Got around to posting my first original design

I've been thinking about posting an original design on Ravelry. I began this project back in May while heading to NYC by bus with a group of students. I did my math and created my first charts will we headed for the US border. I brought along the beautiful silk yarn that had recently arrived from Notwosnowflakes. I knit half the project and was not happy with my progress. I frogged the project and went back to reconfigure my charts when I returned home.  I purchased Intwined software on-line and eventually used it to create the final product, the Manhattan Shawl.pdf. The shawl consists of 4 rings: the innermost nods to the Brooklyn Bridges twin gothic arches, next is the ring inspired by the Victorian houses of Harlem, third is the Central Park tree ring, and finally is the Empire State design.

Manhattan Shawl

Detail of Manhattan Shawl

New designs are in the works. As soon as I finish a project for my friend Jan, I will begin to refine the From Sea to Sea Shawl, a piece inspired by symbols of Canada.