Tag: sheland lace

Knitting

Another Pattern Sale

Iris Rose

DH had a major surgery last Thursday so my mind was not on my blog.  As a treat for being patient with me, I am offering a 50% off coupon on my Northern Rose Shawl pattern for the next month.

This is an easy knit (all garter) combining a Faroese shape with Shetland lace patterns.  You can knit this up in sock or worsted depending on your preference.  The sock version is light and airy; the worsted is soft and cozy.  Both are knit on larger needles so working these won’t wear out your fingertips!

 

This shawl makes a lovely gift and you have plenty of time for Christmas knitting if you start now.  Knit it in three colours as I did to bust your stash or use all one colour for a truly reversible shawl.

I hope that you enjoy my patterns and remember you still have time to buy the poncho pattern featured in my last post at 50 off too until October the 9th!

Thanks for reading and be kind to one another.  Happy week ahead and don’t forget to enjoy the beauty around you!

Yarn, Knitting and Crochet

Coupon Code and Pattern Roundup

Iris Rose

It is raining and cold outside. I am feeling whiny and a little bit like I need a batch of cookies. I haven’t thought about posting all week so I am still stuck on what to offer you today.

I know, how about a 50% off coupon code for all of the paid patterns that I have on Ravelry? Does that make you (and me) feel better or do we still need to break out the butter and get to work on those cookies? Tell you what, you knit or crochet and I’ll take care of the cookies for you. I might even make you a nice cup of coffee or tea to go with them!

Here is run down of the patterns with links to my Ravelry store. The coupon code is 50OFF that you will need to enter on the checkout page. Have fun!

  

A Wrap For Spring                     Delphinium Shoulder Scarf 

    

Gradient Cable Poncho               Knit and Sewn Kid’s Dress

  
Little Lovely Lacey Cardigan               Lovely Lacey Cardigan

  
Northern Rose Shawl          Pink Ice Cream Jumper

  

Simple Stripes Wrap                        Sweet Doll Bed

   

Toddlers Pretty Crocheted Cardigan     Twisted Stitches Scarf and Hat

Vine Lace Wrap

Roses and Lace Cardigan

Have a wonderful week with sunny days ahead (or at least cookies) and don’t forget 50OFF!

Travel

Weekend Off and My Dream Machine

Iris Rose

I got a little sidetracked this week. My computer crashed at work and DH has been really wonderful about getting me up and running again but was using my home desk and monitor for the work. He is all done now so this is better late than never!

We spent the weekend, a wonderful weekend by the way, at Nakiska, a ski resort in Kananaskis here in the Alberta Rockies. The weather was great, cold and sunny, perfect for skiing. I don’t ski; I know how but hate the feeling of sliding down a steep hill so DH skied to his heart’s content and I did what I love best, crafting with a little hot tub time thrown in. We do really live in a spectacular country, so scenic and friendly too!

         

I worked on my mystery crochet pattern. It is almost done and would have been if not for the computer crash and other life distractions. I seem to be on a better late than never trend, don’t I? I did finish the basic piece, however and just need to complete the embellishments. I can’t wait to see if the reality matches my imagination.

While we were away, I spotted an ad for a used knitting machine that I have been lusting after since I first saw this beauty in the early 90’s. I bought myself a little used and in great shape Singer 580 with all of the bells and whistles for a great bargain price. I am one happy lady! I just need to finish up the cleaning (only the ribber to go) and I will be digging into my cone yarn stash.

In order to fit everything new into my tiny craft room (6’ x 9’), I did a major cleanup and rearranging. I really have got too much stuff and I mean that in a big way. I have managed to stick to my no new yarn policy for two and a half months and have made some inroads but not enough by any stretch on the imagination. I just need to craft faster or sleep less!

         

Don’t forget about my 50OFF coupon code for my Gradient Cable Poncho, which will look good in any worsted yarn and for my Northern Rose Shawl patterns, knit in worsted or sock yarn, that you can use for both of the patterns at half price in my Ravelry store.

Knitting

Northern Rose Shawl Part Three

Iris Rose

I have test knit my new shawl pattern a couple of times and am confident that there are few if no errors.  If you do find one, please, please, please let me know!  You can message me in the comments or on Ravelry.  I always like to correct any errors as soon as they are found and really appreciate everyone’s input into making my patterns easier to use.  Thanks!

I have knit this shawl in both a worsted weight and a four ply.  I used a 5.5mm needle for the worsted and a 4.5mm for the four ply (sock) weight.  Both turned out really pretty and, while the worsted is very winter snuggly, the light one is lovely and drapey.  The same pattern made two very different fabrics so the choice is yours on the look and feel that you want.

Now, without further rambling, here is part three of the Northern Rose Shawl.

Change to the next colour now if you are making the shawl in three colours.  You will be using the edge markers still and you may wish to place markers between each lace repeat.  You will no longer be working the centre panel stitches as a separate lace pattern but will incorporate them into the same lace pattern as the two sides.  You can remove these markers as you work the first row.

