This pattern is good news/bad news! The good news is that I came up with a great pattern for Shibui Knits Kavo. This is a beautiful silk wrapped cotton yarn that drapes wonderfully when used in the right pattern. It's a textured yarn that goes frrom a fingering weight to lace - I've seen it described as being dk. Not a chance! And that brings us to the bad news. Shibui Knits announced yesterday they will be discontinuing it. I can't help but feel that it would've sold better if it hadn't been listed as a dk weight. So .... if you like this pattern, quickly get some ordered from one of the shops that still has it in stock! This is where I got mine. - it's 20% off.
Materials
2 skeins Shibui Knits Kavo (this scarf is in the Cascade colorway)
size 6 needles
size H crochet hook
1. Cast on three stitches.
2. Follow this pattern until your triangle is the size you want:
Start with a knitting row: Knit 1, make 1, knit to within one stitch of the end, make 1, knit 1.
Next row, purl straight across.
Repeat.
When you have the size you want, cast off. Using a size G crochet hook, rejoin yarn and single crochet all around, spacing your stitches evenly and putting three stitches in each corner. Join to first single crochet with a slip stitch. Chain one and add a second row of single crochet. Join and fasten off.
I knitted enough for this one to be a scarf, as opposed to a shawl, that can be worn several ways - here are two. And please forgive my phone photos!
Happy Creating! Deborah
Merry Christmas! The last several weeks have been interesting ones here in our corner of the Pacific Northwest with flooding, gigantic windstorms, unexpected snow, and off and on power outages. We have been very fortunate to have only had to deal with inconveniences. I've been diligently working on the Christmas quilt - only the binding to go, but we used it still! No new ornaments this year - I'll come up with some extra special ones for next year!
Here's to hoping all are safe, warm, and happy this holiday season - I'll see you in 2016 with a new shawlette pattern!
Happy Creating! Deborah
We're deep into autumn! The last trees have turned and most of the leaves are already down. Our days are now rainy and misty - sitting in front of the fire is so enticing. But it's been a busy autumn without much time for that so far!
Henry moved (with his parents) to Santa Barbara and I spent a week visiting and sight seeing. The Botanic Gardens are a great place to spend a day and while I was there they had a fibers exhibit - Dormant Dreams, which was designed around the question of what plants in hot climates dream about during their summer dormancy slumbers. Various artists from a local yarn group participated.
In October, it was also time to work on Charlie's Halloween costume. She usually picks something that is a bit challenging - this year was no exception! Here is her majesty Cleopatra in all her glory! I've been forewarned that next year I will most likely be planning how to create Ashoka Tano for her - from the Star Wars universe for those of you not into that. Hmmm ....
Things have quieted down now, and I'm spending my days listening to the rain and working on a Christmas quilt. I'll get back to that fire when I can!
Happy Creating! Deborah
If you follow needle felting artists, you're probably used to seeing everything from cute to incredibly lifelike animals. I recently came across a fiber artist who is inspired by the plant side of nature - and wow, are the results every amazing! Martina Celerin combines weaving and needle felting into 3D sculptures of food plants that look good enough to eat and flowers that look like you could reach out and pick them. She wonderfully combines science (she has degrees in plant biology) with art.
Take a look at her other work here - she also has gorgeous landscapes.
Happy Creating! Deborah
