Please Help Me Name this Shawlette
Posted on | July 8, 2009 | 39 Comments
The pattern writing for the new shawlette design is well on it’s way, but an interesting name for it is eluding me. So who wants to help me name it and win a shawlette pattern in the process?
Name that tune
I’ll pick the top 3 name choices and throw in a 4th winner at random. Just leave a comment below and please make sure you leave a way for me to contact you. I’ll leave the naming open until Monday 7/13 8pm EST. Thanks everyone!
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July 8th, 2009 @ 8:10 am
Stardrop
July 8th, 2009 @ 8:23 am
Heywind
July 8th, 2009 @ 8:51 am
ANGEL'S WINGS
July 8th, 2009 @ 9:02 am
Resillace (why?:resille is french word for fishnet and that's what it makes me think of ;) Im sure my men would laugh at this name too… Good luck to finding THE name for your shawlette, cant wait the release already have yarn to make it in my stash ;)
July 8th, 2009 @ 9:03 am
ooh! bliss is what first comes to mind!
July 8th, 2009 @ 9:12 am
Canteiro de Flores … is Portuguese for Flowerbed. It reminds me of a bed of flowers for some reason. :)
July 8th, 2009 @ 9:53 am
The lace pattern reminds me of arrowheads. I suggest "Lake Arrowhead"
July 8th, 2009 @ 10:22 am
The lace motif near the edge reminds me of feathers, particularly a swallow's tail. But, since there's already a pattern named swallowtail, that won't work at all. How about naming the shawl Capistrano, for their famous flock?
July 8th, 2009 @ 10:43 am
I suggest sprezzatura. Here's what wikipedia has to say about the term:
"Sprezzatura, is a term that originates from Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier. It is defined as “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it."
-Sara (not Organizational Performance as my google account suggests!)
July 8th, 2009 @ 10:44 am
Since the shawlette is so lacy and lovely and rather see-through, I'd call it "Diaphanous" or "Translucent."
It's really beautiful. Congratulations!
July 8th, 2009 @ 11:06 am
How about Lancet? The lace pattern reminds me of the following description…
A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top.
Beautiful pattern!
July 8th, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
Perhaps it's because I've been reading a history of Anglo-Saxon Middle-Earth but it reminds me of tall sheaves of wheat, the leaves of a beech tree, and the wings of a swallow.
So because I see all these Earthy things in your shawl I suggest the name "Nerthus". Nerthus was the Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Norse name for Mother Earth.
:)
It's beautiful anyway. Whatever you name it!
July 8th, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
Artemis. Known as Diana by the Romans, Apollo's twin and a huntress goddess of the moon. The shawl has an arrow feel to it and its smaller size wouldn't get in her way.
I actually got to this name because I wanted to suggest Lancelot to go along with your Guenevere pattern but it just didn't seem right for a shawl so I started thinking about female warrior types and voila.
July 8th, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
Apnee
July 8th, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
Maybe I've been influenced by the colour and thought of 'Sea Breeze' or if you'd like the Portuguese version of it 'Brisa do mar'. Beautiful lace work!
July 8th, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
Océane. This is a French name (Ocean). The blue makes me think of the water. I would definitely wear it after a day at the beach!
July 9th, 2009 @ 7:57 am
Scialle del mare, Italian for shawl of the sea.
I agree with Maryse that the color makes me think "ocean" or "sea".
July 9th, 2009 @ 8:08 am
Sand Dollar. It's something about the look of the ribs of eyelet.
July 9th, 2009 @ 8:17 am
Seabreeze that is what came to my mind as soon as I saw it.
Love the colour. you can reach me at jlpudsey@cogeco.ca.
Would love to win….
July 9th, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
mayfair.
July 9th, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
I'm dreadful at coming up with names, but I just wanted to let you know that I posted about your contest on WiKnit, my knitting contest blog.
Beautiful shawl!
July 9th, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Hi there…sorry I missed you at knitting this week. I think Neuroptera is a pretty name.
July 10th, 2009 @ 7:00 am
Why, Bluebird of course :)
Or what about "Birds of a Feather"?
July 10th, 2009 @ 8:17 am
Rosalie
July 10th, 2009 @ 11:25 am
I'm all for Feather or Bloom as i can see both in the design.
July 10th, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
Summer Skies or Aqua Cirrus or something like that. It reminds me of something you would wear to a late afternoon summer picnic where you would sit back on the grass and watch the puffy clouds float by in a very blue sky :)
July 10th, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Ocean's Edge – like the waves lapping at the shore
or Lake's Edge if that fist your vision better!
very pretty!
July 10th, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
Fairy wings.
July 10th, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
fan and feather
July 11th, 2009 @ 5:59 am
Malta – because it looks like Maltese bobbin lace.
Tanja Cilia
July 11th, 2009 @ 11:54 am
Fortune, because the pattern along the outside looks a bit like fortune cookies to me.
July 12th, 2009 @ 5:39 am
The open lace in the body of it looks a bit like netting to me, so I'm going nautical, with "Sheringham"–it's a seaside town in Norfolk.
July 12th, 2009 @ 9:04 am
Taliesin, it reminds me of a stained glass window
July 12th, 2009 @ 9:20 am
Wave, because it reminds me the ocean.
July 12th, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
How about Demeter or Ceres? Those were the Greek and Roman names for the Goddess of Agriculture. I think the triangular section looks a lot like furrows. Or how about Aegean after the ocean? To me it looks like something to wear to the beach.
July 12th, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
"Bluebird's Flight" because blubirds are the birds of happiness and it is blue, and it looks like such a lighthearted happy piece of clothing !- my contact info- leslee18@optonline.net
July 13th, 2009 @ 10:52 am
I like the name "Whisper".
Chrissy at knittoday(at)hotmail(dot)com
July 14th, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
Monarch after the butterfly. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this lovely shawlette.
July 17th, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
How about Morpho, after the Blue Morpho Butterfly- as seen in this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313300/plotsummary
It's gorgeous, by the way!
PS. I checked, and the name's not taken on Ravelry…