spinning, photography, recovery & secret projects
The shawl that got a couple inches ripped out has since recovered, and been put on hold
for a secret project I started knitting on I’d love to show you but can’t (but I love it and it’s beautiful).
So I pulled out some spinning one day so I’d be able to show you forward motion on something.
And I took the photos for this shawl collection, which I can’t wait to show.
Izar
Quirky. Bold. Playful. Graphic.
Izar is eight knots and a starburst drawn with lace.
A modern, asymmetrical, take on classic celtic knots, Izar will lead you on a journey of twists and turns leaving you with a stunning shawl in the end.
The details:
Yarn:
MC: 840 yards (770 meters), fingering weight
CC: 420 yards (385 meters), fingering weight
I used The Verdant Gryphon’s Eidos in “Fenris” & “Blinding Polyphemus”
Needles: US 5s (3.75mm) 40″ circular
Notions: 8 stitch markers; 1 yarn needle
Gauge: 18 sts/ 38 rows to 4 in (10cm) in washed and blocked stockinette stitch
Dimensions: 38 in (96.5cm) diameter
Buy the pattern now. Here on Ravelry. Or here at the Verdant Gryphon.
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something infinitely charming
Grabbed a picture of a swatch drying on the windowsill. As Gryphon put it “there’s something infinitely charming about this photo.”
The never ending bind off is finished. I used Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, slow but surprisingly stretchy, and took breaks, lots of them.
I started the purple & grey shawl late last week and have been obsessed.
I’m working on the patterns for this collection of shawls.
I helped a friend move this week, and ended up with this vintage TV in the process.
In case you missed it I released Wafian last week.
