New Pattern

Our good friend Kate Atherley has a new shawl pattern. It is called Dr. Tam's Shawl and you can purchase it on Ravelry.

A long and narrow triangle, worked sideways, with a single skein of yarn. 

It was originally designed to use a Very Special colourway dyed by the Indigodragonfly team, inspired by an image from a microscope of the COVID-19 virus. One of my favourite edging patterns is a Shetland classic, called Droplets. Given how the virus spreads, it seemed like an obvious choice. I played with the Droplets pattern, creating smaller and larger versions, to allow the Droplets to spread – an epideminology message in knitting form. And because I enjoy fun little details, there’s 19 rows between Droplet Motifs. 

This design lets you maximize your yarn, making it ideal for using up a special (or just lonely) single skein from your stash. The motifs are charted, and it’s suitable for knitters with a little bit of lace experience, or new lace knitters with sense of adventure.I worked it with sportweight, making it a bit faster than the usual one-skein project, but this would work just as well with fingering – or any other yarn you might have at home. I’ve included notes on how to adjust for other yardages. 

I’ve named it after Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer. She is a physician with expertise in immunization, infectious disease and emergency preparedness, and she has shown incredible leadership and fortitude during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Darlene sent me a picture of her finished Nightshift in Dream State. It looks amazing. Thanks Darlene for sharing!!

This was one of the most fun kits to knit!

Now I want to make another one.

The day started out great and then I tracked my parcel of Mason Dixon Field Guides and they weren't coming today. According to them the driver came yesterday at 9:30 and no one was here. That is a lie and it really makes me mad when the driver does this. I was here at 8am to meet the electrician. The driver would have seen both our vehicles in the parking lot. So FedEx took the parcel off the truck and now they are coming tomorrow. Some very bad words went through my head. If you are looking for the book it should be here tomorrow sometime - I asked for early delivery since they made the mistake but I have a feeling that won't happen.

While we are talking about parcels, the box from Uschitita finally moved from the airport to the Brantford depot. Maybe Monday or Tuesday.

We stayed up late last night to watch Survivor and I'm paying for it tonight. It's bedtime - I don't want to be late to work tomorrow just in case Mr FedEx does come early.