Oh boy am I ever behind with posting! Let's have a contest to get things rolling again shall we? Introducing Lamia, a shawl in two sizes but really any size you want it to be! Infinitely customizeable and perfect for variegated yarns this shawl is a quick and easy knit for Christmas, or any gift you might need.
The sample is worked in Knitpicks Swish Tonal, a Superwash wool that is soft and cozy while still being easy to wash. There are two written sizes of this pattern, the small size is a perfect neck size or small shoulder shrug, and the large size is a bonafide shawl which makes a sumptuous neck piece with loads of cozy folds. This pattern includes information to help you modify the length to any amount of yardage, and/or modify the repeats for any gauge of yarn. Perfect for those colourful hanks you picked up and can't figure out what to do with and also very beautiful if worked in a solid colour.
I designed this pattern because I am more likely to purchase vareigated yarn than any other yarn and often come home with one or two skeins and no pattern ideas. It seems that the more complicated the yarn becomes the less options there are for patterns that work with it.
If you would like to win one of two copies of Lamia please leave a comment on this post telling me what your biggest impulse yarn buy is, the giveaway ends on Dec 9th at 7pm Spokane time.
You can also buy this pattern for $4.99 through Ravelry
xoxo Meghan
My impulse yarn purchases are almost always CASHMERE, I love me some goat. Though I have an aversion to mohair which is also goat. Thanks for the opportunity to win this beautiful pattern!
ReplyDeleteHa! Isn't all fingering weight yarn worth knitting an impulse purchase???
ReplyDeleteMy most RECENT *ahem* impulse was a hank of The Schaefer Yarn Company's Anne Yarn in the colorway Snoopy's Crayons.
http://www.schaeferyarn.com/yrn_gallery_popup.taf?_function=photo&ge_id=233
It's the perfect rainbow with longer color transitions. I've been wanting to knit a pair of Interweave's Annetrlac socks in this type of colorway after I knit my first pair. Love this pattern!!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/annetrelac-socks
Gorgeous shawl, Meghan!
I like to buy any yarn in colors that look good on my daughter...as if I don't have enough things to knit for her already!
ReplyDeleteMy impulse to buy yarn is whenever I walk into a store and notice the skein right when I walk in.... I tend to buy it... It is usually a bright colour and one day may have been yellow!
ReplyDeleteThis is just WOWIE! I love the size and texture of it. And since I have a huge stash of tonal yarn, I can't wait to make one!
ReplyDeleteMy biggest impulse was buying two skeins of Just Our Yarn cashmere at Madrona last Feb. Although I thought about it a whole day so maybe that doesn't count as an impulse. I just found your blog via your baby sweater pattern in the winter 2011 Interweave Knits.
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