Bright Arrows Stole, available for download, free

I think it's time to make one of my shawl patterns available for free. Since Gaia's Colours has closed her shop, which makes me very sad, I have chosen this shawl, Bright Arrows Stole, which I designed for her yarn, Pales lace, a beautiful 2-ply merino wool. Click on the link to download. That should work! This is a fun and straightforward knit. Enjoy!

Socks and Lyra

Finally, I have pulled out Lyra again. The yarn is Silky Lace from Midnight Sheep, in a custom colorway called Verdigris. You can see the progress on the bloom. I have about 25 pattern rows to go, so I hope to be finished by the end of June. The rows are now each about 800 sts.

this is Rick by Cookie A, knit in Dragonfly Fibers Djinni sock in Baltimore Oriole. I'll be glad when the right sock is finished. The pattern is knit with ssk throughout, but the second stitch is a yo, so there's a lot of fiddling to get the stitches to line up while knitting. The pattern is super easy to remember, though and the left sock will zip along, since it will feature the k2tog.
Breaking Hearts in a custom dye from Coulrophobia. Not the best pattern/yarn match, but once I started, Sophia wouldn't let me stop and find a better fit. She wants her socks!


The replacement yarn arrived, and so the Marlene's are finished! Mail day on Monday! What a fun pattern this is.

Marlene

Yup. I ran out of yarn after the last pattern row. This pattern is Marlene, by Cookie A, and it's a great pattern but has some odd discrepancies in gauge and row counts, etc. I knit the pattern as written, and the sock, knit to gauge is a bit longer than normal, and because I was knitting to a 9" length I ran out just at the end. I had a feeling that I should leave out one of the pattern repeats, but wanted to follow the pattern exactly, and here's the result. The socks are great, but it will be a bit before the replacement yarn comes and I can really finish.

Kilthose finished, Breaking hearts begun

Socks

Tiny socks made with Dragonfly fibers Traveller yarn in Peach Melba, Riptide, and in Naiad yarn in Jonquil.
Stripey socks using Dragonfly Fibers Traveller yarn in Peach Melba and Riptide.
I"m designing a pair of kilthose for a friend. Cables and Lace. In Sanguine Gryphon undyed Traveller yarn, a DK 100% merino.

I also knit another pair of plain old stockinette socks two weeks ago, which I have no photo of, and have cast on for a pair of Breaking Hearts socks for Sophia. I'm working on finishing a lace design, but haven't had time to work out the edging yet. When these projects are finished I am getting back to my own lace: Lyra and Tischdecke. Really!