In August of this year we took an 11 day backcountry canoe trip to the Temagami Wilderness Area in northern Ontario. As I can rarely go a day without my crafting and keeping my hands busy, I picked a relatively compact project to stitch from a single Scheepjes Whirl of yarn. I’ve had the “My Voyage Shawl” by Dedri Uys from Look at what I made on my to do list for a while, but the stars aligned that it would be the project for this trip. It was very busy right before we left, but this colour way happened to be in my closet, I lucked out on beads that fit perfectly at my local craft store, and I managed to figure out the first rows of the pattern before we set off!
Good thing yarn is squishy! I quickly got the hang of which bag it was packed into each day and it soon fit into the routine of our campsite evenings! About this stage of things, it also took a swim in the lake and I learned not to put my work down so close shore!!! Thanks to my quick friends the wet yarn was retrieved, along with my hook and stitch markers!!
By the time we were nearing the end of our paddling, the whole group was into the spirit of things. I would call out “bead on” when I added one, and I get ridiculously excited about colour changes so everyone was in on those as well. When I finished up the last rows at home, I still announced the last “bead on” to our group chat 🙂
The weeks following the trip we were lucky enough to be at the cottage where my rows and beads and relaxing continued!
The hues and shades of this beautiful colourway will always remind me of my voyage into the wilderness and stillness and beauty of nature. I recently heard this described as taking a forest bath. I love this term – it’s exactly what it was!
My Voyage Shawl
Scheepjes Salted Caramel Matcha Whirl
Happy trails everyone – I hope you were able to get outside to enjoy a forest bath this summer or are planning to this fall!
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