Remember when I was talking and tweeting about Operation: Two-Day Shawl back in September?
Well, I decided to reworked and redesign it. Only this time, I was not crazy enough to knit it up in less than 48 hours. I didn’t want to name it “Two-Day Shawl” because well, it’s a bit intimidating and not a very good name, IMO. I asked my friends for suggestions and my friend Lydia came up with “Weekend Shawl,” which I thought was perfect.
I released it on Ravelry on Monday and after some technical difficulties, also managed to list it on my website. Look for its Ravelry pattern page here and its page on my website here. To celebrate its release, I’m offering it at a highly discounted price of $3.50 for just 1 week, until March 7. The regular price for the shawl will be $6.25.
Shawl Specs:
- Pattern sizes: 6 sizes, 2 yarn weights (lace and fingering)
- Pattern format: Written, tech edited, laid out nicely; Has lace chart but chart is also written out for those that don’t like charts.
- Yarn used in sample: Sanguine Gryphon Gaia Fingering in Sundogs (red); Yummy Yarn Studio Alpaca Silk Lace in Indian Ocean (bluish-turquoise)
- Samples: Fingering (red): I knitted it in approximately 3.5 weeks; Lace (blue): My sample knitter Denise Wilkinson knitted it in about 5 weeks.
- Changes/differences from the original Operation: Two-Day Shawl:
- The #1 difference: I didn’t try to do it within 48 hours at all!
- I changed the increases to lifted increases instead of yarn overs because it flows much more nicely into the patterning
- The second lace pattern (Sunday lace) was entirely reworked and changed.
- I changed the background to Stockinette stitch instead of garter
- The ratio/porportion of the Stockinette body and the lace sections were altered so that the lace, especially the Saturday lace was wider.
- And of course, I knew not to use stash yarn and yarn that was too highly variegated for this. With Operation: 2-day shawl, I didn’t really have many options given the wackadoodle time line I gave myself.
- There were also a couple of minor things that don’t affect the design.
I actually finished the fingering version very early because I had planned to wear and release it in January for TNNA (Needlearts trade show). However, I later decided that I’d offer additional sizing and options with a laceweight yarn. Thus, I had my sample knitter and friend make up a sample since I was busy working on 3 secret projects at the time. When I did wear the red one to both TNNA and Stitches West, I received lots of positive comments form people, including people who waved me down from afar to ask about it. Those sort of things always warm my heart and make me so proud for both my work and the yarnies that make the gorgeous yarns.
Both yarns were a delight to work with (while I didn’t knit the lace weight sample, I handled the yarn quite a but and knitted up a swatch). I love the volume, sheen and softness of Gaia Fingering and loved every stitch of my knitting. I am so glad that Sanguine Gryphon was kind enough to offer me yarn support for this project, as I had been drooling over it and their colors for several seasons now (I’ve done some tech editing for them on their pattern collections and just couldn’t stop thinking about their yarns!) When I get the chance, I think I’d like to knit another one using Gaia Lace in a green-gray or a rich medium/navy blue.
As for Yummy Yarn Studios, Sam is a newer dyer based out of Canada and she obviously has nice colors as well, but in her own style. Another great example of her yarn is in the pair of socks she knitted for me!! I was saying how I don’t own any hand-knitted socks on Twitter and was about to hire someone to do it for me. I’m such a lucky girl!
The socks that Sam made me is a pattern she designed called “Kisses” and can be found here. You can see the photo I took of me wearing them here. I love the lovely purple colors. I think the pattern will also work really well a nice honey color. I’ve already worn them several times around the house. I’m not wearing them now because I need to wash them.
And seriously, the Weekend Shawl… it’s only going to be $3.50 for a few more days so get it quick before it goes to its regular price. I’ve already received lots of sales on it since its release, so don’t be left out! And from the bottom of my heart, thanks to those of you who have already purchased it.
Beautiful, i love it’s shaping, drape and gentle vertical lines… So flattering!
Thank you Laura!! 🙂
Thank you so much for the mention of both the shawl yarn and the sock yarn. I have been showing off your pattern everywhere and am sure some of your orders are coming from up here in Canada 😉
Thank you! yes, I have had some Canadian buyers. I’ve also had lots of international buyers, including some from France, UK, Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands, just to name a few!
Saw your pattern on Ravelry and had to buy a copy. It is a lovely pattern & I can’t wait to finish up some UFO’s so I can cast on!
Thank you! I can’t wait to see everyone’s work. It’s still only been a few days since its release, but I keep checking to see what new projects have cropped up. 🙂
I saw your Weekend Shawl pattern on Ravelry and love the idea of the versatility and of course the design which is just a little different but seems to be very wearable. Would we be able to purchase it wholesale to resell in our yarn shop, Frivolous Fibers, in St. Michaels, MD? I checked through the site where you sell some patterns wholesale but didn’t see the Weekend Shawl listed. It is the perfect shawl for us to showcase our Blue Heron cotton(fingering) and silk merino lace weight. Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you for considering our question,Janet
I am almost done with this beautiful shawl but do not understand what YO purl wise means. Does this mean a double YO as one does before a purl stitch, even though the next stitch (row 2, Chart 2) is not a purl? Or is it something different. I have checked internet and numerous sources and Im stumped! Thanks