I just designed and knit a felted project bag that is just the right size for a smallish project like a shawl, or mittens, or socks. I made two versions – the blue-and-yellow (can we call it Swedish?) version seen above was knit in worsted weight yarn (Manos del Uruguay maxima), and the natural coloured version below was in Aran weight yarn (Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica). The bottom of the bag is flat and square so it can stand up nicely while you knit
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The base of the bag is worked first. Stitches are then picked up around the bottom, and the sides of the bag are worked in the round. Since the project bag is felted, it is important that the yarn used is NOT superwash, but 100% merino.
The drawstrings are i-cords, knit with leftover fingering weight yarn. In the blue-and-yellow bag, I used some Rock Paper Lizard Scissors Sock from indigodragonfly, and in the natural coloured bag I used Tyr from Raventwist.
The pattern is available in PDF format for $3.00
The Rapunzel Infinity scarf is now available as a kit on Craftsy.
Rapunzel Infinity is a completely reversible infinity scarf. It features lace and reversible cables, and is knit flat and grafted together at the end. Rapunzel’s braid is shown in the centre of the infinity scarf, surrounded by thorns on both sides.
Rapunzel is a German fairy tale in which an enchantress has imprisoned a young girl in a tower. Rapunzel has long, golden hair, and she lowers her braid from the tower so that the enchantress can visit her. One day a prince pretends to be the enchantress, visits her and they fall in love. They plan her escape, but the enchantress finds out and casts out Rapunzel. She then pretends to be Rapunzel, and the prince climbs up to meet her. When she tells him he will never see Rapunzel again, he leaps from the tower in despair and is blinded by the thorns below.
The pattern is also available in PDF format, both as a single pattern for $5.00
or as a part of the Fairy Tale Lace collection, which contains 7 patterns all inspired by fairy tales. The Fairy Tale Lace e-book is $20.00 and is also available in PDF format.
The signups for the Mystic Cabin KAL are now open, and I’m really looking forward to sharing this new adventure with you. And while the nature of mystery knitalongs is such that I can’t show you what the final piece will look like until AFTER the KAL is completed, I thought I’d just add a little teaser here.
The Mystic Cabin shawl is really cozy, and I look forward to wearing it once the mystery is unveiled. While designing it, I was imagining myself at our cabin, where we spend the summers. It’s a small little cedar log cabin, right on a lake in the Ottawa valley. During the days, I sit down by the water, knitting. As the day turns to dusk, we often light a camp fire, and grill hot dogs and toast marshmallows. We see the fireflies start to come out and soon the night has fallen. If there are no clouds, we can see millions of stars, and even the milkyway spread across the sky. Summer is coming, and I can’t wait!
Mystic Cabin is a cozy shawl to wrap yourself in, when a warm summer day turns into a cool summer night, and you’re sitting by the camp fire, looking into the dancing flames and listening to the crackling fire.
The little log cabin in the picture is located in the woods behind our cottage. It’s a perfect place to go, to enjoy the stillness and marvel at the magnificence of nature. It’s rustic, cozy, and absolutely beautiful.
This new Mystic Shawl is a triangular shaped shawl, published in mystery KAL format. The design was inspired by little log cabins in the still woods, and I look forward to bringing my shawl with me when I go out there this summer. To knit it, you will need approx. 630 yards of fingering weight yarn. The shawl is designed for the gradient kits from Black Trillium Yarn (see below for details), but can also be knit in two contrasting colours of fingering weight yarn. The size is adjustable, in pattern. My Mystic Cabin Shawl is a fairly generous size, but you can make yours smaller (or bigger) to suit your preferences.
YARN REQUIREMENT
1 gradient kit of Pebble Sock from Black Trillium Yarn (100% super wash merino, 635 yds/165 g, 5 shades of one colour) or similar yarn
FINISHED (BLOCKED) SIZE
wingspan: 170 cm (67 in), height: 94 cm (37 in)
adjustable in pattern (although if you make yours larger, you will need more yarn, naturally)
KAL START DATE: Apr 28, 2015
Clues posted every Tuesday for 3 consecutive weeks.
The PDF pattern can be purchased here for $5.00.
The KAL is available at this price until the first clue is posted on Apr 28, 2015. At that point, the price will increase to the regular pattern price.
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