beautiful Astrid in my studio and nothing… Then the wedding invitation came. Sparkling points of lights and a origami paper crane were on the cover and that was it!
I realized that there would be over 1,000 paper cranes strung throughout the wedding venue as a symbol of eternal good luck and with that vision, the wedding shawl emerged.
In honor of my daughter’s wedding, I designed a shawl inspired by the 1,000 origami cranes strung throughout the wedding venue — a symbol of eternal good luck!
Paper cranes is an asymmetric shaped shawl with a simple eyelet pattern. While the eyelet “cranes” appear random, in fact my oldest daughter and artist, Amalia, worked with me to place the “cranes” like falling water droplets, in the Japanese tradition. Knit edge-to-edge using simple yarn overs to make each eyelet crane, this paper cranes is knit in Seven Sisters Arts Astrid on US #4 needles — the resulting fabric is amazing, with perfect softness and drape!
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Happy knitting,
Lori
2 thoughts on “Meet “paper cranes”!”
Paper Cranes is a beautiful pattern. Your daughter a beautiful bride.
I am very broad across my back and would need the shawl to be longer. I was thinking of adding several inches in the middle of the scarf so both ends would remain in the pattern. Your thoughts please.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We had such a wonderful wedding.
First, the shawl is really very long. My daughter has a broad back, as well, so you might want to measure out the 63″ length, before you decide. What I think I would do, if added length is needed, is to add the length to the beginning of the shawl, where there aren’t really any “paper cranes” yet. Just be aware that the increases occur every 6 rows, so you might want to begin with 4 fewer stitches, and then start pattern stitch rows, once you have added the 4 sts. Hope that this helps!
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