More socks for my mom! This is pair 3 of 5 that I’ve promised her.
Project: Olive Medallion Lace Socks
Pattern: Medallion Lace Socks
Designer: Andrea Fox
Available: FREE on Ravelry!
Yarn: Claudia Hand-Painted Yarns Fingering in “Moss”
This was a great little pattern! Love the eye-of-patridge heel.
Introducing my latest pattern: Flock!
Pattern: Flock
Designer: Rachel Henry (that’s me!)
Available: $6 on Ravelry — discounted to $3 until August 31st, 2013!
Yarn: Dream in Color Wisp in 712 Brilliant (2 skeins, sample used about 770 yards)
Design/Skills Needed:
Flock is a crescent-shaped shawl worked from the bottom edge up. The main lace pattern features nupps. The curved stockinette body is achieved with short rows (no wraps, just decreases). The top edge is finished with an echo of the main lace pattern that transitions to purls to help fight curling.
Flock is fully charted, except for setup and finishing rows. Complete written translations for all charts are also provided.
Special thanks go out to Dream in Color, which provided yarn support for this design, and also gave me a skein of Wisp to give away! I’m hosting a KAL for Flock in the Remily Knits forum, and I’ll be giving the Wisp away to a KAL-er who uses any DIC yarn for their Flock (and finishes by the end date).
Introducing my latest pattern: Astrid!
(Photos from Classic Elite!)
Pattern: Astrid
Designer: Rachel Henry (that’s me!)
Available: $6 on Ravelry, or as part of the booklet #9236 “New Mode” (from Classic Elite Yarns)
Yarn: CEY Alpaca Sox; 4-7 balls (depending on size); sample knit in 1869 “Amethyst”
Design/Skills Needed:
Frothy lace at the hem, throat and cuffs make this cozy pullover dramatic and feminine. This pullover is worked primarily in the round. The lacy portions are worked single-stranded; the stockinette portions are worked double-stranded. This makes for a suprisingly quick knit!
This week I started two new design projects!
The first is for Classic Elite’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection — so, even though I’ll be done with the design and sample in a few short weeks, I won’t be able to share until that collection debuts early next year. But, I want to give CEY Mesa a plug! Both in swatching and in the actual garment, this 100% cotton yarn is delightfully plush. I love the subtle tonal colorways.
The second project is something you’ll get to see a bit sooner! I’m working on a one-skein project for A Hundred Ravens Lustre (aka Luster DK on Ravelry). It’s a nicely spun merino/silk blend, hand-dyed by local dyer Kate. The silk blend takes yarn differently than pure wool, with smoother blends between hues and a beautiful, well, luster. (This all makes me think of this couplet: The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow/Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.) With only 231 yards to work with, I’ve got quite a challenge to make something dramatic! I’ve decided to go with a VERY open lacy stole, with lace patterning on both right-side and wrong-side rows.
Here’s my skein of Lustre:
Introducing my latest pattern: Levade!
Pattern: Levade
Designer: Rachel Henry (that’s me!)
Available: on Ravelry — $6 for the individual pattern, or $15 for the collection
Yarn: Bohemia Fibers Barefoot Bohemian Sock, Peacock #3 (sample used 450 yards of an oversized skein)
Design/Skills Needed:
Levade is a heart-shaped shawl worked from the bottom edge up. Beginning with a very long cast-on edge, the lace swoops through alternating waves, leaves, and medallion motifs. The faster-than-usual decreases create a beautiful shape that clings well to shoulders.
Levade is part of the Airs Above the Ground Collection. Each of four shawlettes in the collection can be made with a single skein of fingering-weight yarn. Look for “Courbette” (sideways, modular, crescent-shaped, lace), “Capriole” (top-down, semi-circular, lace), and “Mezair” (lace border worked sideways, crescent-shaped, short-row body).
Introducing my latest pattern: Mezair!
Pattern: Mezair
Designer: Rachel Henry (that’s me!)
