Lace Shawl Patterns available now for $4.00 each!

Boleyn Shawl Pattern $4.00
Cleves Shawl Pattern $4.00

Cleves Shawl is Released

Cleves

 

This triangular shawl is designed with a field of flowers encased in diamonds, exploding into free flowing leaves and flowers at the bottom border.  Artyarns Rhapsody Silk Glitter is used for the body with coordinating Artyarns Beaded Silk Light giving extra drape at the bottom edge. 

You don't have to be a member of Ravelry to purchase the pattern for Cleves Shawl! 

$4.00 USD

Finished Measurements:   30 ”x  64”

Materials:

1 80g 365m/400yd skein Artyarns  Silk Rhapsody Glitter Light (50%Silk 50% Kid Mohair - color H22 gold)

1 50g 146m/160yd skein Artyarns Beaded Silk Light (100%Silk – color H22 gold)

US 8 32” circular needles

US 9 needles for bind off (or bind off loosely with working needles)

4 Stitch Markers

Blocking wires and pins

Tapestry needle

Gauge - 1 repeat of rows 9-14 of chart A = approx. 2 inches (blocked)

The pattern can, alternatively, be worked with approx 437yds lace weight or fingering weight on size 5 or 6 needles.

Notes:

Shawl is knit from the top neck down to the bottom edges.

4 stitches are added every right side (RS) row.

Both charted and written directions are included.

Instructions are given to make the shawl smaller or larger.


More to come from this series of shawls!


DDOK

Boleyn Shawl is Released

my first indie baby is out in the world!

Boleyn Shawl at Ravelry

You don't have to be a member of Ravelry to purchase the pattern! 

buy now
4.00 USD

The Boleyn shawl is constructed from center top down, increasing to the bottom edges.
This pattern includes both charted and written instructions.
The shawl is 27” x 58”, and instructions are given to make it smaller or larger. Additional yarn will be necessary for these adjustments.
Materials:
Artyarns Silk Rhapsody Glitter Light (50% silk/ 50% mohair), 1 80g/400yd skein, color: H11 Silver
US 8 32" circular needles
US 9 32 - 40" circular needles

This yarn is so fabulous, and the pattern so addictive, you won't want to put it down!

She's a perfect one skein project!


....more to come....

DDOK

Me: the ABC u next Tuesday edition:

Snagged from Yo, J! , who snagged from Allyson, who saw this on Carrots ‘N’ Cake, and I’m on board:

A. Age: 41 (temper is age 4, body thinks it’s 65, brain thinks it’s 12)

B. Bed size: In NJ – a spring-laden twin bed from the 1970s – it’s amazing I’m alive.  In PA – memory foam full bed to share with honey. We call it the “brick”.

C. Chore you hate:  Everything I don’t want to do is a chore.

D. Dogs:  Not into cleaning up things – see C. 

E. Essential start to your day:  Oatmeal, meds, 6 hours or so of coffee, black.

F. Favorite color: Gray, Army Green, Purple, Silver, Black, Peacock Blue,      Fuschia…don’t have just one, maybe Purple is most dominant loooove.

G. Gold or silver: Silver, like gunmetal more, though.

H. Height: 5’2 1/4”

I. Instruments you play:  Piano when I was young. Taught myself guitar in ’94. Recorded a cute badass demo on computer. Started spokes with honey, made a demo with the computer technology of the early 21^st century. Have tens of fans, worldwide.

J. Job title: Delicate Snowflake.

K. Kids:  see C. see O.

L. Live:  Weekdays, mostly in a 10’ x 13’ yarn cave in NJ. Hang out with my honey in his studio in PA on most weekends.

M. Mom’s name: Mary Jo

N. Nicknames: Deb, Louise, Loolie, Honey, Aunt Deb. NEVER call me “Debbie” (I’ll stab you)

O. Overnight hospital stays: I think I’m up to 7? Fan Faves: Stage IV Endometriosis took 1 ovary and 1 fallopian tube at age 19. Total Hysterectomy at age 34. 

