Arcus

Arcus is an unusually shaped shawl. I designed it especially for sock yarns with long colour repeats and these are the yarns, which will work best with this design. The top of the shawl is V shaped so that the sides will sit on the shoulders comfortably, without sliding down.

Difficulty
Intermediate

Yarn
Jawoll Magic Dégradé Sock yarn, about 565 m / 618 yds
Other yarn suggestions: Knit Picks Chroma, Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball, DROPS Fabel

Notions
Needles: US6/4.0mm circular needle or size needles needed to obtain gauge
Accessories: 8 stitch markers, some scrap yarn, darning needle

Necessary Skills
Knitting in the round, M1, short rows (w&t but no picking up of the wraps), picking up stitches, P2tog & K2tog
(optional: toe-up magic cast on)

Gauge
22 sts x 32 rows / 10 cm – 4” in stocking stitch before blocking

Size
One size, about 168 cm / 66” wide x 44 cm / 17.5” tall blocked

Pattern Cost: $4.50

Check out the other projects on Ravelry:

The Shawl Collection

I decided to sell 4 of my shawl patterns as a set, The Shawl Collection. It is composed of the Ederra Shawlette, the Sunkissed Shawl, Twirly Wrap and the Agate Capelet.

The set costs $10.00

Ederra Shawlette and Mittens Set

Ederra is a set composed of a shawlette and matching mittens featuring a lot of texture. It works best with two colours that have a strong contrast.

Difficulty
Easy for the shawlette, intermediate for the mittens

Yarn
Shawlette:
Colour A: 260m/285yards
Colour B: 146m/160yards
Mittens:
Colour A: 200m/220yards
Colour B: 91m/100yards
of sock yarn
Shown in Wollmeise, colourway Spice Market (A) and Sandnes Garn Lanett, colourway Cream (B)

Notions
Needles
Shawlette: 4.0mm/US6 circular needle
Mittens: 3.0mm/US 2½ circular needle/DPNs
or size needles needed to obtain gauge
Accessories: 1 darning needle, 2 stitch markers

Necessary Skills
YO, K2tog, Kfb, P2tog, Knitting in the rd, P2tog, picking up sts, M1

Gauge
Shawlette: 20 sts x 46 rows / 10 cm – 4″ in garter stitch
Mittens: 28 sts x 56 rows / 10 cm – 4″ in garter stitch

Sizes
Shawlette: One size fits all
136cm wide x 56cm tall (blocked)
53.5″ wide x 22″ tall
Mittens: Women: one size fits all

Pattern for the set costs: $7.00

Each pattern can also be bought individually:

Mittens: $4.00

Shawlette: $4.00

The Ederra Shawlette is also part of The Shawl Collection.

Here, you can see other versions on Ravelry:
Mittens
Shawlette

Ederra Shawlette/Mittens Set is Up for Testing

I’m glad to announce that the Ederra set is now ready to be tested. Which means that the patterns should be available in about 10 days or so. Stay tuned…

Ederra Shawlette

I finished knitting a shawlette with my beautiful Wollmeise brown yarn and am now working on a pair of fingerless mittens to match it. When these are finished too, the patterns will be test knitted and then published. I really like how the shawlette has turned out! Its name is Ederra, that is Basque for beautiful.

Autumn Knitting

Autumn is here and, with it, a new knitting enthusiasm from me! Summer is just a bit too hot to be excited to knit.

Yesterday, I started knitting on a new design with a beautiful Wollmeise yarn in an autumn shade (Spice Market colourway), very appropriate for the season. I’m very excited about how this is turning out, I love the colour!

Here are a couple of preview pictures…