Available: on Ravelry — $6 for the individual pattern, or $12 for the collection (special price, for a limited time)
Yarn: Knittink Batgirl (“Atlanteans #3”)
Beads: 224 size 6/0 seed beads, AB finish
Design/Skills Needed:
This crescent-shaped shawlette begins with working the beaded lace edging sideways. All beads are pre-strung before knitting begins – no loose beads or tiny crochet hooks! The short-row body is worked from picked-up stitches. More lace finishes the top border of the shawlette, echoing the motifs from the bottom edging.
Mezair is part of the Airs Above the Ground Collection. Each of four shawlettes in the collection can be made with a single skein of fingering-weight yarn. Look for “Courbette” (sideways, modular, crescent-shaped, lace), “Capriole” (top-down, semi-circular, lace), and “Levade” (bottom-up, heart-shaped, lace).
I bought two skeins of DK-weight yarn from A Hundred Ravens, and made two cowls!
Pretty yarn:
I made the orangey-red skein of Danu into a Greyhaven cowl:
Project: Maple Greyhaven
Pattern: Greyhaven
Designer: Robin Ulrich
Available: $4 on Ravelry
Yarn: A Hundred Ravens Danu (Maple)
I wanted a tighter cowl, so I cast on with only seven repeats of the main lace pattern. My first try turned out too tight, so I frogged and cast on again with one extra repeat. At this stitch count, the yarn pooled in a really beautiful way! Happy accident.
For the pink-and-green skein of Danu, I decided on Trestle, somewhat modified:
Project: Rose Trestle
Pattern: Trestle Neckwarmer
Designer: Virginia Catherall
Available: FREE on Ravelry
Yarn: A Hundred Ravens Danu (Briar Rose)
I eliminated the button on this pattern, and knit it in the round instead of flat. I also reduced the number of repeats, going for a snugger fit. Once again, too snug! I frogged, added a repeat, knit it again. I love the fit of the final version — it stays up around my neck if I’m cold, or I can fold it in half for a more decorative look. The cables played nice with this vibrant colorway. Yay!
Danu is soft, soft, soft and held up to the frogging well, despite being a single-ply yarn.
Introducing my latest pattern: Courbette!
Pattern: Courbette
Designer: Rachel Henry (that’s me!)
Available: on Ravelry — $6 for the individual pattern, or $12 for the collection (special price, for a limited time)
Yarn: Blue Ridge Yarns Footlights (“Wild Cherry”) (25 grams each of four different colors)
Design/Skills Needed:
This crescent-shaped shawlette is worked in four sections, each a different color. A combination of faggoting, cables, and points adorn the lower edge of each section; simple garter stitch speeds the knitting and highlights gorgeous yarns. Each subsequent section is connected to the previous section as you go – no sewing!
The sample uses Footlights (by Blue Ridge Yarns), which is sold in color-coordinating bundles of four mini skeins. However, this pattern is well suited to using up leftover fingering weight yarn.
Courbette is part of the Airs Above the Ground Collection. Each of four shawlettes in the collection can be made with a single skein of fingering-weight yarn. Look for “Mezair” (lace border worked sideways, crescent-shaped, short-row body), “Capriole” (top-down, semi-circular, lace), and “Levade” (bottom-up, heart-shaped, lace).
This week I cast on for the fourth and final one-skein shawlette for the Airs Above the Ground collection. I’m using a purple-blue skein of Barefoot Bohemian Sock. “Levade” is heart-shaped, worked from the bottom up. No nupps, no beads — just pretty-pretty lace.
This week I cast on for the second shawl in the “Airs Above The Ground” series. This one is a half-circle with a notch for the neck, like Broken. I’m using the Styx skein from A Hundred Ravens:
The skein is dip-dyed in bright pink and a rich purpley black, so naturally it will pool and flash and stripe as the stitch count varies. This is always a concern with using hand-dyed yarn that has a strong color difference … but in this case the pattern is working up well. I’m using a simple and bold lace pattern, so that it doesn’t fight with the yarn — so far so good!
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