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Karyai

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Worked from the top down to a semicircle, Karyai is warm, wearable, and distinctive.

Using a mosaic (slip stitch) pattern, this shawl’s intricate edge is in fact easy to master, using only 1 color per row. No stranding necessary![/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Yarn
Outlaw Yarn ‘Bohemia’ (45% Polwarth / 45% Alpaca / 10% Possum fibre, 182 yd/166 m, 50 grams/1.76 ounces)
3 skeins color A (Keepsake), 1 skein color B (Prose).

Needles
US Size 6 (4 mm) DPNs or 16” circular needle, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
22 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch

Finished Size
16” / 41 cm center back
50” / 127 cm wingspan[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.00

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Spandrel

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The triangular spaces above arches are spandrels, and this shawl wraps around your shoulders, fitting perfectly to your body like a spandrel fits into an arch.
Asymmetric, worked one color per row, with a nifty mosaic slip stitch pattern for added visual interest

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Outlaw Yarn ‘Bohemia’ sport weight. 2 skeins each colors A and B.
Sample shown in A: Fog 345 yd / 315 m; and B: Arsenic 345 yd / 315 m.

Needles
US size 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, min. 32” / 80 cm, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
22 sts and 44 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch

Notions
1 stitch marker

Finished Sizes
50” / 127 cm wingspan; 24” / 61 cm deep[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.00

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Confluence

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Confluence is a shawl inspired by the joining
of two rivers, coming from opposite directions,
joining and mingling where they meet.
To showcase the difference between two rivers
that might have run over different ground,
rocks and mountains, the colors are inversed,
which conveniently also uses up an even
amount of yarn.
This crescent shaped shawl is worked in separate
pieces, joined and knit together via a
center section, with no picking up of stitches
involved.

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I twist and turn and then meander,
I rush and ripple and then wander.
From slate to clay to sand and gravel,
my color shows you where I’ve travelled.
As waters join, mingle and grow,
they tell a tale of where I go!

Yarn
Julie Asselin ‘Fino’ (75% Merino,15% Cashmere,
10% Silk, 400 yds/366 m, 115 g/4 oz)
1 skein each in ‘Dapple Grey’ (color A) and ‘Blue
Steel’ (color B)
Or, approx. 600 yds/ 549 m of fingering weight
yarn.

About the yarn: You can find Fino at many of the yarn shops that stock Julie Asselin’s yarn (listed here on her website)
If none of those shops are near you, Julie has put yarn kits together on her Etsy page – with 3 different colorways available. Click HERE

Needles
US Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, min 32”(80 cm), or size to obtain gauge
US Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, min 47”(120 cm)
Cable needle

Gauge
24 st and 28 rows = 4” on US 6 (4 mm) needles
over stockinette (blocked)

Notions
2 stitch markers
extra circular cables or waste yarn to set aside
stitches

Finished Size
17”/ 43 cm center back depth,
65 ”/ 165 cm wingspan.[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry as part of Riversong: 2015 Shawl Club for $30

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Fernweh

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Fernweh is the sentiment of longing to be someplace far. A bit like homesick, but with a twist, longing for a far away place and not necessarily one you have actually been to.

This shawl is the same way, familiar and different at the same time. A simple garter stripe shawl, but with a twist.

This asymmetric shawl features a mosaic slipped-stitch border and is especially designed for all of us that would rather use up as much of the yummy yarn on hand, this shawl does not have a main and a contrast color, but rather 2 equals.

The pattern shifts colors and uses up as much of both yarns as possible!

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The Woolen Rabbit ‘Sporty Kashmir’ (80% Merino / 10% Cashmere /10% Nylon, 250 yds / 229 m, 4 oz / 115 g)
Sample shown in ‘Boney Maroney’ and ‘Birch Beer’, 1 skein each.
Please note this is a heavy sport weight yarn; in general, a DK weight yarn would be a suitable substitute.

Needles: US Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, min. 32”(80 cm), or size to obtain gauge

Gauge: 22 st and 48 rows = 4” over garter stitch (30 rows over stockinette)

Notions: 1 stitch marker

Finished Sizes: 60”/ 153 cm long edge (wingspan), 17”/ 43 cm center depth[/fusion_text][/two_third][/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.

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Midwinter’s Hush

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Instructions are available both charted and written (line by line)

I used to shy away from bottom up shawls as the amount of stitches to cast on seemed interminable, however with this shawl, I placed picotsinto the cast on edge and suddenly the counting of stitches became a breeze! Plus it gives the shawl that lovely edge that you often only find on top down designs! Both these things make me extremely happy 🙂

The size of this shawl can also easily be adjusted, by increasing the cast on stitches in increments of 25.[/x_text][x_line][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Riversong

Dark winter night, last snowflakes fall
onto pine trees strong and tall.
The stars above sparkle like snow
which lays below, bends branches low.

