Hang in there guys...

Update: the pattern for the red shawl featured in the post before last will be available SOON. I am, however, about to enter finals madness and immediately thereafter job/custom design madness, so please be patient with me, it might be a few more weeks yet... I'll do my best to get the shawl pattern together as soon as feasible. Thanks so much for all the lovely comments on it!

Streamlined

Friends: as you may notice, I had to delete much of my blog for personal and professional reasons much too complicated to get into here. But, please rest assured, all of my patterns are still here and available to you (all the links should still work without any problems) - and when there are new ones, I will post them here as well. I know this is a strange adjustment, but I've decided to use this blog more as a design showcase of sorts. I hope you'll stick with me and I promise to share any new work with all of you, of course. Thank you so much for your support all along - I will try to keep up with all of your lovely blogs as time permits. Happy knitting!

Happiness is...a completed design project.

Here she is, all blocked and ready to go!


What do you think? I hope to have the pattern written up (and more nicely photographed) for you in some form soon...on my site or, with any luck, on one that's better trafficked! I'm so, so, so happy with this design, I can't even tell you. It's super light and airy, and long enough to be wrapped a few times - just how I like 'em! The color is most accurate in these close-up shots.


I do still completely hate making corded fringe - all that twisting really kills your knuckles - but it looks so good as a finisher on rectangular shawls that it's worth the joint pain. Trust me. By the way - I tried out the string-blocking method (weaving a piece of a laceweight mercerized cotton through each of the four sides and tying the cotton to pins at the corners) this time instead of pinning all along the edge - the string is SO much better! If you're making any lace with straight edges - this is the way to go, for sure. I don't know where it's been all my life.

Stella Shawl

Hello folks! I'm really sorry for the long delay in posting - life is much, much busier than it used to be. But with a month of vacation from school under my belt, I finished a pattern for you all - the Stella Shawl. Unfortunately, I probably won't be posting anything else for a while yet, but I did want to mention that I do check the blog and my email regularly, even if I'm not posting, so if you have any trouble with a pattern you've purchased from me please feel free to drop me a line and let me know - I'll respond as quickly as I can.


Stella Shawl pattern, $6.50 (pdf format, delivery via PayPal).
Please make sure you get TWO pdf documents with your purchase.




Details for the Stella pattern:

Materials: 800 yds of fingering weight yarn - silk is recommended; US size 2 needles (as always, I recommend Addi lace needles - they are the best for this kind of work and a great investment!)

Skill Level: Beginner lace knitters shouldn't have problems with this pattern. As with all of my patterns, you must be able to read a lace chart, as the pattern is only given in chart form and not written out row by row. Techniques used include knit, purl, ssk, k2tog, and yarn over.

Finished Size: 44" long by 14" wide after blocking.

Enjoy!

Finestra Scarf Pattern

11/30: Photos now working - thanks Susanne!
Reposted due to some very, very odd spammy comments left on the previous version of this post. I've added word verification for comments - hopefully this will help!


Okay folks, here she is - the Finestra pattern. Many thanks to those of you who sent me some email to assist with the pdf problem - I think I got it to a legible format, but please do let me know if you have any trouble reading the chart. I'll add some better photos to this post once I have some to show you.

Pattern is $6.50.*



Here are the details:

Materials: approx. 800 yds of laceweight yarn (I used Posh Yarn Eva 2-ply, which is a silk/cashmere blend), and US size 2 needles (I used a 24" Addi Turbo Lace circular needle).

Skill Level: Beginner lace knitters should be fine working on this pattern - it is a fairly simple repeating motif. You must be able to read charted lace patterns, as I have not included written-out instructions for each row (you will see that it is much too long to make that practical). Techniques used: knit, purl, yarn over, knit through back loop, knit two together, slip slip knit, slip one-knit two together-pass slipped stitch over.

Finished Size: 68 inches long by 13 inches wide (may be made longer - instructions to modify
length are included).

*A note about the price: I had to bump up the cost of this pattern by 50 cents, because I noticed after selling Basilica for a week that Paypal charges me a fee of just under 50 cents for US purchasers, and just over 50 cents for international purchasers. I'm really sorry to adjust prices on you now, but I hope you can understand it is just to cover the processing fee. Thank you!!