Here’s a collection of yesterday’s pi shawl recipe posts. A pi shawl is a perfect canvas for a lace sampler, because it has several sections of plain knitting between increase rounds. With this basic recipe, you can design your own shawl to collect your favorite lace stitches, or if you’re a new knitter, make it Continue reading »
This pattern is very forgiving and you should not get stressed out over having an extra stitch! I had one a couple of times on my shawl, but I couldn’t find any mistakes after I finished knitting and examined the shawl Continue reading »
llusion knitting relies on the fact that ridges of garter stitch and ridges of stocking stitch in knitting have different properties. Continue reading »
My shawl is 7 feet long and 2 feet wide, but it only weighs about two and one half ounces. The colors are teal and natural qiviut. I spun the yarn, with a blend of eighty percent qiviut, ten percent silk, and ten percent merino wool. The resulting shawl is so fine that it will pass through a size 6 1/2 ring! Continue reading »