Happiness Is…
Happiness is … a new beautiful shawl.
Happiness is … a new-to-me yarn that’s soft and comes in lovely colors.
Happiness is … having lovely knitterly friends.
Happiness is … getting to test knit for lovely knitterly friends.
Happiness is … lovely knitterly friends who take awesome FO photos.
On Ravelry: Happy Happy Joy Joy
Pattern: Ilo by Heidi Alander
Yarn: Main color 336 m/367 yd of The Alpaca Yarn Co. Paca-Peds in colorway Eggplant, contrast color 160 m/175 yd of gray fingering-weight scraps, total 495 m/541 yd
Needles: 4.5 mm
Mods: 11½ Main Chart repeats, last garter-stitch section and bind off with main color
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