I’ve just wrapped up several wonderful days at the Knitting Pipeline retreat in Washington, Illinois. I still need to take pictures, enter certain items in Ravelry, etc. so expect to see a recap of the retreat next weekend. But first I want to share with you some patterns I found before I left that I specifically wanted to find yarn for. I think you might like some of these too!
Note: All images below are linked through from Ravelry and are the property of the designer.
Fingering weight crescent shaped shawl that uses one solid color as the base and then a variegated color for the “loops”. I love this way of incorporating a crazy single skein and you could also use different minis for each row of loops. Pattern is $6 on Ravelry. My shopping list: 650 yards of base color, 200 yards of loops color.
#2: Ceciliana by Lisa Hannes (Maliha Designs)
How had I never seen this one before?!? Finger weight wide/long crescent shaped shawl (almost more of a scarf) that uses mosaic knitting (a form of colorwork). There are a ton of different color combinations in the pictures on Ravelry. Pattern is about $4.60 on Ravelry. My shopping list: 420 yards each of a main color and a contrasting color. I might cheat on this one and use some Tosh Merino Light I already have in my stash.
#3: Amitola Lace Shawl by Anna Victoria (By the Lily Pond Ravelry Store)
So technically *I* didn’t find this – my friend did and sent me a link to it. This is some serious lace, with beads. It a crescent shape with beads that would be really nice in a gradient (no idea what color beads I would use with a gradient). There are multiple sizes per the pattern page. Pattern is $6.50 on Ravelry. My shopping list: The longest gradient I can find. The pattern description doesn’t list the yardage needed by size so I might have to wing it. Also, I’d like to knit it out of fingering weight rather than lace.
#4: Snazzy Cowl by Laura Nelkin (Nelkin Designs)
Oh look! Not a shawl! Sport weight cowl which has a “chevron mosaic stitch.” I love this design and with a few tweaks could work great for me. One, I would want to lengthen it because I don’t like cowls that are tight going over my head. Also, I’d like to use fingering weight yarn so that’s typically how I find mini skeins. That said, there is a Lux Adorna Knits kit available via the Ravelry page. Pattern itself is $6 on Ravelry. My shopping list: If I double what is stated to make it longer: 460 yards of main color and about 350 yards worth of minis. It would take some guesswork to determine how much is needed for one color.
#5: Lamina Wrap by Ambah O’Brien
Fingering weight rectangular wrap that uses two colors to create a generous size wrap. I think this one would be great for mini skeins as well, or for a gradient as one of the colors. Given all the ones for minis above, I’m leaning towards a gradient, possibly one from KnitCircus yarns. Pattern is $6 on Ravelry. My shopping list: Main color 420 yards and contrasting color 840 yards.
