Morning Dew shawl knitting pattern

Hi!
Just want to spread the word a little bit.

My latest knitting pattern has been released on Ravelry today. It's called Morning Dew shawl. This is a triangular shawl knitted top-down with beads and funky tails on the bottom border :)

You can find more details about it here on the pattern's page -

And if you are interested - you can buy this pattern right away by hitting this button -

BOGO 50% off sale on hats!

 

Hey! I'm running a BOGO 50% off sale in my shop on all the hats in my shop. You can order any design in more than 10 different colors! Oh, the possibilities....
Just use coupon code HATS50OFF during the checkout and you will have your discount! 

Please also note that these hats are made to order! If you want to order 4 and more hats please contact me through Etsy prior ordering. You can find more details about material, sizes and available colors in the shop. 

Sale expires on Feb 10 ;) Don't miss it!

How to: Easy way to knit a Nupp

Hi!

I've decided to put here some 'How to' posts from time to time to which I can refer in my patterns later. And who knows - maybe you'll find something useful too.

Today I will show how I knit a nupp. As for me this is an easiest way to knit the nupps - without any turn arounds, or hooks, or knitting and purling back and forth. And this is actually a classic method for knitting nupps in laced shawls - they are bumpy, but not to hard.

So, it's really easy and I've just made a few photos to help you understand the whole process but don't get scared by a lot of photos - it's much easier than it might look.

Ok. Let's say you need to make a nupp in the next knitted stitch you have on the left needle.
1. Knit through that stitch as usual, but pull the stitch a little bit further then usual. And don't slip the knitted stitch from the left needle. Keep it on the needle! Something like this:

Goodbye 2014! Hello 2015!

Hi!

I still can not believe it is 2015 already! Happy New Year, guys!
This will be a very short post with only one pic - the collage with my projects from 2014. It's not all of them though, as I didn't take any pics of repeated projects.. But still - it's nice to see them all together.

Hope that 2015 will be as productive as 2014 was!

Crochet baby blankets

Hi!

This time I've decided to show you my crochet baby blankets that I've made this summer.

I've been dreaming to crochet a baby blankets with motives for quite some time now but all the yarn tails that you have to put in each time have been stopping me all the time.

But after admiring all the lovely crochet blankets on Evasdoodlings 's IG I just couldn't wait any longer to start mine as well.

First one was pretty bright and colourful. This colour combo - turquoise, mint and chocolate - is my most favourite! So it was a pure pleasure to work on this blanket.
Here are some photos from my IG which shows you pieces of future blanket:

Cozy Fall. New woven scarves

Hi!

I've got some new scarves that I just have to show you! They are so great for Fall - perfectly colored and not to warm.

First one is very classic Fall-ish. There is a grey sky, autumn air and a little bit of golden leaves in it.

Plums on the Sun!

Finally I have something to show you :)
I was pretty busy these last few weeks as I took a class of programming. Well, not actual programming maybe, just a begining as I don't know anything about that. That's why it takes almost all my time now... But I'm really trying to find a free space in my schedule to knit or to weave a little every single day.
So this scarf was on my loom for month I think. That is a longest time I've had an unfinished scarf actually. So when I got new orders few days ago I needed to finish this one.
I'm totally in love with this colorway (it is Fluorite, btw)! Though it was a surprise for me. I bought this yarn on Ravelry and on the photo it looked more like yellow-brown colors. So I was really (but of course pleasantly) surprised when I got this purple-yellow-gray skein!

Pistachio braids

A few weeks ago I bought a very pretty cotton yarn for my spring and summer creations. It is a Knit Picks Shine Sport (60/40 cotton and wood fiber). Amazingly soft yarn with a very slight silky touch. Usually I'm not a huge fan of cotton yarns because they are dry and even though it's soft - I don't like to hold it in my hands for a long time (I mean while knitting). But this blend was very comfortable for me and from now on it is in my favorite yarns list :)

So I bought a few balls of Pistachio colorway and a few of Serrano.

I decided to use a Pistachio first and I really want to make something with braids, not lacy. Probably I just got tired from all the lace projects lately.

So here is what I've got:

Mom's laced pullover

A few months ago my mom asked me to make her a laced pullover for spring and early summer. She already found some pattern in Russian knitting magazine and I just have to choose suitable yarn for this project.
I was hoping to find some blend with 1) cotton or 2) vicose (rayon) or 3) bamboo as these fibers are perfect for summer knitting.
I made three swatches and somehow the winner was Viscose/acrylic 60/40 blend - Mallorca from Ice Yarns. I have to say that I was pretty sure that Acrylic will make this yarn awful. But.... The yarn is really good and soft, nice to skin and pretty cold because of rayon (perfect for hot days). I like it so much that I also making myself a jacket with it :)

RCL #2 :)

And here is another one variant of Reversible Circles of Lace.
It is made with Wolle's Color Changing cotton as well in a lovely New Light colorway.
So good for summer :) Love it!

