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Cosmic Dust

Cosmic Dust is my latest new pattern with beads. It’s a completely reversible skinny triangular shawl and it takes advantage of the fact that the yarn gradually changes from one colour to another. This idea was inspired by this colour-changing yarn itself. I … Continue reading

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Tour de France KAL preparation

It might seem premature, but I’m gearing up for my fourth annual Tour de France Knit Along (KAL). Each year I come up with a shawl design that has some inspiration taken from France. I put up some lovely prizes … Continue reading

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Childeric’s Bees is available!

I first hinted at a project based on King Childeric’s bees a couple of weeks ago. I previewed the prizes for the KAL for this pattern more recently. Here’s the finished object, modeled beautifully by Francine:  And here’s what it looks … Continue reading

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Finished!

I was so determined to finish up my shawl that I stayed up way later than I did on New Year’s Eve to knit & block it. My Clover Shawl dried by 8am (thanks to the fan) and I wore … Continue reading

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Vineyards Shawl!

I’ve finished & published my Vineyards Shawl. This is part 3 of the Summer in Provence e-book with one more coming at the end of September. A vine wanders the length of the shawl, with leaves on alternating sides and … Continue reading

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Lavender Fields is up!

Yay! Thanks to the help of some wonderful test knitters, I was able to get my Lavender Fields pattern up on Ravelry late last night. The PDF has been prettified and it’s ready to go. You can knit this shawl … Continue reading

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And now in pink…

No sooner was my purple Lavender Fields shawl of the previous post off the needles than I’d already cast on for a pink one. This time I used worsted weight yarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca in Fuschia. I bought it at … Continue reading

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Hypnos

While I’ve been working on other stuff in the background, what I’ve really been knitting on for the last week or so is called Hypnos. This is a shawl that I test knit for Ann (Annanann on Ravelry). It’s a … Continue reading

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Pancreatic Craftacular

In the month of August, I’m participating in Kim Werker‘s Pancreatic Craftacular by donating 50% of each pattern sold to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. There are lots of other fantastic folks participating – do have a look! … Continue reading

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Shawl naming contest

As I mentioned on Ravelry, I’ve got a new shawl pattern that I’m getting ready for release. The only problem is it’s currently going by the very boring title of “Lace Diamond Capelet“. I need your help coming up with … Continue reading

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