Shawl-mania

Apparently I'm going to increase my amount of shawls with 200%. I have started knitting a pink shawl from a pattern I got via Myra. I have also decided that I actually need a real cashmere shawl. They are on sale for c. 100$ at a shop here in town. First I thought it was too much for a shawl to wear to maybe _one_ event, but when I realized that they were fashionable for at least the whole first half of the 19th century which of course increases the usefulness immensely ;) since I do so much 19th century re-enactment as you know and there are so many opportunities to wear early 19th century clothing(deep sarcastic voice here). I will also get more money than expected this month and have only spent 30$ on fabric so I think I can afford it.I will probably go down after work and buy it.

A shawl richer

I am now a poorer person when it comes to money but a much richer person clothes-wise. They had both woven and embroidered cashmere shawls. The embroidered ones were very pretty and came in beautiful colours, but since those you see in period are woven I bought one of those. They had red shawls with an allover pattern and a grey shawl with a 40 cm broad border, patterned dominantly in red, in each end. This presented a tough choice. The shawls I had seen in pictures were red, but not patterned all over. In the end I choose the grey shawl because the red was a little too warm for my colouring. It is very beautiful.