This shawl is an ode to cold, calm, and white snowy days that winter gracefully give us sometimes. The shawl starts at the centre edge and is worked as a half-pi shaped shawl. Its double yarn over stitch pattern progress throughout the body of the shawl getting more scattered as you progress. The stripy lace border is then worked in German Short Rows. Short rows are really simple to work and they are almost invisible on stocking stitch. This way the border almost blends in the shawl body.
Knitting
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Clouds and rain drops does get along pretty well, am I right? Even if they might not be your best friends when they gather in the sky, I’m pretty sure you’ll love to warm your feet in them. I called the pattern Soaked to the Skin and you can find it for free on Knotions website.
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Oh man, I love to block my knits. Maybe even a little too much.
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Frogging can definitively be the best thing ever. And that’s what happened here. I found the perfect sweet proportions in my opinion for this lace border.
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Now that I turned almost all of my main colour, Fée Violette (= Violet Fairy), into a shawl body, I need to get my ideas straight on how to work the border. At first, I intended to knit a plain garter stitch border. But, a lacey leave short row border is calling me.
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I have a deep love for single yarns and speckled yarn. Why? Oh, I’m glad you asked! To keep things sweet and short, I’m mesmerised by it.
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One of the best part of being a designer is seeing YOU knitting the patterns I designed. Here are a few example to inspire you the next time you’ll be in search of a sock pattern.
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Evolving from a little spring sprout to full-grown foliage over the knitting, the Jeune Pousse shawl will wrap you and keep you warm and cosy throughout the cold winter months and allow you to bloom again when the Spring comes back.
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A few weeks ago, I voluntered to testknit Même les anges tricotent newest pattern, the Louise Hat. I had such a blast knitting this little hat! And you the best part? It fits my crazy small head!
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Sometimes making choices is easy. Like choosing between knitting or crochet, pineapples or kiwis, driving or knitting, etc. And sometimes it’s not. Like choosing colours.
… And it’s not the end of the world. It may be painful or frustrating, but sometimes frogging is the best thing which can happen to your current WIP. As it is for me now.
This new shawl was an asymmetrical triangular shawl design, with lace on the inside and a huge garter stitch border in a contrasting colour. Well, it turns out that this shawl was not meant to be. As beautiful as it could be, I did not felt it was right with this yarn.