The Gloomy Ulmus

I am a big fan of designs by Kirsten Kapur, and have several patterns, but I didn't enjoy knitting this one. It looks nice, feels nice, but I had several issues and they just seemed to keep coming. I didn't pick colors for this shawl, but for another and they were far gloomier than they…

Flower Power Shawl

Really enjoyed finding something a little different to play with. Something with unique motifs (long and tall stitches), a new lace stitch to learn (Solomon's Knot) and a new yarn I had never tried (Paton's Lace). This pattern is called The Flower Power Shawl and it's over on Ravelry as a free download. The instructions…

The Halyard Shawl

I can't tell you how much fun I found this pattern. Between the color change yarn and the simple, but not boring pattern, I really enjoyed it. There were also 2 edgings in the pattern, but I chose to do the smaller shawl with the larger edging. Just one skein of each - Fortissimo Sock…

Deep Red Shawl

This shawl is made of yarns given to me by friends. It's nice when gifted yarn yields something so special - I really love it. The body yarn is Alisha Goes Around Tracks of Bison Fingering (2 skeins) and the edging was Fiber Optic Yarns Merino/Silk Lace Weight @ 1/3 of a skein. I totally…

Creamy Dreamy Shawl

This pattern is the South Bay Shawlette by Lion Brand Yarn done up in Malabrigo Lace in Natural. I love to make this shawl in this yarn, it's my favorite... The pin was from Shawl Pin Heaven on Etsy. Perfect simple pin that won't come undone. A gift for nice people I chat with in…

French Black Shawl

Quick project but so many ends to weave in.  This was a free pattern over at Cascade Yarns and for the yarn and pattern details, my Ravelry project page is here. It's smaller than pictured in the pattern pages, so I think I've discovered I'm a tight chain stitcher. Still cute.

Piquant

In my effort to complete the 12 Shawls in 2013, I try to get ahead in January so I can break from shawls to make holiday gifts later in the year.  Here is shawl #3 (the Piquant by Lily Go). I like the way this pattern works from the band to border, then to the…

Shawl of Coins & Cables

LOVED this cabling pattern - very relaxing but not so much that it was boring. It was a free pattern on Elann.com, Coin Lace and Cable Wrap by Shui Kuen Kozinski and the yarn is Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool, 717.0 yards (655.6m) went into this and it took near 6 weeks working on it daily.…

Shawl of Happy

One again it's time to start my shawls for the shawl group I belong it. It was previously named so you would make the same shawls as the year, like 12 shawls in 2012, 11 shawls in 2011, 10 Shawls in 2010...., but this time the name is 12 Shawls Forever. Kind of like the…

A year of Shawls

Year 3 ............... Year 2 ............... Year 1 ...............