Reversible Circles of Lace

Hi!
I just want to show here a stole I finished few days ago.
This design is a Reversible Circles of Lace by Christina Consiglio
The pattern is great - very easy to follow and remember. It's a perfect knit project when you just need to keep your hands busy.

Granite scarf (or Spring is here!)

Hi guys!

It is a real spring out here in California already. Trees are blossom, birds sings! And it's even smell like a spring :)
The scarf I want to show you today was made a few days ago. It is actually a "marble" or "granite" scarf but as I look at it I clearly see light magnolia blossoms in this colorway :)

The yarn is Bluemoon Fiber Arts lightweight in Pink Granite colorway. I've found this one in one lady's stash on Ravelry and she kindly sell it to me as I fell in love with it with a first sight :) So amazingly soft and tender colors... I don't know when the guys from BFA was selling that one but at this moment (unfortunately) they don't have it in their shop :(

Forestry cardi

Hi!

Gosh... I haven't been writing here for so long.. I guess it's time to wake up and post here more often :)
So I decided to show you my new cabled cardi.
It is a Forestry (or Old Penny Cardigan) by Veronik Avery.

The pattern is very clear and easy. It is actually took me 4 days to knit this cardigan :) I didn't expect that I'll knit it that fast... That's why I was waiting for other supplies to finish it. It isn't a good story as it took a month for buttons to come.. But now it's all great: buttons are where they should be and I'm pretty happy with my new cardigan.

Scarf-mania

Hi there!

Hope you all have a great holiday time :) It was a great weekends for me and now I have a lot of ideas in my head. But first of all I want to show you a few new scarves. They're made with yarn I show you before - Socks That Rock from Blue Moon Fiber Arts.
First one was finished a weeks ago but I decided to wait till I'll have more than one to show you. And here they are.

Some color beauty..

It is pretty dark outside last few days but I really want to show you these beautiful colors :) The photos aren't great... But this is the best I can do.

I bought these a few weeks ago and here they are - lovely juicy hanks of my favourite yarn (though on these photo they are already in cakes).

From left to right: Xmas Rock, Deer Woman and Crabby McHappypants. All of them are Socks That Rock from Blue Moon Fiber Arts.

Dreaming of cold days..

It is still pretty warm in California... I really miss autumn from my childhood - with cold wind and bright orange and red leaves. I also miss winter, of course. And though it's not that cold here in winter I really want to knit something cozy, that would remind me cold snowy days.
And what can be more winter-style than sweaters with Norwegian pattern? I always wanted one since I was about 8 years old. And a few weeks ago suddenly I decided to knit one for myself. Well, I thought it was suddenly. But then I remembered that a few days ago from that day I saw a picture of mine in a lovely sweater with such pattern. I'm a little 6-yr old shy girl on it and I  remembered that I loved that sweater sooo much. I was wearing it all the time! So probably when I saw that picture something is clicked in me, even though I didn't realised it at first.

So I picked a pretty easy variant: a jacket with short sleeves and norwegian pattern designed by Drops. Easy because I also used the original yarn they suggest - Drops Baby Alpaca Silk (btw, I really like it :)). I chose a Brown as the main color and Blue Gray, White and Black as a contrast colors.

I must say that this sweater was actually the first one serious project. I mean with real sleeves, with jacquard pattern, with buttons :) As I usually knit something that doesn't really need any measures (like shawls, for example) this project was very interesting for me. I was excited about every part of the work...
And here is what I have now :)

 

Spearmint Tea shawl - free pattern!

And another one shawl. Absolutely improvised - Spearmint Tea.

I used for it a lovely Wolle's Yarn Creations Color Changing Cotton in Spearmint II colorway and US 4 needles.

Bigger on the Inside shawl

Today I want to show you some shawls. To be exactly - two shawls but one at a time.

The first one is Bigger on the Inside shawl by Kate Atherley.

Release: Butterflies in Nets Pattern

 It's been a while since my last post here. It's all because we have a vacation. Finally  :) A really short 10 days that we spent in Ukraine where my husband and me are from with our families. These days past so quickly that I even thought that maybe we shouldn't go there if we have such a short vacation... Besides, jet-lag is just terrible this time. It's been a week since we are back in California, but I still wake up at 5 a.m. %)

Ok, I have something to show. I finished this pattern of knitted shawl, literally, at the last minute. First I was going to write it down after we will back. But as I can't sit and doing nothing - so I started to write it at the last day before vacation. I finished it at the evening... And got up at 4 a.m. to go to airport. That was a crazy idea actually :) I shouldn't hurry that much with the releasing. That's why there was one mistake in the written instructions and I'm really sorry about that. It's all fixed now so don't be worry.

Weaving: Fiery Scarf

A new one wooven scarf for my autumn collection of gradient scarves!
This one made in shades of fire (as I see it). Though the yarn colorway is called Oaks Bottom.