I have to admit that I’m generally useless when it comes to styling my hand knits — especially shawls. I’m the kind of person that finds one way to wear something and stick to it (in the case of shawls it’s usually bandana style, for every shape). I decided that something needed to be done, so I enlisted the help of fellow knitter and Brooklynite Carolina Carvalho-Cross. She happens to be a professional photographer who specializes in kid, family and also knitwear shoots.
Carolina and I met up on a beautiful day in Park Slope (I would say “beautiful fall day” but it was one of those days in September when it reached the 90s — not the best weather for a knitwear photo shoot, but Oh well) and she styled a few of my favorite FOs, and one of hers, to give knitters — and me — some ideas for how to wear them. We chose a variety of styles and shot me wearing them, thanks to Carlina’s help, three different ways:
Half circle
Cladonia by Kirsten Kapur
Triangle
Timenoguy by Carolina Carvalho-Cross
Asymmetric triangle
Drops of Honey by Janina Kallio
Crescent
Loop by Casapinka
Crescent with lace
Jackson Square by Beth Kling
Lisa
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I loved seeing this…thanks for the inspiration. Unfortunately, I don’t live a lifestyle that my shawls will stay laying beautifully across my shoulders! So my usual style is bandana of some sort, just so that I can keep them on while working with K – 2nd grade students.
My favorites are the ones that can be worn bandana style. Lmecoll on Rav
Thanks for the (beautiful!) pics and inspiration! I generally wear crescent shape shawls bandana-style because they can be wrapped any which way. That said, I knit all shapes, not just crescents.