Bubble Wrap:

A Machine Knitted Shawl

I've been telling myself that I've got to get back to my sewing projects, but that knitting machine is still singing a siren song for me. This project literally fell into my lap via email, and I couldn't resist.

This Bubble Wrap pattern was given to me by a Ravelry friend to test, and I immediately fell in love with it, making a swatch and then finding yarn that would best suit it.

Here's the swatch that I did from leftovers from a knitting project.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock lightweight sock yarn in the Robin's Egg Blue colorway:

Then I made the long shawl:

Yarn: 2 skeins Hedgehog Fibres Sock Yarn in the Hunter colorway
90% merino 10% nylon (100gm/400 meters per skein)
Knitting Machine: Brother KX350 midgauge knitting machine (7mm)
Pattern: from ridelikethewind on Ravelry. Contact her to purchase the pattern if interested.

This was such a fun project to knit. The instructions are perfectly written, as are all of ridelikethewind's  patterns, especially for a beginner like myself.

The shawl itself is so soft and very drapey, and I'm loving wearing it. The color is absolutely fabulous, a rich bluish-green with turquoise highlights. I fiddled with the color of the photos to try to show it as true as possible, but they still don't do that vibrant beautiful color justice.

I love this stitch pattern so much that I'm thinking of knitting a long piece of it and cut/sewing it into a lacy vest. The little machine knitting devil is sitting on one shoulder whispering in my ear while the little sewing angel is sitting on the other shoulder pouting. (smile)