Bluegrass Shawl

A few days ago Wool & Pine posted their Bluegrass on Instagram and it’s been a while since I’ve posted about this shawl. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

Welcome to a bold, stashbusting brioche adventure! Bluegrass Shawl blends effortless style with cozy texture, featuring plush two-color brioche knit on the bias for a relaxing, low-stitch-count experience. Let your colors shine, mix and match treasured mini skeins, and watch the magic unfold.

Design Details

Knitting on the bias creates a dynamic, fluid drape, allowing colors to shift beautifully across the fabric. The simple yet striking brioche pattern makes this shawl a soothing, meditative knit. Best of all? No need to weave in ends—just let them become part of the playful fringe! 

Not a fan of fringe? Simply weave in your ends for a clean, classic look.

Construction

Bluegrass Shawl begins at one tip and grows lengthwise on the bias, expanding into a generous, reversible wrap. The flexible design lets you knit to your desired length (or until you run out of yarn!). With just one type of increase and decrease, it’s a breeze to master.

Brioche Made Simple

New to brioche? We’ve got you covered! The stitch pattern remains consistent throughout the shawl, making it approachable for adventurous beginners. Plus, our in-depth video class guides you through every stitch. Alongside the 45-minute Learn to Brioche Class, you can knit along with our step-by-step tutorial, working through each row of the brioche repeat together.

Here is my Bluegrass that has been sitting in a basket for some time. Right side. 

Wrong side

I am using all single ply yarn for mine. 

I put together a few kits. Some combine a Theme Pack from Emma’s with Practically Perfect Smalls. For one I used all Practically Perfect Smalls. By Wool & Pine’s yardage you need 12 Smalls but I made the kits with 20 or 22 skeins. The more colours the better.

The kits are available online and in the store.

When I got home last night I went into the sewing room and the yarn was right on top of the first bin I looked in. I worked on the shawl while watching the hockey game. I stopped at the end of the third period and overtime - that was a mistake waiting to happen.

Of course I came in this morning and added a few more colours to my bag. 

I was able to do a few more rows in the store today. 

I am on hold getting the TV set up at the new house. I wish they would hurry because I want to get home to knit. Have a good evening. It’ll be an early evening after being up late last night.

Happy Saturday

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared dog pictures. Here they are. All of them are so active 😂

Bluegrass is growing. I’ve finished 16 of 65 repeats.

I really like the wrong side.

Have a great evening. I’m pulling out my knitting and putting on Top Chef from Thursday night.

I’m Back

We had a busy weekend but I’m back to work again.

Bluegrass is growing. I did a bit more shopping in my stash and added a few more colours. 

There are a few new patterns on Ravelry knit out of Noro Akari. Above is #16 Filigree. Below is #21 Amani.

"Akari" is a soft, worsted weight multi fiber blend that features organic silk and cotton. Translated to "light" or "glimmer" in English, the silk adds a beautiful sheen to this yarn. It is a delightful choice for knitting and crocheting multi-season garments.

See all the colours we currently have in stock.

The store is going to be closed for one day this week - Thursday. I need to have emergency dental work done - two crowns and they worked hard to squeeze my appointment in. I couldn’t get an appointment for a Monday or Tuesday.

From 9am - 9pm EST on Thursday you can use the code DENTIST when you check out and you will receive 10% off your order. This can be an order to be shipped or an order you are picking up.

Flip Side Tee

Bluegrass is growing. I stayed up too late last night knitting and I paid for it today.

This is the wrong side. Not as pretty as the front but it still looks good. There are some shawls that you have to be very careful when you wear it because the back doesn’t look very nice. I won’t have to worry about that when I’m wearing Bluegrass.

If you are a sock knitter check out this new pattern on Ravelry. I borrowed these pictures from a newsletter that Friea sent out this afternoon.

The socks are amazing! I wish I had the mind that could come up with something like this. 

Some folks put their thinking caps on and ponder about knitting. And then they make really interesting things come about because of it. Jeny Staiman is one of those people - she's the Jeny of Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off - and she has a new sock pattern out that is perfect to pair with my SoleMates.

Singularity is engineered to yield an unbroken gradient along the length of the entire sock. The unique heel structure is worked in the round along with the sock body, allowing a single working strand to flow continuously from toe to cuff. It celebrates gradual color change in all its beauty and glory. No matter where you transition from foot to heel to leg, the resulting sock thoroughly reflects the color’s journey.

You can find Solemates on our website and in the store. 

The pattern for the Flip Side Tee is now available on Ravelry.

It’s hockey/baseball/knitting time. 

Bluegrass

I had a bit of time to knit today. 

Bluegrass is progressing and it’s a fun knit. The I-Cord cast on caused a bit of problems but it was my problem, not the pattern. We were watching hockey, baseball and a tense episode of Chicago Fire. I had to rip out a few rows and then couldn’t get the stitches back on my needles correctly. I restarted (because I was getting frustrated and starting again seemed like a smart idea) and the second time was a charm.

Wool & Pine has a very comprehensive video that explains all the stitches very well.

Lucy doesn’t do well when dad is away. I finally got her set in the kitchen. I had to sit beside her for the afternoon but it made her happy.

My iPad was beside me but I didn’t do any work. I couldn’t stop knitting. Everything has been moved to the knitting chair and I’m going to do some more rows while watching the hockey and baseball.

New Project

The May Crazy Beautiful Club colour arrived on Friday. It is available online and in the store. I also updated the website with the new colours of Practically Perfect Sock. I will be placing an order this week and we will see the shipment at the end of the month. There will be a restock as well as new colours. Emma’s yarns were a hit on the weekend.

Tanis Lavallee has a new pattern coming out this week. The pattern will be live on Ravelry on Thursday. The yarn is fingering weight - you will have many options.

The Flip Side Tee combines two of my all time favourite things: a knitted tee and STRIPES! Of course this simple crew neck tee looks just as fabulous in a solid, but if you present me with a panel of stockinette stitch I will be compelled to add stripes! It’s just in my nature. Featuring a lovely a graphic eyelet detail that flows gracefully from the raglans down the sides of the garment this simple tee is my new summer staple.

I spent yesterday relaxing and then I was in the store early this morning. All orders from the weekend have been shipped. There is still a long to do list for updating the website that is going to happen tomorrow. I’m at home with the dogs while dad and Beth are at a job meeting.

I went yarn shopping this afternoon. Part from my store and part from my craft room. I am going to make Bluegrass. The background is going to be the duck egg blues with the fuchsias/melons being the foreground colours. In June I am going to Chicago to purchase yarns for fall and I need a new shawl. I chose single ply fingering because it has a bit of a shine.

Have a great evening. I’m hoping dinner goes quickly so I can cast on 😀