Floral Bouquet Shawl

This triangular shawl combines a simple ribbed background with a gradient of textural flower shaped bobbles. It starts at the corner in a solid color yarn. Slowly, as the stitch count increases, a second yarn fades into view. The second skein consists of a background color covering the majority of the skein and a smaller amount of intermittent “pop” color. As the knitter encounters each contrasting shade, a special bobble technique is used to create a three-dimensional flower. Just like a paper wrapped bouquet of flowers from the grocery store, what starts as a nondescript wedge of color suddenly blooms into an astounding display of color and texture.