My Lost in Time Shawl

Pattern: Lost in Time by Mijocrochet

Yarn: Scheepjes Whirl in Lemon Cassis Cream

and Scheepjes Catona in Old Lace

Hook: 4mm Clover Amour 

So, much like everyone else I have become OBSESSED with gradient yarns... for me the Scheepjes Whirl was a total must have, every time they post about their new colours I immediately have a new favourite, I always knew that when I got one that I'd make a triangle shawl with it and after hours of scrolling through Ravelry I had my pattern, the Lost in Time Shawl by Mijocrochet.

Pattern

I wasn't a very experienced crocheter when I attempted this project, in fact I think it was only my second proper project, the pattern was well written and has photos to explain certain rows, but I would suggest reading the pattern to the end of the row to make sure you know exactly what to do before you start as there is a slight difference in how the pattern is written as the designer is from Sweden, the charts were handy to have as well because of this, on the whole though I didn't find the pattern too hard to follow and the trick is to keep an eye on your stitch count. At the beginning it's not really a problem as the rows are smaller, I was able to tell by eye if there was something not quite right but when you get into the repeats it can get hard and the last thing you want is to have to frog any of the longer rows! So my advice is don't be afraid to use stitch markers to keep track of the repeats within the rows and take breaks, it refreshes your eyes and your focus and will make the whole thing so much more enjoyable.

Yarn

The Scheepjes Whirl is incredible to work with, the colour changes are so subtle as they happen one strand at a time that I didn't realise that some of them were even happening, you can't see the joins either, as you are working it up you'll see a kind of fluffy bit but when it's worked in you can't see it at all which is amazing! I'm quite a tight crocheter so I used a 4mm hook and managed to do 6 swag sections in total + the border and 2 tassels with one Whirl, I used Catona for the very last row of the border because I tried to continue using the Whirl and decided that it didn't really look finished, so I tried the Catona that I had left over from my Hygge Shawl kit and was pleasantly surprised with the effect and decided to finish it off with it.

All in all I was really pleased with this project, I think the yarn and pattern are perfect together and I love how the colours of the Whirl make the different stitches pop. I will definitely use the Scheepjes Whirl again, in fact I have a few projects in mind already, and I wouldn't hesitate to do another pattern from Mijocrochet either.