Bluegrass Shawl

A few days ago Wool & Pine posted their Bluegrass on Instagram and it’s been a while since I’ve posted about this shawl. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

Welcome to a bold, stashbusting brioche adventure! Bluegrass Shawl blends effortless style with cozy texture, featuring plush two-color brioche knit on the bias for a relaxing, low-stitch-count experience. Let your colors shine, mix and match treasured mini skeins, and watch the magic unfold.

Design Details

Knitting on the bias creates a dynamic, fluid drape, allowing colors to shift beautifully across the fabric. The simple yet striking brioche pattern makes this shawl a soothing, meditative knit. Best of all? No need to weave in ends—just let them become part of the playful fringe! 

Not a fan of fringe? Simply weave in your ends for a clean, classic look.

Construction

Bluegrass Shawl begins at one tip and grows lengthwise on the bias, expanding into a generous, reversible wrap. The flexible design lets you knit to your desired length (or until you run out of yarn!). With just one type of increase and decrease, it’s a breeze to master.

Brioche Made Simple

New to brioche? We’ve got you covered! The stitch pattern remains consistent throughout the shawl, making it approachable for adventurous beginners. Plus, our in-depth video class guides you through every stitch. Alongside the 45-minute Learn to Brioche Class, you can knit along with our step-by-step tutorial, working through each row of the brioche repeat together.

Here is my Bluegrass that has been sitting in a basket for some time. Right side. 

Wrong side

I am using all single ply yarn for mine. 

I put together a few kits. Some combine a Theme Pack from Emma’s with Practically Perfect Smalls. For one I used all Practically Perfect Smalls. By Wool & Pine’s yardage you need 12 Smalls but I made the kits with 20 or 22 skeins. The more colours the better.

The kits are available online and in the store.

When I got home last night I went into the sewing room and the yarn was right on top of the first bin I looked in. I worked on the shawl while watching the hockey game. I stopped at the end of the third period and overtime - that was a mistake waiting to happen.

Of course I came in this morning and added a few more colours to my bag. 

I was able to do a few more rows in the store today. 

I am on hold getting the TV set up at the new house. I wish they would hurry because I want to get home to knit. Have a good evening. It’ll be an early evening after being up late last night.

Blueberry

The Harvest Cowl is a new pattern from Jennifer Steingass. You can purchase it on Ravelry.

The Harvester cowl is knit seamlessly and in the round. Brighten your day and keep warm with this simple yet elegant knit.

The cowl is knit in fingering weight yarn.  

• Le Petit Lambswool
• Practically Perfect Sock
• Hedgehog Sock
• Malabrigo Sock
• SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock
• Lang Jawoll
• Spincycle Dyed in the Wool
• Crazy Zauberball
• Lang Wool Addicts Footprints

You have many options. Jennifer uses Dyed in the Wool for the leaves. You could use mini skeins to make your own fade.

Mr. UPS stopped by yesterday and brought in a box with these beauties from Atenti. I am in love with Blueberry. If you preordered a bag it is on the way to you. Mr. UPS picked up the boxes this morning.

Atenti hasn’t taken a picture of Bonnie made with Blueberry but I snapped a quick one yesterday. I would have taken it home yesterday but then it has to be moved. If it’s here in two weeks then it’s coming home with me. If you need the bag it is available online and in the store. I can order another one for myself.

I spent a few hours last night doing more packing. I have a lot of shoes!! I’ve tried to label all the boxes with specifics so I can find them in the new house. The movers are going to wonder who Stuart and Donald are. I even found two brand new pair of UGG slippers. I wear them every day and there are pairs scattered throughout the house. I’m happy to find back ups.

My closet is almost empty. The movers will take all the clothes on hangers in special boxes - thank goodness.

Next is my sewing room. I didn’t think I had a large yarn stash but apparently I do.

Beth has quite a puzzle collection.

Some days posts are harder to write than others. I have so much to show that I have posts written for tomorrow and Saturday. After finishing my post I received two emails about yarn that is on the way. I now have posts for Sunday and Monday as well.

I could be a few minutes late opening tomorrow morning. Beth and I are signing papers with the bank. It all depends on fast it goes.

Footprints

We have new colours of Wool Addicts Footprints as well as a restock of existing colours.

FOOTPRINTS is a phenomenal sock yarn. With a length of 400 metres, you can create the most beautiful socks. The quality consists of 45% cotton, 42% virgin wool superwash, and 13% polyamide. This means that the socks are breathable, easy to wash and extra strong.

Footprints will work great for scarves, shawls and garments as well. 

Here is a link to a Shifty (sweater by Andrea Mowry) knit in Footprints. Andrea’s Traveler Cowl would look great in this yarn. 

I found a few more garments on Ravelry

Friday Tee by Petiteknits

Cumulus Tee by Petiteknits

So Faded Pint Size by Andrea Mowry

Sea Glass Tee by Wool & Pine

See all the colours of Footprints that are available in the store and on the website.

I spent some time this morning rearranging finished garments.

Pattern: Woven Checks Shawl by Stephen West (pattern purchased on Ravelry)

Yarn: 2 balls Crazy Zauberball (1699) and 2 skeins of Emma’s Practically Perfect Sock in Mom Jeans

Needles: 3.5mm 

Kits are available online and in the store in additional colourways.

Jackson taught Fred to carry around shoes. Little brat!

New Project

I was in the store very early this morning to ship boxes which have been dropped off at Purolator and UPS. A bag of yarn came home with me because I need to start a new project. It’s two weeks until the move and picking up a partly finished project isn’t in the cards right now. I’m going to knit Elah again. This time I’m going to use Le Lambswool (Soft Blue Green) like we used for our store sample that Lynn is wearing.

You can purchase the pattern for Elah on Ravelry.

Elah is worked seamlessly from the top down. Fronts are worked in lace pattern, while the back is worked in Stockinette stitch. Knitting starts with the provisional cast on of the shoulders for the fronts (you will first work the right front, then the left front). Once the short row shaped shoulder slope is done, the front is worked flat to underarm. Shoulder stitches are picked up from the provisional CO of both front shoulders to work the back to the same length. At underarm both fronts and back are joined to work the body top down back and forth to the bottom hem. As the front ribbing is built in, there is no finishing required. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the arm openings to work the sleeves in Stockinette stitch top down in rounds to the cuffs.

Lynn used Soft Dark Grey for her cardigan.

Two years ago we did a KAL for Elah and everyone who knit the cardigan loved it.

Isabell Kraemer writes a great pattern and understands sizing. I love the fit of my Elah.

I even swatched this afternoon to make sure I was on the correct size needles. You read it here. I SWATCHED!!!! That doesn’t happen very often so I’m proud of myself.

It’s a good thing we have a big parking lot at the store because it shrunk over the weekend.

Dinner is finished and it’s time to knit. Dad was supposed to pick up boxes from the movers today but he forgot. I can’t pack without boxes so I might as well knit. 😘