Before Ravelry even existed, designer Anna Dalvi was running mystery knitalongs (KALs) for her gorgeous lace shawls on Yahoo groups. Dalvi’s skill at translating natural and mythical inspirations into stunning lace creations drew more than 7,000 knitters to her KALs.
Now, she has gathered all 14 of her wildly popular Mystic shawl designs into one book, stunningly photographed by Caro Sheridan. The book also includes photos of beautiful examples that other knitters created during the knitalongs, capturing the true community spirit of the KAL and the knitting world at large.
Mystic Shawls spans a wide variety of shapes and constructions, giving you rewarding knitting for years to come.
From the back cover:
From waters to desire to delight, each of Anna’s patterns will keep your needles spellbound as every stitch slowly unfolds the beauty of her lace motifs. The exquisiteness and integrity of each design is always revealed in anything Anna decides to design before the first stitch is made. Knitting her vision culminates in a masterpiece. Join her in her journey…
–Roxanne Yeun, Creative Director, Zen Yarn Garden
It only takes a glance at one of her shawls to see that Anna Dalvi is one of the top lace designers in the industry. Her eye for combining lace patterns and designing pieces that are truly magical is unmatched.
–Marly Bird, crochet and knitwear designer and host of the Yarn Thing Podcast
The e-book version of Mystic Shawls is available right now, or you can preorder the print version (and receive the PDF copy immediately) here.
I don’t know which one I’m going to knit first, but they are all gorgeous.
Thanks for such a beautiful book.