palimpsest refers to the faint tracings left behind when an image or written page is erased. this stole is inspired by winter architectures in nature—ghosts and skeletons of gardens past (which are really premonitions of gardens yet to come).
shown above: petite size in fearless fibers laceweight merino wool, colorway majestic (and deb has many, many more sumptuous colors).
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deb kessler, whose brilliant yarns we have come to love so much, provided the beautiful yarn for this project.
vanessa once again put her flame fingers (that’s her on ravelry) to the metal and knit a sample so quick she left me in the dust (sometimes i can keep up with her, but not often).
as always, rachel’s proofreading brilliance brought the project to a shining finish.
yay, team!
now let’s have some more photos, courtesy of our beloved david
37 thoughts on “palimpsest”
I’m off to the pattern shop!
simply stunning, per usual.
So very beautiful. I am adding this to my collection of knitspot shawls and stoles. As usual something very beautiful.
Wow! That’s another one added to my queue. Just amazingly pretty and I love the name.
i do not find words to express my impressions…
and now i go shopping!
Anne youa re an inspiration with your fabulous patterns:)
SO beauitful!! I am always amazed at how fast you and Vanessa whip out these incredible shawls!
amazing what a good blocking will do.
Another amazing design! Really pretty. Which mitts are you wearing?
I really like this one, it looks very wearable, the photography is beautiful and evocative of winter and the design theme. The shawl pin is really handsome on this design. I think you have another winner. I’ll be at the pattern shop later this weekend!
Anne another stunning pattern and wrap!!! I love it. 🙂
Breathtaking! I love everything about it.
gorgeous Anne!
Hey, this is awesome! There’s a novel called Palimpsest coming out soon, by Catheryne Valente. It’s about a sexually transmitted city (just trust me here) and the timing and synchronicity here is cracking me up. 🙂 Beautiful shawl!
Oh my, I do love this stole. After the holidays I’m going to have to chose between your stole/shawl patterns, and pick one for me!
Very beautiful – gorgeous color!
Mm, mm, mm. Absolutely scrumptious. And I know just what yarn to use… 🙂
Wait!…puff…puff…puff…I’m still running to catch up! puff…puff…but I’m taking a break to order this beautiful pattern and FF merino!…(out of breath) another…stunner! Thank you, Anne!!
This pattern and your post showing the ghosts in your garden really speak to my soul. I love to go walking in the winter and find those ghosts and skeletons you speak of and which are reflected in this shawl. Those delicate and fragile-looking yet somehow hardy plants are such poignant reminders of summer and yet have a beauty all their own. Also, I have worked with medieval palimpsests in a Latin paleography class I took, and find them so fascinating. Thanks for yet another inspiring pattern!
Love it! As if I don’t have enough WIP’s-but this is outstanding!
OMG, palimpsest is one of my very favorite words. I sneak it in whenever I can. And your design is perfectly evocative of the word…I must make this one!
Beautiful! I have to find time to knit this somehow . . .
knitgasmic!
Absolutely gorgeous Anne. You are just a knitting machine. And I am a waffle maker. I think I’m on my 5th or 6th set of waffle mitts or hats. I LOVE THE HOT WAFFLES MITTS. OH. Sorry. This was about palimpsest. Yes. It’s gorgeous. Sorry I got side tracked. . . .
Really gorgeous, this one, and as someone in one of the earlier posts also said, very wearable. You’ve outdone yourself (again). And I think David deserves special mention for the lovely photos—you can almost feel the shawl through the monitor (and as I have a beat-up, scratchy old monitor, that’s saying something)!
Anne- I don’t know what I love most, the wrap, the yarn or David.
It’s a hard call.
Anne, this shawl is museum-worthy, in my opinion. It’s absolutely stunning! You have such exquisite taste!
oh, this is Natalia from Kaplan (just to clarify:))
Exquisite! The colour, the pattern, everything!
Not much to say except that it’s beautiful!
So pretty! I bet this one is a quick knit. I only just got to halfway on my autumn arbor stole yesterday…can’t wait to finish that one. 🙂
Beautiful! Love the shawl pin also!
yet another stunning shawl, Anne. And such a perfect name.
Another gorgeous design !
I love lilac and the pattern is overwhelming!
So beautiful, and that yarn! The colour is stunning. But I’m hardly objective, I’ve got a think for all things purple.
That is so beautiful! I have a special skein of yarn I dyed myself (special because it turned out very interesting despite some initial eh) and now I am hoping it will work with this pattern. Because it strikes me as perfect for it colorwise at least. Hopefully weight and yardage will be good.
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