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July 14, 2015December 16, 2017

Cornice Cowl

This cowl is deep and cozy, with lovely lines of contrasting color and pert garter ridges to give it both comfort and beauty. The Cornice Cowl works up quickly and gracefully, with a fun Greek key detail worked in mosaic stitches that keep the knitting interesting and draw the eye.
Use one color per row, no stranding or carrying yarn necessary!

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Outlaw Yarn Bohemia (45% Polwarth / 45% Alpaca / 10% Possum fibre, 182 yd / 166 m, 50 grams / 1.76 ounces), sport weight.
1 skein each colors A and B.
Sample shown in A: Londontown 120 yd / 110 m; and B: Prose 140 yd / 128 m.

Needles
US Size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, 16” / 40 cm, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
22 sts and 48 rows= 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch

Notions
1 stitch marker

Finished Sizes
24” / 61 cm circumference at CO
20”/ 51 cm circumference at BO
8” / 20 cm approximate height[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.50

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July 7, 2015December 16, 2017

Imbrex Boottopper

Sometimes your favorite knits are the littlest knits. These charming boot toppers will keep your feet on the ground and your fires stoked when the chill finds you from every possible direction.They will liven up dreary days with a bit of wooly color.
The Imbrex Boot Toppers work up quickly in the round and play with a mosaic slipped stitch pattern, so you need only manage one strand at a time.

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Outlaw Yarn ‘Bohemia’ (45% Polwarth
/ 45% Alpaca / 10% Possum
fibre, 182 yd/166 m, 50 grams/1.76 ounces)
1 skein each colors A and B.
Sample shown in A: Arsenic 140(155, 170, 186, 205) yds / 128 (142, 155, 170, 187) m;
and B: Prose 50 (55, 65, 70, 75) yds / 46 (50, 59, 64, 69) m.

Needles
US size 4 / 3.5 mm DPNs (or needle for favorite method of working in small circumference), or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
23 sts and 48 rows= 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch
24 sts and 34 rows = 4” /10 cm in Stockinette Stitch

Notions
1 stitch marker

Finished Sizes
11 (12, 13¼, 14½, 16)” / 28 (30.5, 33.5, 37, 40.5) cm circumference 8” /20 cm approximate length
Wear with approx 1”-2” / 2.5-5 cm negative ease. Sample shows 12” / 30.5 sm circumference on 14” / 35.5 cm calf.[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry as part of Karyai: Classical beauty meets modern forms for $30.00

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June 14, 2015December 16, 2017

Relics Bonnet

Perfect for the scrambling and climbing it takes to get to the good views, this bonnet will stay put even on the windiest of days. Whether you prefer your ancient buildings surrounded by pigeons and worldclass coffee or being slowly reclaimed by the natural world, explore them from under this cute hat. A fun shape is enlivened by a sweet border of mosaic stitches that add lovely contrast with little fuss as you only ever need to use one color per row!

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Outlaw Yarn ‘Bohemia’ (45% Polwarth
/ 45% Alpaca / 10% Possum
fibre, 182 yd/166 m, 50 grams/1.76 ounces)
Sample in Prose and Fog

Needles
US Size 4 (3.25 mm) 24” circular needle, or size to obtain gauge
and same size DPNs or needle for preferred method of working in small circumference

Gauge
24 st and 32 rows = 4” in stockinette

Notions
2 stitch markers
stitch holder or scrap yarn

Finished Sizes
21”/ 53.5 cm front band
9”/23 cm approximate length[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.50

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June 14, 2015December 16, 2017

Relics Scarf

[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 20px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true” class=”center-text “]Relics Scarf[/x_custom_headline][x_gap size=”10px”][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]The perfect travel companion to the Relics Bonnet, this clever scarf is ready to fight the wind during your grand adventuring. A pull-though keyhole and built-in pleats make this charming scarf easy to wear gracefully.
Cozy yarn and a fun contrast color have room to shine with the perfect simplicity of stockinette stitch and smartly placed patterning.

The patterning is all achieved using a mosaic slip stitch technique, so there is no need to strand colors, you will only need to use one color per row![/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)
2 skeins color A (Londontown 290 yd / 265 m); and 1 skein color B (Fog 55 yd / 51 m).

Needles
US Size 5 (3.75 mm) needle, or size to obtain gauge
2 DPNs as additional needles to facilitate the pleats

Gauge
22 sts and 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette

Notions
2 stitch markers

Finished Size
10.5” / 27 cm at widest point
39” / 99 cm approximate length[/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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June 5, 2015December 16, 2017

Imbrex Mitts

Named after the overlapping roof tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture, the Imbrex Mitts are the final touch atop your heavy base layer. These go nicely with silk longies and endless mugs of steaming tea or thrown in your car for that overly cold office building. Put them on for early morning walks with your pampered pup and don’t bother taking them off until you see crocuses.
Worked up quickly with a lovely mosaic stitch (use one color per row) that’s a breeze to master, these mitts are a pleasure to knit and wear.

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Outlaw Yarn ‘Bohemia’ (45% Polwarth / 45% Alpaca / 10% Possum fibre, 182 yd/166 m, 50 grams/1.76 ounces) 1 skein each colors A and B.
Sample shown in A: Fog 75 (92) yd / 69 (84) m;
and B: Prose 60 (66) yd / 55 (60) m.

Needles
US size 4 / 3.5 mm DPNs, or size to obtain gauge (or needles for preferred method of working in small circumference) Needles one size larger for cast on only

Gauge
26 sts and 36 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch

Notions
3 stitch markers

Finished Sizes
6 (7)” / 15 (18) cm palm circumference above thumb, to fit palm up to 7½ (8½)” / 19 (21.5) cm 8” / 20 cm approx. length both sizes[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.50

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June 2, 2015December 16, 2017

Karyai

[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 20px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true” class=”center-text “]Karyai[/x_custom_headline][x_gap size=”10px”][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Named for the feminine forms adorning Greek architecture, Karyai brings to mind the grace and beauty imbued by finishing touches. All the romance of stepping under hand-hewn marble arches and hearing footsteps echo off of master craftsmen’s work is captured in the sweeping drape and tidy lines of this cozy shawl.
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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May 14, 2015December 16, 2017

Spandrel

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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April 13, 2015December 16, 2017

Confluence

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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January 15, 2015December 16, 2017

Midwinter’s Hush

[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 20px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true” class=”center-text “]Midwinter’s Hush[/x_custom_headline][x_gap size=”10px”][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Bottom up shawl is written for 2 sizes and in 2 different weights of yarn.
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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November 14, 2014December 16, 2017

on the forest floor

[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 20px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true” class=”center-text “]on the forest floor[/x_custom_headline][x_gap size=”10px”][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Dappled sunlight filters down to moist ground, vines reach up along tree trunks, there’s mushrooms in the shady undergrowth and moss on old tree stumps. Shoots and twigs grow and stretch up towards the light, over and under everything are twisted roots.
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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