The beautiful Salt Water and Sea Stars shawl pattern is available now! I designed this gorgeous end-to-end shawl pattern in the pretty Sage colourway of Akara Yarns Merino Sock. It was this beachy colourway that inspired me to use this pretty lace and cable pattern …
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Dazzling Daffodils and Cancer
What does the Dazzling Daffodils Shawl have to do with cancer you ask? Well, it’s an interesting story. I designed the Dazzling Daffodils Shawl a year before it was published. The pattern was complete and ready to go but for various reasons it ended up …
Let’s Talk About Crescent Shawls
I’ve designed four different crescent shawls over the years and it’s a shape I really enjoy knitting. It’s a shape that we usually knit from either the bottom to the top or from the top down. Bottom-Up Crescent Shawls Two of my crescent-shaped shawl patterns …
I Knitted a New Blended Shawl!
My Blended Shawl pattern is perfect for using up sock and fingering-weight yarn leftovers. I knitted a flurry of shawls during the fall and late summer and ended up with a lot of leftover bits in very complementary colours. So what else was there to …
Introducing… The From Summer To Fall Shawl!
I love a big oversized kite-shaped shawl in the fall. It almost doubles as a sweater. My new shawl pattern, From Summer To Fall, will do just what it says. It’ll take you from summer to fall. I chose a bright summer colour plus two …
Beautiful Yarns and Beautiful Shawls
I recently knitted new versions of two of my own shawls – Lovely Eyelets and 8 simple Stripes. Re-knitting an older and well-loved pattern is always fun. Revisiting an old pattern refreshes my memory and also puts fresh eyes on an old pattern which sometimes …
Introducing… Lovely Stripes!
Here it is! It’s the original Lovely Stripes Shawl and the pattern is available now. What started as a little experiment in combining features of two other patterns turned into a delightful new creation. I chose to use a mini-skein set plus an additional colour …