LYS Day

Monday, June 23, 2025

Flight

Stephen West has a new pattern coming later this week. Here is the link to Ravelry where you will be able to purchase it.

This pattern launches 26 June 2025 at 16:00 Amsterdam time! Make sure you’re signed up to the Westknits newsletter at www.westknits.com to get special introductory pattern discounts and sneak peeks of new knit alongs and designs


This colorful stashbuster is knitted with fingering weight yarn for light and flowy fabric. I held coordinating shades of lace weight mohair together with my fingering weight yarns for an optional fluffy halo in the fabric. The shawl begins with garter stitch parallelograms and short row wedges in the center of the shawl. Once the long color blocked strip is created, triangles fill in the negative space with a seamless modular technique. Each section is picked up or knitted together with the previous section for a bold quilt-inspired effect. The center of the shawl continues with tiny bobbles and brioche stitch with playful color pops decorating the textured stitches. Once the top section of the shawl is complete, stitches are picked up for a brioche chevron section followed by wavy stripes. This eclectic design is inspired by the colorful houses of Reykjavik, capturing that cozy feeling of cafe knitting and warm woolly walks to the local pool.

Photos © Stephen West





I’m excited about these new needles coming from Lykke. I believe we should have them sometime in August.


Dad and Beth have started 1923 and I’m going to join them when my post is finished. Wow, another crazy hot day.

I’m home with the dogs tomorrow while dad and Beth go to Peterborough for a meeting. We’ll be inside and hopefully I can get some knitting done.