The edging pattern will start with a twelve stitch pattern repeat and increase in two stitch increments to an eighteen stitch repeat as you come to the end.  Stitch markers are your friend!

Edge Lace Pattern:

Row 1: K1, slip marker, YO, K to last stitch, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 2 and all wrong side rows: K all stitches slipping the markers as you come to them.

Row 3: K1, slip marker, YO, (K2tog, YO) repeat to last marker, K1, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 5: Repeat Row 1.

Row 7: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, (K1, YO, K4, S2K1PSSO, K4, YO) repeat seventeen more times, K3, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 9: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, YO, K1, (K2, YO, K3, S2K1PSSO, K3, YO, K1) repeat seventeen more times, K2, YO, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 11: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, YO, K2, (K3, YO, K2, S2K1PSSO, K2, YO, K2) repeat seventeen more times, K3, YO, K3, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 13: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, (K1, YO, K3, YO, K1, S2K1PSSO, K1, YO, K3, YO) repeat seventeen more times, K1, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.  Pattern repeat stitch count is now 14.

Row 15: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1, (K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, S2K1PSSO, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1) repeat seventeen more times, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 17: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2 (K3, YO, SSK, K1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2) repeat seventeen more times, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker K1.

Row 19: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO (K1, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K3, K2tog, YO, K3, YO) repeat seventeen more times, K1, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1. Pattern repeat stitch count is now 16.

Row 21: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1 (K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1) repeat seventeen times more, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 23: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, (K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, S2K1PSSO, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2) repeat seventeen more times, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 25: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, (K1, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO) repeat seventeen more times, K1, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.  Pattern repeat stitch count is now 18.

Row 27: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1 (K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K3, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1) repeat seventeen more times, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 29: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2 (K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2) repeat seventeen more times, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 31: K1, slip marker, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3 (K4, YO, SSK, K2, YO, S2K1PSSO, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3) repeat seventeen more times, K4, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 33: K all stitches, remove the markers as you come to them.

Bind off knitwise on the wrong side using a stretchy bind off.  I used the following: K2, slip stitches back onto the left needle and K2tog to start then (K1, slide the two stitches on the right needle onto the left needle and K2tog) repeat across.  If you have another favourite that you like to use that’s fine just make sure that it is stretchy so that you can block out your lace.

Block and weave in ends.

Knitting

Northern Rose Shawl Part One

Iris Rose

 

I have been working on this shawl pattern for a while now.  It is a hybrid of Shetland and Faroese styling with only garter lace and plain garter stitch parts (no purls here!). 

It has been one of those projects where if anything is going to go wrong it will.  If you look closely at the photo you will see what I mean.  Even the yarn was spun with more mohair in some parts than in others which was fine in the natural but not so fine in the rose.  Alternating skeins seemed to make no difference.

I had some random skeins of a mohair, silk and wool blend that the ebay monster made me buy and did not have anything already developed that I thought the yarn wanted to be.  I had three colours, 100g of natural, 100g of deep rose, and 200g of dark green.  I ended up with just 50g of the green which I have no idea what I will do with but, you know, never throw away good yarn.  That explains the thirty year old skeins in my stash!

Anyway, back to the shawl, I have written the pattern and am offering it free in parts with written directions only over the next three blog posts.  I will publish it on Ravelry but as a paid pattern with charts as well as written directions.  This first part will give you a sampler of what the whole pattern will be like.  This section could be continued to make the whole shawl if you want a simpler wrap up and it would be a very cozy piece.

 

Materials: Worsted weight yarn: 125m (140 yds) of cream, 170m (185 yds) of rose, 250m (280yds) of green.

Tools: 5.5mm (US 9) 60cm (24”) circular knitting needle, 4 or more stitch markers, tapestry needle to weave in ends.

Gauge: 14 stitches and 16 rows in garter stitch, blocked.  Gauge is not crucial but you should try to achieve a close number to ensure that your shawl is the same size.

Cast on 23 stitches using a cable cast on.  All stitches in this pattern are knit; no purls here!  On every wrong side row throughout the shawl, knit all stitches, slipping markers as you come to them.

Initial Row: K1, YO, (K2tog, YO) repeat to to last two stitches, K2tog.

First Wrong Side Row: Knit all stitches, slipping markers as you come to them.

Garter Stitch Section and Centre Lace Panel:

Row 1: K1, place marker YO, K2, YO, place marker, K6, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K6, place marker, YO, K2, YO, place marker, K1.

Row 3: K1,slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K4, K2tog, YO, K1, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K5, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 5: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K3, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K4, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 7: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K3, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 9: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K2, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 11: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K3, YO, SSK, K2 YO, SSK, YO, S2K1PSSO, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 13: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K4, YO, SSK, K2, YO, S2K1PSSO, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 15: K1, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K5, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SSK, K1, K2tog, YO, K4, slip marker, YO, K to next marker, YO, slip marker, K1.

Row 16: K all stitches, slipping markers as you come to them.

Repeat Rows 1 to 16 three more times.  Change to the next colour now if you are making the shawl in three colours.  You should have 64 garter stitches between the first and second markers and the same on the other side of the lace panel.