[Bundle] All Patterns in the Shawls 2023 Issue!
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[pattern] Memories Down Candy Lane Shawl
They had a candy store that sold Striped Candy Sticks in every flavor thinkable for ten cents. We would be allowed to choose a few of our favorite flavors, and still to this day, when I see those Striped Candy Sticks, I think of the fun we had at “Old Las Vegas” that has since …
[pattern] Victorian Ferns
Victorian Ferns is a long narrow asymmetrical shawl with a fern-like border on the top edge and a lace edging. The construction is very simple, using basic increases and decreases. And there are both charts and written out directions, so you can use the one you prefer! Make It Your Own This shawl is highly …
[stitch] Undulating Waves
Great Study of How Decreases and YOs Impact the Shape See how the swatch goes out to one side and then the other? It goes out because there are YOs on that side AND the decreases are spaced out from the YOs. I Learn SO MUCH from a Swatch I was concerned that I’d be …
[pattern] Song Sung Blue Shawl
Like many people, I adore hand painted yarns, and like many others, I adore large, intricate lace shawls. But it always leaves me singing the blues that so often those two loves just do not work well together. How It’s Made This top-down semi-circle shawl, in four “sizes”, starts with bold petals that give way …
[Bundle] All Patterns in the Socks 2022 Issue!
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[pattern] Baluster Socks
The baluster on a staircase is the vertical post linking the handrail to the stairs themselves. Many balusters together help support the railing. While the spiral of the design on these socks reminds me of a spiral staircase, each individual column also reminds me of a decorative baluster. They work together to support the sock …
[Bundle] All Patterns in the Lace 2022 Issue!
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[tutorial] CDDP
The CDDP (Central Double Decrease, Purl) is often the WS alternative to the CDD. It’s a way to decrease your stitches by 2, in (yet another) centered way. It’s a bit more challenging to work than a CDD and we’ll show you the steps here. How to Knit a CDDP In words, you work a …
[tutorial] DYO or Double Yarn Over
The Double Yarn Over (dyo) is a great way to add a large eyelet to your work! You’ll likely see this abbreviated DYO (double yarn over), but this doesn’t seem to be as common as some other knitting abbreviations so I’ve seen it other ways too (e.g., double YO). You do need to take care …
Why Add Beads?
We’re thrilled to have Ellen Sandin as a guest writer for this month’s issue! She’s the founder of EarthFaire.com and is truly an authority on adding beads to knitting or crochet! Let’s see what Ellen has to share with us… Beads are tremendous fun to add to knitting and crocheting. They add sparkle and glow …
Blossom Capelet
A mix of elaborate Estonian lace and simple mesh combined with a variegated hand-dyed yarn will bring this lively seamless cape to become a must for your spring through summer outfits. I am sure you will not find it hard to find one 430 yard fingering skein in your stash to make this beauty. – …
[tutorial] Backward Yarn Over (byo)
The Backward Yarn Over (byo) is a great way to add an extra stitch to your work! You’ll likely see this abbreviated BYO (backward yarn over). Pretty simple, right? You do need to take care on the row after that though, and we give you a few ways to do this in our tutorial below. …
Heliantheae Shawl
Heliantheae is the third largest tribe in the sunflower family, with the name derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sunflower. Each “flower” of a sunflower is actually a disc made up of many flowers – tiny disc florets in the center and ray florets on the outside. While the majority of sunflowers …
Tulip Season Shawl
Nothing symbolizes spring better than budding, blooming tulips. Tulips are beautiful reminders of spring and summer. Tulips come in almost all colors with each color having some symbolic meaning. While red tulips symbolize love, pink tulips symbolize happiness and confidence, purple mean royalty, yellow tulips symbolize cheerful thoughts, and so on. The Tulip Season Shawl …
States of Matter Shawl
In physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. During our everyday lives, we can observe four of them: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. This top-down shawl explores those four states through a combination of different stitches and shaping for each. Solid is expressed with a dense, …
Aspen Flame Shawl
The “Aspen Flame” shawl is inspired by Erin Hanson’s impressionist oil painting – the Aspen Flame – that captures the golden colors of changing aspen leaves in the US state of Utah. The warm colors of the fall leaves, when juxtaposed with the cool blue-grey tones of the distant mountain slopes, add both energy and …
Trillium Shawl
I am lucky enough to live near a large network of parks with some incredible walking trails. One of my favorite starts is in a wooded area, where if I am lucky, I can spot wild trillium growing beneath the trees. Then I go past a fenced area where bison roam and finally, back to …
Wren Cowl and Mitts Set
When people talk of impressionist painters, we tend to think of the 19th century movement, characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition and emphasis on accurate depiction of light. We also tend to think of the famous artists like Monet, Renoir and Turner all of them dead and gone. But Impressionism is …
Sierpinski Shawl
This is a triangular shawl made from triangular motifs in two colors. It is based on the Sierpinski fractal which was first described in 1915 by Waclaw Sierpinski and is very famous if you happen to be a mathematician. A version of the fractal pattern featured on the sleeves of Mysterio’s costume in the London …
Pi Poncho
My inspiration comes from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s celebrated pi shawl, a circular garment based on the geometry of Pi, one of the most well-known mathematical constants. I have adapted this concept to a poncho design, that combines different knitted lace patterns separated by the rounds where the stitch count is doubled (The “Pi” construction). Worked top-down …
Root of One Shawl
Inspired by old fashioned doilies and the notebooks of early naturalists; with their hastily, yet meticulously detailed drawings, this top down ¾ circle shawl, hugs your shoulders without the need for a shawl pin. Subscribe and get access to ALL premium patterns! – OR – Yarn Cascade Yarns Forest Hills (51% Silk, 49% Merino Wool; …
Castanet Cocoon Bag
The Castanet Cocoon Bag is a multifunctional project – at once a summer shawl and a bag for carrying essentials to and from the beach or market. Worked as a simple rectangle, the shaping is created entirely through varying the length of chains between single crochets, according to a permutation of the Fibonacci Sequence, a …
Lotus Socks
My inspiration comes from the lotus flower, born, grown, and finally coming out of water. In my pattern, the lotus motif rises in the cuff of a cute shorty crochet sock. This basic design is the perfect introduction to crochet socks. It is a fast and fun project to make, using extended single crochet, simple …