Entertaining and Soothing

Meet Stephen West’s Dustland Shawl. We used 3 skeins of The Fibre Co Arranmore Light for our sample. Our colour is Ailis. We also knit the shawl on 4mm needles, not the 4.5mm that Stephen suggests. We didn’t want the shawl to be too loose because you will lose the pattern.

This top-down shawl features several easy knit purl textures for an entertaining and soothing project. Garter stitch frames the wingspan edges and a crisp I-cord bind off finishes this top-down shawl for a crisp clean look.

You can purchase the pattern on Stephen’s website.

Inspired by the breathtaking scenery of Ireland, Arranmore Light yarn is spun in a mill that traces its roots to the homespun tweed industry of 19th century County Donegal. This DK-weight yarn blends cashmere and silk with fine Merino wool to create an authentic tweed yarn in a colour palette reminiscent of the wild Irish coastlands for makers who appreciating the best of luxury and tradition.

Yarn is being moved around and we are trying to hang skeins so that you can see the colours better.

MadTosh Wool + Cotton and Primrose Roan. 

The Roan will look better next week. This slatwall was installed when we renovated the house. A few boards are loose so dad needs to add some screws. Then we move the hooks to the edges.

A customer asked me to send some pictures of yarn to make Andrea Mowry’s Find Your Fade. Lynn and I took one of my Find Your Fades outside for pictures.

The shawl has been hiding out in the store - I need to take it home and wear it. We have a kit made up in the store so I’ve added it to the website.

Here is another of my Find Your Fades - this kit is online as well.

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Kits for Stephen West’s MKAL will be live at 8pm.