Plus Shawl

Meet the Plus Shawl - a new pattern that just came out on Ravelry.

 © Olga Buraya-Kefelian

Worked from side to side this highly textured shawl features staggered graphic motif all the way throughout. The three-dimensional effect is achieved by combining easy knits and purls together with slip-stitches for the unique technique! Engaging rhythm of knitting is enhanced by the use of solid and gradient yarns that provide a wonderful opportunity to showcase a perfect marriage between pattern and continuous evolution of colors, that make this design a fun knit and even more enjoyable to wear!

The shawl is knit in sport weight yarn. Olga used Dyed in the Wool from Spincycle with another sport weight from Spincycle. Here are a few suggestions. Patagonia with Dyed in the Wool, Felted Tweed with Felted Tweed Colour, Patagonia with Starke 6.

Here is a link to Ravelry to purchase the pattern.

Here is a link to finished projects on Ravelry. They are stunning.

I forgot something in last night’s post. The new J’adore Needle Sets are on the way to us. We should see them early next week.

Don’t forget the Spring Cleaning sale started this morning. The wall of Singles are on sale for 30% off.

If you are looking for an easy, one skein pattern, take a look at Joji’s Storm Shawl.

We used one skein of LITLG Singles to make the shawl. 

It’s been a while since I last published a One Skein Wonder pattern. They’re always a favorite.  

Storm uses just one skein of precious fingering weight yarn. It features dramatic dropped stitches and short rows that give this pattern a de-constructed look while also giving you a bigger shawl with the same yardage.

You can purchase the pattern on Joji’s website. 

 

I stayed late to wait for Mr. UPS. Two large boxes of Madelinetosh arrived. I’ll work on getting these online tomorrow.

I wanted easy knitting last night so I pulled out my Temperature blanket. Halfway through the row my ball ran out. I totally forgot another ball - it’s Survivor night and I’ll need mindless knitting. I guess I’m going to work on Attune and be very careful with the Brioche.

Shawl Cuffs

Mr. Canada Post delivered our order from Purl & Hank this morning. 

The Overall Buckle Shawl Cuffs are online. I will do the rest tomorrow. It is Tuesday (my day off) so I don’t want to be here all day 😘

I started my post and two hours later I’m still in the store. These cuffs will go online sometime today (hopefully).

Shawl Belt

Tiny Belt

Inbetweener

I made up some more kits for the Attune Shawl.

As I was pulling out of the parking lot Mr. UPS stopped at the store. He had a big box from Malabrigo.

Lots of Sock and Rios. I have most of the colours online.

There was a big surprise in the box.

We have Black Rasta. 

There was another surprise in the box. Solid colours of Rios. I didn’t open the bags but all the skeins in the bag look very close. 

We’ve had dinner and I’m quickly finishing my post. I did get the rest of the shawl cuffs online - sort of. They are there but I don’t have individual pictures. Now a bit of work on the website so that we are ready for tomorrow’s sale.

Spring Cleaning

Stephen West has a brand new workshop. I have yet to purchase one of Stephen’s workshops but I have watched many of his videos. I’m pretty confident that his workshop will be great. I think everyone will learn from it - even those who have knit brioche. You can purchase it from Stephen’s website.

Learn how to knit brioche stitch with over 3 hours of knitspirational videos!

You will learn how to…

• Brioche knit and purl and slip
• Work Brioche stitch flat and in the round
• Brioche increase and decrease
• Work syncopated Brioche
• Work brioche + garter stitch
• Cast On and Bind Off in Brioche 
• Fix Mistakes
• Weave in Ends with Brioche
• Work with color in Brioche fabrics

 You will also receive…

• PDF filled with photos and a summary of the workshop topics and swatching instructions
• Inspirational video filled with Westknits brioche samples to inspire your next cast on

Workshop Features

• €40 workshop fee (+VAT for EU/UK) includes over 3 hours of video content
• Watch the lessons at any time and as many times as you want.
• Filmed in English
• Engage in the interactive Discussion Thread feature to ask questions and make comments during each video.
• Captions in English are included as an option with each video.

- Sign up by purchasing the workshop. Workshops are accessed through our Thinkific portal.

We are going to mark down some yarns, patterns, accessories and bags later this week. The sale starts on Wednesday morning and here is the link to the page on the website.

Happy Sunday

I started knitting the Attune Shawl.  

I went with a thicker yarn. Tosh DK (Well Water) and Dream State (Neveruary).

The pattern is well written. I know that many people are afraid of Brioche. If you watch Andrea’s videos and work along with some scrap yarn I think you will see that it isn’t as difficult as you imagine.

The other side.

We will take the plastic off when the weather gets nice. We’re protecting the cushions from rain and snow. And dirty puppy paws.

Dad and Lucy came for dinner and then dad and Beth made banana bread. Now a few more rows on my shawl.

Stripes

I went to the way back machine and looked at some shawl patterns that I love. This is Laura Aylor’s Derecho. The pattern came out 10 years ago and it is still stunning!

A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. One of these storms hit here in the eastern United States while I was working on my second knit of this pattern. 

A triangular shawl knit modularly in two directions to produce a pattern of interconnected stripes. Two circular needles are used to knit on one side at a time while keeping the other side’s stitches live.

The shawl is very easy to knit. Laura’s instructions are very good. If you can knit and pick up stitches you are good to go.

You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry. 

Laura knit her shawl in tosh merino light but any fingering weight yarn will work. There are 3 colours and you want a contrast so the stripes show up.

We knit the shawl twice. The yarns we used have been discontinued but you have many options.

I quickly pulled a few combinations before I left the store. These are Tosh Merino Light.

Saffron, Oak and Harvest

Iris, Pop Rocks and Grasshopper

Dr Zhivago, Fragrant and Scout

Whiskey Barrel, Dr Zhivago and Whiskers

Medieval, Night Bloom and Star Scatter Solid

Boscoe had a lot of energy this morning so Beth took them to the dog park. 

Jackson stays pretty close to Beth so it was easy to get pictures.

Boscoe loves to run. They were filthy so they went to dad’s for a bath. Now they both smell nice.

I was about to hit publish and something clicked in my head. There will be brand new colours of Le Petit Lambswool coming sometime this month. As soon as Biches & Buches has these in stock we will be ordering them. Derecho would look great in Le Petit Lambswool.

Now I will say goodnight!

Tweedy Noir

We have a brand new batch of Hedgehog Fibres Tweedy Noir. The flecks are awesome!

We had a price increase from Hedgehog but we won’t be raising the price of Tweedy Noir until April 15th. 

📷 © Andrea Mowry

I played with some colours for the Attune Shawl today. These skeins popped off the shelf at me. Kits are available online. These kits are one of a kind. The skeins pictured are the actual skeins that you will receive.

I used Patagonia for the main colour mixed with Dyed in the Wool.

Dad and Lucy made it home safely. Dad was worried that they could be a long time at the border. I told him not to worry - everyone will be crossing today. There was only one car with him at the border. This morning they were up early to visit a few arenas that need fixing.

I had an unexpected dentist appointment this afternoon. I cracked a tooth and now I need a crown. Then I need a mouth guard because I’m grinding my teeth. 

Dad and Lucy just left and they are doing good. Lucy looks like she enjoyed her time away. Her leg has healed nicely and she is walking much better. 

Now a bit of knitting before bed. We have Top Chef taped. The problem is that I want to watch and don’t knit a lot.