target=”_blank”>Flame is a shallow crescent shawl that has an attractive reversible lace motif. It’s worked in one piece without any picking up for the edge.
A while back, I stumbled upon an interesting but a little too fussy looking stitch pattern in one of my Japanese stitch dictionaries. While I didn’t love the fussiness, I loved the basic bones of the stitch pattern. So, I started playing around with the stitch pattern and manipulating it on the computer. One of the manipulations resulted in a beautifully textured pattern that’s also reversible, perfect for a shawl. (Several of the other manipulations inspired a few designs that are still under wraps.)
I was a little stuck in deciding a name for this shawl, which I had worked using Windy Valley Musk Ox Luxury Blend (45% qiviut, 45% merino, 10% silk; 1oz, 218yds); Color: 2016-Autumn Crimson. A week after finishing the shawl, I went on an Alaskan cruise and I realized how much the stitch patterning resembles a whale’s fluke. Destiny led me to name this after one of the humpback whales that I saw. She is named “Flame” by the locals and naturalists in and around Juneau. I think it’s an apt name for the fiery color and spirit of this shawl.
Flame was initially debuted only to retailers (yarn shops) for wholesale orders at TNNA this past June. It has since been in storage and got a little wrinkled. Re-blocking it was the perfect excuse to use the bottle of Eucalan Wrapture wool wash send to me by my friend and designer of the scent Kristin Omdahl. At first I was a little scared of the jasmine scent since many jasmine-scented and floral-scented products are overly scented with synthetic fragrances that smell quite chemical to me. I had nothing to be afraid of. Jasmine essential oil gives Wrapture a nice romantic floral scent while the lanolin in it conditions your knits and other delicates washed with it.
I’m now releasing Flame to all of you and our knitting community. It’s available for purchase as a PDF download on Ravelry and on my website. Do you want a chance to win a copy of Flame and a sample of Wrapture as well? I’m trying out Rafflecopter and running the giveaway through it. You can enter as many times as allowed; the more you share, the more entries you can earn! Winners will be chosen at random.
CLICK TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY. Giveaway starts Nov. 19 and ends midnight EST Nov. 30.
beautiful! and the name is perfect!
Thank you!
Gorgeous! It’s going on my queue!
Thanks!
I love the fluke shaped detail and the color is wonderful
I love this pattern, love the design, color and style. It will be in my queue!
It’s gorgeous, and that Eucalan sounds like it would smell soooo good!
Stunning! My mother-in-law loves red and I’ve been dying for a good flame related pattern. This will be beautiful for her!
I love this! Both the colour and the pattern are gorgeous.
love it!
Flame is beautiful. Thank you for offering this give away!
Beautiful pattern! I love Eucalan and the new scent sounds fantastic!
The stitch pattern is gorgeous, as is the shawl. It spreads out like a flame along the edge, like a grass fire.
Ooh, love your analogy and description of it.
Really gorgeous. What a terrific stitch pattern you created!
love the colour and the pattern!
What a gorgeous Shawl!
great pattern! love the color!
Beautiful shawl. The pattern is so different.
Gorgeous! I love the flukes!
Looks like an interesting edge on the crescent.
That’s beautiful. Sounds like you loved the soap; I would enjoy hearing about the yarn you chose, as well!
This shawl pattern is stunning. It’s a great ode to the beauty of whales.
Absolutely love the very defined stitch pattern — I can’t wait to make it!
I thought of a whale’s fluke as soon as I saw the pattern on Ravelry. Its a like a fun design to knit!
Thats supposed to read it looks like a fun design to knit.
Thanks everyone for the compliments. I hope to see lots of Flame projects soon! If you need to make yarn subs, I think Manos Silky Lace would be a good one, as well as any of the lace yarns from Anzula.
The shawl is beautiful; I would love to try it.
Gorgeous. Always a fan of your designs. I took my weekend shawl with me on the airplane to use as a nursing cover and it worked great. Stayed put which is just what I needed with the squirmy little one!
Aww thanks! I love that you’ve been using it as a nursing shawl. A friend of mine made one for her friend for the exact same purpose!
Hey Folks!! We have Winners (picked at random but a random number generator widget)!
They are Nancy (nantsyjane) and KarenJ (intavira)! You will be receiving emails from me and Kristin soon!
Thanks to everyone for participating!
Thanks! I really love the stitch in this shawl pattern.