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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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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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Hemlock Shade boot topper

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Named after the mighty Eastern Hemlock trees that grow along the creek at my favorite camping spot. Deep green, the branches reach out over the water and their shade is often a welcome reprieve from the summer heat. As the weather turns cold, these evergreens offer year-round color even throughout the gray wintry months.[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Yarn
Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Chunky: 100% Merino (300 yards /274 meters, 8 ounces/226 g), 1 skein (shown in colorway ‘Logan Circle’) or other bulky weight yarn, approx. 150(170, 190, 220, 235) yards/140(160, 175, 205, 215) meters

Needles
US Size 8(5 mm) double points or 16”(40 cm) circular needle or size needed for gauge

Notions
1 stitch marker, a fearless spirit (or 2 cable needles)

Gauge
16 sts and 24 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette st
18-19 sts = 4”/10 cm in Hemlock Cable pattern

Finished Sizes
9(10, 12, 14, 16)”/20(25.5, 30.5, 35.5, 40.5) cm circumference, 7” /18 cm long for all sizes
Chose a size that is smaller than your calf circumference or boot size; wear with 0-2”/1-5 cm negative ease.

Shown in size 12”/30.5 cm on 14”/35.5 cm calf.[/x_text][x_line][x_text]

All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.00

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Fox Crossing

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The Fox Crossing Cardigan is worked in one piece from the yoke down to the hem, the stranded color design at the yoke is worked back and forth over the top rows of the sweater. The sleeve stitches are then picked up and worked in the round with stranded detailing at the cuff.

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String Theory Hand Dyed Yarn Bluefaced Sport. (100% Blue Faced Leister Wool, 252 yards /230 meters, 115g /4 ounces)
Color A 4(5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9) skeins
or approx. 1015(1110, 1285, 1455, 1605, 1765, 1945, 2095) yds/ 930(1015, 1175, 1330, 1465, 1615, 1780, 1915) m
Color B 1 skein
or approx. 85(85, 100, 100, 110, 120, 120)yds/80(80, 90, 90, 95, 100 110, 110) m
Color C 1 skein
or approx. 55(55, 65, 65, 70, 70, 80, 80) yds/50(50, 60, 60, 60, 65, 70, 70) m
Color D 1 skein
or approx. 20(20, 25, 25, 25, 30, 30, 30) yds/ 20(20, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 30) m
Sample used Carina (A), Natural (B), Java (C), Canyon (D)

Needles
US Size 4 (3.5 mm) 24” circular needle, or size to obtain gauge
and DPNs (or needles for your preferred method of working in the round) for sleeves

Gauge
24 st and 32 rows= 4” on US #4 (3.5mm) needles in stranded color pattern and stockinette, blocked

Notions
5 stitch markers
8 buttons, ⅞”/ 22mm

Finished Sizes
Bust: 34(35, 39½, 44½, 48, 52, 56¼, 59)”/ 86(88½, 100.5, 113, 122, 132, 142½, 149½) cm
Depending on look desired, wear with 2-4” positive ease

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All our patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.50

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