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I’m Terrye, your new knitting editor.

What I want to do with this blog is provide you with new and interesting “stuff” (which is a technical term). We’ll do book reviews, Knit-a-Longs, and virtually drool over new yarns and toys. I’ll introduce you to other knitting blogs and we can talk about new patterns, old patterns, classic patterns or really anything else. It will be fun! We’ll bond.

You can find me on Ravelry, which we’ll also talk about, under the name of redwingschick (yeah, I’m a wing nut – hockey talk for Detroit Red Wings Fan, the license plate on my truck… never mind, it has nothing to do with knitting).

My first post was going to be a book review on a really cool book I got from our local library. (Don’t discount this valuable resource for “everything knitting”). But figured I should probably introduce myself first. If you’ll look at my profile you’ll see I look a lot like Vicki, but actually I just haven’t uploaded my own photo yet. That’s coming, be patient. Also, I’ll refine the bio a bit, and change it from time to time.

Please let me know anything at all you want to talk about or for me to review, and ask me questions, and please, please, please leave me comments, I want to get to know you also (pretend I’m your lonely neighbor, you could bring me cookies too, and don’t forget your knitting!).

Let me hear from you, I’ll put the coffee on. 

T.

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Knit a Stunning Shawl That Wears Like a Collar

I’m honestly not totally sure what to say about the Sun King shawl pattern from Ursa Major Knits other than isn’t this cool? You should probably make one. 

This modular design is worked in two parts, the “waxing” and “waning” sections. Both pieces are asymmetrical and use the same yarns in different ways to mix up the colors and make it even more interesting. 

You can choose to use two contrasting solid yarns, a solid and a gradient or two complimentary gradients for your yarns. And you can use any weight of yarn and whatever gauge you like to make shawls of different sizes. There are also a bunch of different size options (seven, in fact) that take the project from a little collar like design to something more like a scarf to a large shawl that wraps around the neck to keep you warm. 

The sample projects use fingering/lace weight yarn, but you can use whatever you have on hand to make your own beautiful version of this shawl. Using lace weight, you’ll need twice as much of one color as the other.

There are lots of yarn suggestions on the pattern page on Ravelry, and I love the color choices the designer made so much I’d definitely be tempted to use the same colors they did (there are a couple of different versions on the pattern page if you want to see how it looks in different sizes and different colors). 

I love the little diamond shapes a the edges of the pieces, which add a little more drama to the project, as if it needed more. 

I’m still not sure this boils down to anything beyond this project looks really cool and you should probably knit it, but that’s pretty much how I pick all the projects I share, so I guess that’s fine. You can check it out for yourself and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Ursa Major Knits]

A Shawl to Wear While You’re Reading and Knitting

A Striped Shawl to Celebrate Progress [Knitting]