I’m not quite finished my Christmas knitting for this year yet. I’m still finishing up the foot of the 2nd sock of the fair isle socks I’m making for my Mom. I had one sock finished by Christmas so I blocked it and then wrapped it up. The sock pattern is Lavender Basket by Ilga Leja and I’m knitting it up using 1 ball Zauberball (orange/red/purple) and 1 skein of Riverside Studio SW Merino Nylon Sock in Green. I also...

This shawl kit contains the Cormier Grille Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 2 skeins of Yvieknits Yarn Sock in the Pewter colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Cormier Grille shawl is a reversible lace triangular shawl inspired by a metal grille that architect Ernest Cormier used in the hall of honour in the Pavilion Roger-Gaudry at the Université de Montréal. There is enough yardage in these 2...

This option allows you to create your custom shawl kit by allowing you to select the shawl pattern and the yarn and colourway. Your shawl kit will be packaged in one of these boxes and it counts as one item for shipping. Step 1: Choose your shawl pattern from Natalie Servant Designs. You can find a list of Natalie’s patterns here. Step 2: Choose your yarn and colourway that you would like from the yarn currently available on this website....

A couple of weeks ago, I finished knitting and mailed off the birthday presents for my friend, Barb and her eldest daughter. I made the Mountain Path Socks for Barb using 1 skein of my Merino Single Ply Fingering yarn in the Marmalade colourway. I knit the first sock back in June when I was test knitting the pattern and then I put them aside while I moved on to more urgent projects. My friend, Barb, loves hand-knit socks so when I was deciding...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violet colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of BFL/Silk Select Lace yarn to knit the large version of this shawl. BFL/Silk...

My friend Natalie’s 4th annual Tour de France KAL (Knit Along) started today. It is run out of her ravelry group Natalie Servant Designs. This year’s shawl pattern is the Père Lachaise Shawl and she talks about her inspiration for this pattern in this blog post. Natalie posted pictures of the different versions she knit of this shawl in this blog post. Natalie knit the small fingering weight version using one skein of my Cash Sock...

The challenge this year at the Ottawa Knitting Guild was for shawls. There were five categories: shawlette from a pattern, shawl from a pattern, shawlette adapted from a pattern, shawl adapted from a pattern and design your own shawl. I entered a shawlette and a shawl into the challenge and I was surprised and pleased to win second prize in the shawlette from a pattern category (red shawlette pictured below). For the shawl I made Madli’s...

After recently finishing knitting a large wrap in laceweight in a pattern that included lots of nupps, I was in the mood to knit some simple garter stitch lace. I remembered seeing a shawl that would fit the bill in one of my Jane Austen Knits magazines. I found the Margaret Dashwood Shawl in the Summer 2012 issue and I decided it was exactly what I was looking for. I went looking in my stash and I found some skeins of Noro Silk Garden Sock...

I attended The Gathering in Port Hope, Ontario on April 13, 2013 with Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine. We drove down the day before and stayed overnight at the lovely Summerhill B & B. It was a lovely surprise to find that we had been given the two tables right across from where people entered. We set up our tables quickly and before we knew it, people were starting to arrive. This event is very well run and set up so...

I bought one skein of a new yarn my supplier was offering in my last order to test it out. It is a single ply fingering weight yarn with a tight twist that is comprised of 100% superwash merino. It comes in 100 g skeins with approximately 365 m/400 yds. I dyed it up awhile ago in a combinations of different reds. It took the dye amazing well. I knit the Chandelier Shawl from the Shaping Shawls book by Anna Dalvi (This is a great book!) with...

My Mom bought this Lavender Fields Shawl Kit (picture on the right) from me in early June. The kit contained the Lavender Fields Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of my BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violets colourway and 1 grey fresh-water pearl shawl pin made by Fancy That – Creations by Francine. She finished it and had it blocked in time for me to use as a sample at the Ottawa Knitting Guild’s vendors night on...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn Merino Light Fingering in the Springtime Lilacs colourway, and 1 copper S-shaped shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of merino light fingering yarn to knit the large version of this...

I started my Childeric’s Bees shawl while I was in Halifax and I managed to finish and block it in time to display it as a sample in my booth at the Twist Fibre Festival in August. I knit my Bees shawl using my Yvieknits Merino Light Fingering in the Cosmopolitan colourway. I used approximately 440 m out of the 685 m in the skein to knit the shawl as written (14 bees) but I am a slightly tight knitter. Natalie’s patterns are always...

I recently finished knitting a V-Shaped version of the Clover Shawl by Natalie Servant using one skein of my Merino/Silk Fingering yarn in the Hostas colourway. My Mom kindly modeled the shawl for me in the pictures. This shawl comes in three versions that you can knit: V-shaped, long rectangle (stole), and a large square. You start knitting in the middle of the 4 leaf clover motif in the round. You then knit Chart A and B still knitting in the...

I knit my Fairy Wings shawl as part of a test knit/KAL in my dyeing group out of one skein of my Merino/Silk Fingering yarn in the Irish Spring colourway. I followed the pattern fairly closely, but I did add an extra repeat of the lace pattern. I really liked the look and shape of this shawl so I decided to knit another version of it with a few changes to keep it interesting using Handmaiden Fine Yarns Camelspin in the Sangria colourway. I...

I was a vendor at The Gathering in Port Hope, Ontario this past Saturday (April 14th). What a fun and well organized event this was. There were so many volunteers to help to unload and bring your things inside that I think that I only carried one small box in. The picture to the left is my booth a little while before the event started. This event is meant to be an all day event for people to do some shopping and to sit, knit, spin etc and visit...

I recently finished and blocked my Helix Scarf by Stephanie Gaustad from the Jane Austen Knits Magazine (the cover project). It is a cute scarf and I love the twirled ruffled look. The helix effect comes from knitting a small short-row wedge on one side of the scarf followed by another short-row edge on the other side of the scarf with one knit row between each wedge. I knit this scarf with the 40g (about 315 m) of Fleece Artist’s...

I have teamed up with two of my friends, Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs and Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine to create these shawl kits.  Each kit contains one of Natalie’s lace shawl patterns combined with one skein of my yarn with a co-ordinating shawl pin made by Francine.   I now have all eight shawl kits up in my e-store now. There are 2 Sunflower Field Shawl Kits, 2 Lavender Fields Shawl Kits, 2 Poppy...

This shawl kit contains the Eiffel Tower Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn Angel Lace in the Misty colourway, and 1 white fresh water pearls circular shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Eiffel Tower is a triangular shawl inspired by lace-like details on the Eiffel Tower. It contains both written and charted instructions.   Angel Lace is a 2-ply laceweight yarn that contains 70% baby...