In frozen snows I lay asleep
on pine trees high, on mountains steep.
In Spring I melt and trickle down,
down to the soil that’s deep and brown

Yarn
Blue Heron Yarns ‘Rayon Metallic’ (88% rayon/12% metallic, 550 yards/503 m, 8 oz/227 g)
Large sample, shown in ‘Polar Bear/Silver’

Knit Picks ‘Palette’ (100% Peruvian Highland Wool, Fingering Weight, 231yards/50 gram ball)
Smaller sample, shown in ‘Clarity’

If using Sport/DK weight yarn (Blue Heron Rayon Metallic):
Size A uses approx. 515 yards/471 m
Size B uses approx. 665 yards/608 m

If using fingering weight yarn (Knit Picks Palette in ‘Clarity’):
Size A uses approx. 425 yards/390 m
Size B uses approx. 550 yards/505 m

Needles
US Size 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle, min. 47” (120 cm), or size to obtain gauge
US Size 8 (5 mm) long circular needle, for cast on only

Finished Sizes A (B) (Blue Heron; sport/DK)
22 (26)”/ 56 (66) cm center back depth,
54 (68)”/ 137 (173) cm wingspan

Finished Sizes A (B) (Knit Picks; fingering
weight)
20 (25)”/ 51 (64) cm center back depth,
50 (58)”/127 (147) cm wingspan[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry as part of Riversong: 2015 Shawl Club for $30

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on the forest floor

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All that and more you’ll find on the forest floor.

A more substantial shawl that can keep you warm while mushroom hunting as much as walking through windswept streets.

This textured shawl uses simple techniques to produce stunning results. Knit, purl, and two types of increases is all you need. And there is a video tutorial for the easy appliqué crochet technique used.[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Yarn
Dragonfly Fibers ‘Traveller’ (100% Merino Wool, 280 yards / 256 m,
113 g / 4oz)
Color A (That Ol’ Chestnut) 2 skeins
Color B (Mushroom Hunting) 1 skein
Color C (Whale Line) 1 skein
or light worsted weight yarn 560 yds/512 m Color A,
and 280 yds/256 m each Color B and C

Needles
US Size 7 (4.5 mm) 32”(80 cm) circular needle, or size to obtain gauge
US size E, F or G (3.5 to 4 mm) crochet hook or size appropriate for yarn used.

Gauge
approx.18 to 19 st and 30 rows = 4”/10cm on US 7 (4.5 mm) needles in stockinette st

Finished Size
51”/ 129 cm tip to tip wingspan and 21”/53.5 cm center depth[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.

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Love & Madness

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Inspired by the Pre-Raphealite paintings of Jason and Medea and Medea’s story, I created a shawl and Tri’Coterie created a special colorway to fit the theme:
Red transitioning to mad black.

This fingering weight shawl is worked top down from the garter tab cast on to the lace edge. The beginning lace section shows the blossoming love, like rosy petals full of hope and faith in the future, reaching out and unfurling towards the sun. The lace border shows the unraveling, the dissolving of dreams. A simple stockinette section connects the two.
The duality of Love & Madness is so perfectly captured both in the Pre-Raphaelite’s paintings and Tri’Coterie’s ‘Medea’ colorway.[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]This pattern is available charted only at this time

 
Yarn
Tri’Coterie Luxury Baby Camel (50% Baby Camel/50% Silk, 437 yards/400 m, 100 grams/3.53 ounces)

Needles
US Size 6 (4 mm) 32” circular needle
and US Size 8 (5 mm) for bind off only

Gauge
16 st & 34 rows = 4” on US #6 (4 mm) needles in stockinette stitch, blocked

Notions
(optional) stitch markers.
(optional) 60 g of Size 6/0 beads for optional beaded bind off
(approx 400 beads)

Finished Sizes
approx. 19”/48 cm depth, 46”/117 cm along top edge, blocked[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.00

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Misteltoe & Holly

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Misteltoe & Holly is a bottom up shawl in three sizes, that can be as much a functional yet elegant fashion statement, a neck warmer or a holiday decoration on your mantle. Either way, you will love the look and feel of this for many years.

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Skills required k2tog, ssk, sk2p, yo, p2tog, k, p. beading (optional, video tutorial available)
NO SHORT ROWS!!!

Yarn
Cascade Yarns Heritage Silk (85% Superwash Merino, 15% Mulberry Silk; 437 yards /400 meters per 100 grams/3.5 ounces). Shown in ‘Pine’ 5608 colorway.
Shawl Large: 2 skeins (646 yds/ 590 meters)
Shawl Medium: 1 skein (390 yds/ 357 meters)
Shoulderette: 1 skein (350 yds/ 320 meters)

Needles
US Size 6 (4.0 mm) circular needle 32”/80 cm or longer
US Size 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle for cast-on edge only

Notions
stitch markers – 2 distinguishable, others optional
darning needle
212 (152/ 112) #6/0 red beads (optional)
60 (48/ 48) #6/0 white or ivory beads (optional)
Crochet hook for beading (optional)

Gauge:
Approximately 18 sts = 4”/10 cm on US #6 (4.0 mm) needles over stockinette, blocked
Note: Gauge is not critical for this project but will affect finished measurements and yardage.

Finished Measurements Large (Medium, Small)
60 (50, 42)”/152 (127, 106) cm wingspan, 22 (17, 17)”/56 (43, 43) cm center back

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All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.50

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