Wip Wednesday

 

Just a few things on my needles...

But none of them are being worked on today, today was all about a swatch.  A swatch, that unfortunately did not behave so it is back to charting and "mathing" for me!

How's your Wednesday?

~M

Time is an Illusion, doubly so at lunchtime!

I started this post on Thursday, fully intending to publish it at the same time as I published a new pattern on Friday...and somehow time got away from me!

Introducing...Sudden Down Pour.

This generously sized, heart shaped, shawl is another piece inspired by rain.  Her sister piece, I am the Storm, was supposed to be the last in a series but jumped the queue and ended up being published first; which I supposed makes this one the second in the series.

Starting with a small garter tab, this shawl gains most of her size in a twisted garter stitch body, then ends with a "sudden down pour" of lace raindrops and beads.

Available all the usual places...Ravelry, Payhip, and Love Crafts this shawl combines a simple to knit body, suitable for working on anywhere and any-when (Zoom meetings was a favorite for one of my test knitters), the beaded lace does require a bit more attention, and the beaded bind off adds plenty of weight to the piece so it doesn't fly off your shoulders.

As always, my newsletter subscribers got a special discount on the pattern, so if patterns like this are ones that you would love, sign up for my newsletter here and you'll sporadically get an email with a special discount code!

In other news, lots of gardening and more importantly garden clean up has been happening.  That's probably where all the time I am missing ran off to!

And some knitting happened, too!

Until next time...

Knit Happy!

~M

Did You See? A not silent post

Late Friday afternoon was pretty exciting day for me...my latest pattern was published on Knotions!

My most ambitious charting/designing project yet, The Root of One drew its inspiration from two sources; the notebooks that early naturalists would carry with them while exploring the world with their hand written notes and hastily, yet incredibly detailed, drawings of plants and animals and old fashioned traditional knitted doilies.

I love knitting doilies, but don't actually use them for anything.  They just sit in a box, hopefully not, collecting dust.  But a shawl that hugs my shoulders and doesn't need a shawl pin to stay put is something that I will always reach for!

Before you click the "buy now" button on either Ravelry or Knotions, I would like to suggest the subscription button (only on Knotions).  Not only do you get that pattern, but all the patterns in the issue and a ton of tutorials!  (Some of which I might have suggested to the editor as things that I think that knitters would be interested in learning or having a tutorial on.)

As always, working with Knotions and their team (tech editor, photographer and model) is a joy!

Photo credit for all but the first picture goes to Kellie Nuss Photography, modeled by the fabulous Maureen Nicholl, doesn't she look happy in that final picture?)

 

Until next time....Knit Happy!

 

~M