P. Pet peeve: Way too many, People. (see J.)

Q. Quote from a movie: “"scuse me while i whip this out" Blazing Saddles

R. Right or left handed: Right, but I play drums lefty.

S. Siblings: One brother: David, 40.

T. Time you wake up: Depends which state I’m in.

U. Underwear: Men’s boxer shorts, inside out. Cotton cheap briefs, inside out. I’m allergic to elastic and seams (see J.)

V. Vegetables you dislike: Lima beans, onions, those little baby earlets of corn - why are they so cute and so AWFUL?

W. What makes you run late: Not wanting to go there, and waiting for whoever’s driving me to get their shit together.

X. X-Rays you’ve had:  Really, too many to count.

Y. Yummy food you make:  Zucchini Bread.

Z. Zoo – favorite animal: J'adore Zoobabies.... and frogs.... and bunnies.

enough computer time - my bed beat the shit out of me for 3 hours last night. (see A. B. J. T.)

DDOK 

Her name is Pinki!

Design: Maia Shawl designed by Lisa Naskrent of Crochet Garden
Yarn: Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk in Raspberry Rose WEBS Yarn.com
Hook: Size H Crystal Palace Yarns Bamboo

Lisa Naskrent is a GENIUS!  Her lace shawl designs look so complex, but are amazingly intuitive and addictive. I had already made her Midsummer Night's Shawl over 4th of July weekend and fell in love with her, and it...so of course I bought this pattern the second it was released.

To crochet Pinki was to love her! She was my 2nd July 2010 escapist project.  We were in Vermont and my travellin' hooks weren't as pointy as I needed to work tiny single crochets with this yarn (which is a bit toothy and sticky, but very affordable and comes in a cone with great yardage = only two ends to weave in!).  Luckily, there was a little yarn store that had these Crystal Palace hooks that were pointy and soooooooooo much lighter than the whatever-metal-it-was hook I was using.  I fell in love with bamboo hooks!

I took a while to finish her, because i didn't want it to END!
Then I took forever to block her because she had a million points to pin out and I was lazy for a while.
Then I took forever to take pictures of her, because really, pix won't do her justice.  She's too big and beautiful, and her color cannot be captured by a cellphone.

Her name is Pinki, and yes, she was a showgirl.........at the yarn store.


DDOK

Playoff Socks

If you love someone, set them free?  Me thinks not.  Make them cashmere/merino socks and keep them and their feet loved and cuddled!  This yarn is so soft and strong, and gets better when washed, believe it or not!

Guys size 10 – 11” foot circumference, Slouchy ankle
Gauge: 8st x 11r = 1"

Needles: Kollage Square 5" DPNS US2 (2.75mm) 

Yarn: 1 hank (325m/115g)

 Handmaiden Casbah  (81% Superwash Merino, 10% Nylon,
9% Cashmere)  
colorway: Cedar

Best price/customer service/color selection/fastest shipping online: knitty-noddy.com
It got from coast to coast in less than 48 hours, people.  Unheard of!
(Evelyn will even wind the hank for you for $2! But this may change how fast you receive your order, of course.)


I paid for that service a few years ago for a 1200yd skein of Claudia's Handpainted Silk Lace.  Thought that was a good deal at the time, especially given that I had never worked with lace yarn...thread, really, and that I didn't have a yarn swift. 


Then I learned that I cannot trust a center-pull ball. 

I now have to wind yarn myself, by hand.  I am OCD, and need to know every inch of yarn before I attempt anything with it.  No time for hidden knots, inexplicable joins that alter a color-change sequence, etc. while you're in the middle of a project. 


Best to find the problems ahead of time - and Casbah had no problems from hank to chair-back to needles to wash to wear, which is delightful, especially after some of the major annoyances I've been dealing with in other skeins and hanks from other companies.


Working on non-fun socks for myself cuz my feet are froze, and I have 1 ball of K1C2 ty dy socks that's left to go.


DDOK

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