Yummy yarn from Natalie. This is Pentland, a blend of baby camel and silk in laceweight (800m/100g). The colour is named September. I have cast…
Tag: triangle
I wish I could recall why this shawl received this name. I am sure it would make for interesting telling. Pattern: Flambé One Skein Shawl…
A bit of a cheat this one, as I already wrote about it elsewhere – but it is all that I have to offer this…
A short examination of one form of shawl construction… which may exhibit very little clarity butmakes just a little sense to myself.
My first lace shawl was an Evelyn Clark, the Swallowtail (I have knitted that twice). This is my first return to Evelyn’s designs. I like this one even more than the Swallowtail and wonder why it has received so little interest in comparison.
Details and gallery.
Shetland Trader’s Aestlight shawl appealed to me as soon as I saw it. “Stash buster!” thought I.
It’s an easy garter stitch triangle, with an interesting construction. There’s a simple, repetitive lace border, and a knitted-on edging. Quite a quick knit, at fingering weight, and only one skein needed.
In fact, I liked it so much that I have completed three so far…
Details and gallery.
Brandywine is a special pattern – most of the sale price is donated to MSF.
Simply the most wearable of shawls; a garter stitch body is knitted from the point upwards, maximising use of yarn, with a stocking stitch lace border and point edging added as you go. It is reminiscent of Aestlight, but the construction is very different indeed.
I made mine from a stashed skein of Smooshy.
Details and gallery.