Striation

I was a bit down this morning with the rain and fog. Mr. Canada Post made my day much better.

We have new Atenti Hope Baskets. 

Then I checked on Ravelry and Stephen West has released his Shifting Chevrons Shawl. (Pattern purchased on Ravelry)

Choose seven colors of fingering weight yarn to create this fragmented geometric shawl. The color-blocked stripes create a fun staggered movement throughout the fabric. This top-down shawl is composed of seven chevron sections that are knit individually as you stripe your colors. Each new section is attached to the previous section using a simple modular technique, so you only have to work with one color at a time. You can easily customize the size by knitting more stripes for a larger shawl or simply stop each section early for a smaller shawl. The pattern is written for seven colors, but you can use as many colors as you want for a stashbusting version. The squishy garter stitch is framed with I-cord edges, resulting in a beautiful large shawl size.

This shawl is grabbing my attention. I love the shape of it. 

Photos © Stephen West

The day ended with more happiness when Diana brought in a scarf that she finished for us.

This is Ambah O’Brien’s Striation Scarf (pattern purchased on Ravelry). 

Striation Scarf has elegantly tapered ends and is worked sideways with decreases forming a central spine. With its chevron shaping and stripes, Striation is an invitation to play with colour and texture. Designed to use two skeins of yarn, the options are endless; use a main colour and five mini skeins or make it scraptastic and use up all those delicious end balls or use colour changing yarn for a lovely result.  

Mix up the texture and use a kidsilk or “fluff” yarn in place of one colour. Equally dramatic results can also be enjoyed by simply using two gorgeous skeins of yarn. Striation Scarf is knit tip to tip, with shaping to create interest to this garter stitch project. You’ll find the resulting scarf easy to wear and style. It’s sure to become a wardrobe favourite. 

Instructions to adjust to make the most of your yardage are included.

We used Emma’s Yarns Practically Perfect Sock in Clear the Air with 5 Practically Perfect Sock Smalls.

Cactus Flower, Aloha, Cally Girl, Don’t Call Me Peaches and Thai Tea.

There was quite a bit of the main colour left. You could make the scarf bigger by using 6 Smalls instead of 5.

There was a bit of sadness today - Mr. UPS did not bring the boxes from Madelinetosh. Hopefully tomorrow.