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Apr

2015

“Ordo” – a new brain bending shawl pattern

13 Apr 2015

Order and chaos.
Order created from chaos.
Chaos facilitating order.
One begins – the other follows.
The two swirling around each other.

Two strands of yarn,
twisting around each other,
creating a whole new color.

Intertwining paths,
built with negative space,
splitting, intersecting, looping back around.

‘Ordo’ is Latin for “order, rank, or class.”

Order begets chaos. Chaos begets order.

Add a stitch. Create a hole. Make some lace.

The Important Pattern Details:

Yarn: 1,750 yards of lace weight yarn; 2 skeins of Toil & Trouble’s “Filament (Merino Silk Lace)” colorways: ‘Smoke Signals’ & ‘Apollo’

Two strands of lace weight yarn (one strand of each colorway) are held together throughout the shawl. This gives you a marled fabric, and at the same time, lets you use a not so itty bitty needle.

Needles: US 5s (3.75mm) 40″ circular needles; larger needles for binding off

Notions: stitch markers (8); tapestry/yarn needle

Gauge: 20 stitches & 34 rounds = 4 inches (10 cm) with smaller needle, in washed and blocked stockinette stitch

Dimensions: 40 inches (101.5 cm) blocked diameter

Skills Used: reading charts; casting on; knitting; k2tog, ssk, yo, k3tog, k3togtbl; binding off; weaving in ends; blocking lace

Please note that this lace stitch pattern is charted only.

Queue and purchase the pattern here on Ravelry.

a week of shawls and swatches

what's in the works

01 Apr 2015

Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.

Not much making this week. Lots of pattern writing & finalizing though.

Ordo, the shawl on top is coming out soon-soon.

The pattern for Noella (the red shawl), is now up on Ravelry – if you’ve been around awhile you might recognize it from a couple years ago, if you don’t recognize it hop on over and check it out.

And because I’m not sure I could ever go a week without knitting, I bound off the secret knitting I’ve been working on, and did some swatching. (because swatching is awesome.)

Feb

2015

203 days of handmade clothing – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 29

The Self-Made Wardrobe

20 Feb 2015

The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.

DAY 197 – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th

Deconstructed Sweater
Not-So-Straightforward Basic Purple Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings

I’m still chipping away at my second purple sweater perfect for layering. I’m into the second sleeve, and hoping to steal a little bit of time for it this weekend – but we’ll see how that goes.

DAY 198 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th

Boring Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Black Scarf
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings

Each time I wear this sweater I consider making a second lace weight black sweater – and then remember how boring it was to knit – before deciding that (for this year) I can live with only one thin black sweater.