So, if you’re talking about gardening, dibble is the correct word to use. Dabble, on the other hand, means to take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way. Be sure to click through to each of their websites and be amazed at their work. Dibble can mean to make holes in soil for planting, or a pointed tool used for making holes in soil or ice. This is not all of shawl pins available and each of these business has more than one option. I have put together a collection of some of the unique shawl pins I found on Etsy. Ultimately you will need to see what you like with the texture and color of your shawl. I can’t tell you which pin is exactly right for your project. When you go to a craft show or local yarn shop be sure to take your finished project (or WIP) with you to hold the pin with the fabric to see what fits best. Size is easy to figure out but the material is a little harder. You will find that metal will stand out when there isn’t a lot of color changes in the pattern or yarn. Lighter colored woods work great on darker colored shawls. You will see in some of my photos that there are pins that stand out much more depending on their color and their materials. Selecting what the shawl pin is made of is based on the color and texture of your finished piece. For those items that are bulkier you will want to look for a shawl pin that is 3-5″ in size. On the other side, if your shawl pin is too small for your project it won’t be able to hold the fabric to keep your shawl in place.īreaking it down a little easier: if you have a lace weight or lightweight item you will want a shawl pin that is about 1-2″ in size. If you use too large of a pin on these shawls it will stretch it out. Lighter weight shawl, like the lace weight one I used, will need a smaller pin. Just as you would use a different needle size depending on the yarn weight, you will also select a different shawl pin size. Yarn weight will determine the size of your shawl pin. I am not saying that you need to have a different shawl pin for each shawl that you make but you should have a few in your collection. When selecting a shawl pin you need to consider what project you will be wearing it with. Some shawl pins have two pieces to them and others only have one. When searching for a shawl pin you will find that some are large and some are small. To test out the difference in the pins I used two shawls, one light weight and one heavier weight. Rather than going with the more mass produced options for shawl pins I reached out to a few talented artists on Etsy to share with you the unique options available. It wasn’t hard for me to find beautiful pieces to use but once I started seeing all of the options I started to question if there was a reason they were so different and so I started to ask. You can pick them up at your local box store, local yarn shop, craft fairs and online.
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