

After all, there’s a Southern side to every place in the world, right? It’s easy to bring a little bit of Reese’s world into your home, no matter where you live. Reese loves sharing Dorothea’s most delicious recipes as well as her favorite Southern traditions, from midnight barn parties to backyard bridal showers, magical Christmas mornings to rollicking honky-tonks. It’s reflected in how she entertains, decorates her home, and makes holidays special for her kids - not to mention how she talks, dances, and does her hair (in this audiobook, you will learn Reese’s fail-proof, only slightly insane hot-roller technique). She takes the South wherever she goes with bluegrass, big holiday parties, and plenty of Dorothea’s fried chicken. Reese’s Southern heritage informs her whole life, and she loves sharing the joys of Southern living with practically everyone she meets. We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside, we’re strong and fiery. Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea always said a combination of beauty and strength made Southern women “whiskey in a teacup”.

yarn on their Star Sock base, which is a 75/25 merino wool and nylon blend in the colorway Tennessee Whiskey.Academy award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the Southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. The measurements are approximations, you may have more or less inches than I do according to your tension. You may need three skeins to complete the pattern. You should weigh your yarn and adjust your yardage based on the actual weight. If you have rather loose tension, you may use more yarn than I did. Weight yarn and a size US4/3.50mm needles. There are is no set gauge in this pattern, this is a two-three skein shawl that uses fingering The warmth and sturdiness of the garter ridges along with the soft lace lets this shawl live up to its name. I decided to name the shawl Whiskey in a Teacup not only to honor the gorgeous yarn that it was knit up in, but also the design.

One that looked soft, but not too delicate. I wanted to come up with a design that was lacy, but not too frilly.

colorway (Tennessee Whiskey) I knew I just had to make something from it! The design was intended to be a cowl, however, once I started on making a swatch, I knew it needed to be a shawl. From the moment that I saw this skein of Big Sky Yarn Co. Whiskey in a Teacup is a two-skein shawl, that has been a real adventure for me.
