La Toupie is French for a spinning top. This whimsical design is a doubleknit triangular shawl, with spinning tops twirling out from the centre of the shawl.
The pattern will be released on Jan 1, 2012, and there will be a KAL starting on this date in the Knit & Knag Designs group on Ravelry. The pattern is $6.00 CDN until the KAL starts, at which point the price will increase to the regular pattern price of $8.00 CAD. Right now, the downloadable file contains the materials list and pictures. The pattern will be distributed on Jan 1, 2012,
The La Toupie shawl is a double-knit triangular shawl. The pattern allows you to adjust the size of the shawl.
The pattern includes detailed instructions on double-knitting. So it is an excellent way to learn a new technique. If you’re already a double-knitting expert, just enjoy the shawl.
Since it is double-knit, the shawl is fully reversible.
The red and gold sample is knit in Merino Silk 4 ply Sock from indigodragonfly, and the blue and silver sample is knit in Milky Way from Anzula.
2 x 430 yds (100 g) of fingering weight yarn (e.g. Merino Silk 4 ply Sock) in contrasting colours will give you a shawl with a width of 52 in 135 cm, and a height of 26 in 66.5 cm
2 x 500 yds (100 g) of light fingering weight yarn (e.g. Milky Way) in contrasting colours will give you a shawl with a width of 55 in 140 cm, and a height of 27.5 in 70 cm
More yarn will of course allow you to make the shawl even larger.
[…] Wednesday December 21 is our last day of regular operation for 2011. We will be closed from Thursday December 22 to Friday January 13, 2012, re-opening the order desk on Saturday January 14 and the Dye Studio on Monday January 16. We will still be available to process emailed Gift Certificates until 12 noon EST on Saturday December 24, as we can still do these in our polar bear jammies as long as we have a computer and The Internets. Also, we will take care of yarn orders on a limited basis for the just-released La Toupie triangular double-knit shawl by Anna Dalvi: http://www.knitandknag.com/2011/12/la-toupie-doubleknitting-kal/ […]