Recreating the knitted shawl from Godey's Lady's Book November 1864

Please join me as I share my journey recreating the popular knitted Civil War era shawl from Godey's Lady's Book November 1864! I'd love to hear your comments about this project!
Shawl knitting pattern with modernized version from Ravelry:
www.ravelry.co...
Original Godey's Lady's Book November 1864 from archive.org:
archive.org/de...
Blue wool purchased from this Icelandic company:
istex.is/en/
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[@gentlewalking]

Such beautiful work. I'm not a knitter, but I really enjoy seeing historical ways of continuing this art! Your photos turned out lovely as always.

[@Ensembles_of_the_Past]

Thank you so very much for your kind words!

[@jaimiewilliams7909]

Beautiful Sarah!!! Making this very pattern for my mother in law for her reenacting!!

[@Ensembles_of_the_Past]

How absolutely wonderful! Enjoy it!

[@mizsherm4352]

WOW!!!! Impressive!

[@JenTsings]

What a well executed shawl and beautiful color combination! It looks elegant and warm. How much of that time was spent Knitting? Admiring the stitch and color play? Picking perfect yarn color to add? 😉

[@Ensembles_of_the_Past]

Thank you so much! It is VERY warm! I do admit there was much time spent admiring the stitch and color play!