Mauvelous

Did you know that our friends at Meadowcroft Dyeworks are a father and son team? Dave (the father) just finished two beautiful shawls.

The pattern is Mauvelous (purchased on Ravelry). Dave used three different colours of Rockshelter Sock.

For the purple version Dave used
Harold's Crayon
Treachery
Laurel Caverns

For this version Dave used
Opium Den
Calming Down
I don't have the exact orange he used but Einstein on the Beach or Roasting Marshmellows would work.

Choose 3 colors of fingering or light fingering weight yarn for the textural shawl of your dreams! Mauvelous is a large, symmetrical triangle shawl with stripes of color and geometric patterns, knit using a combination of garter stitch medallions and two-color brioche zig zags. 

Skill level: Beginner brioche - Intermediate. Basic brioche skills are not required, but are recommended. Techniques used: knit, purl, simple lace knitting increases and decreases, brioche knit (brk), brioche purl (brp), simple brioche increases and decreases (no br4st dec!!), traditional triangle shawl shaping. I wrote this pattern to be very approachable to brioche beginners who want to dive deeper into brioche lace!! 

Construction Notes: This symmetrical triangle shawl is knit from the top down, with increases in the center as well as along the edges. The shawl begins with a simple garter stitch setup using Color A, then Diamond Medallions are created using garter stitch lace. To bring in Color B, a two-color brioche zig zag section begins to really blend your colors well. These are alternated again continuing with Color B, and then bringing in Color C for a bold finish. I wear this shawl with the top edge wrapped warmly around my neck or shoulders, and the bottom point of the triangle facing down.

I received an email from Anke at GarnStories this morning and new colours are on the way including

Bloomsbury Circle

Echo

Gloaming

Momento

Soul Sister

Woodstock

Alex just finished the Sturgill Cowl (pattern purchased on Ravelry). She was a bit late getting to work because she was casting off.

There is a sweater (Sturgill Sweater) to go with the cowl. She knit the cowl first as her tension swatch and to make sure that she liked the colours. The main colour is tosh dk and the contrast colours are Hedgehog Merino DK. The colours look great and she is casting on the sweater tonight.

Sturgill is a top-down yoke sweater knit seamlessly in the round with an optional matching cowl for a removable turtleneck. I personally love turtlenecks, but find them too warm most of the time, so rarely wear them although I love the way they look. This design solves that “problem” by featuring a removeable matching cowl that can be worn as needed, or left off entirely. 

The cowl pattern is available in a separate PDF - you can get the pattern free with the purchase of the sweater (no code needed), or you may purchase the cowl separately if sweaters just aren’t your thing! ;) 

This design features short row shaping at the back neck, stranded colorwork and bobbles. Please note that there are several rounds that require 3 colors of yarn to be worked at once. I try to limit the number of these rounds, so just know that there won’t be too many of them and the 3 color effect will be worth those challenging rounds! I love adding little challenges into my patterns while still keeping the design approachable for adventurous beginners.

Survivor is starting and Beth is yelling so it's time to knit.