Keep it Simple with This Garter Stitch Shawl

January 28, 2019 by Sarah White 2 Comments

For those occasions when you have a skein of yarn you don’t know what to do with, consider something simple but pretty like the Be Simple Shawl by Carolyn Glauz-Todrank.

This free pattern on Ravelry is a basic asymmetrical Garter Stitch triangle with a little picot bind off edging. It can be made in a variety of weights and sizes depending on the yarn you have available.

I think it would be best in a solid or semi-solid yarn but really any colorway would be interesting for this simple and versatile pattern.

[Photo: Carolyn Glauz-Todrank.]

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Beejer says
February 16, 2019 at 10:19 pm
where do i find the pattern?
Sarah White says
February 17, 2019 at 4:22 pm
There’s a link to it above but it is here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/be-simple-shawl you can download it on Ravelry.

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Why Not Knit a Tiny Llama?

I’ve been enjoying knit amigurumi animal patterns lately (see also: this adorable knit pigeon) and of course being a knitter I love llamas.

So when I saw this little llama pattern I knew I had to share it.

The appropriately named Llama patter from Annie Ahn calls for fingering weight yarn, and it uses two colors for the body and three for the little blanket. The pompom can be made to match or in another color. All of these parts take tiny amounts of yarn so you can use whatever scraps you have left over from socks or other projects and change colors whenever you need to.

It might also be fun to use some mohair or other fuzzy or textured yarn on this one to give your llama a different look. In all the project uses between 100 and 150 yards, or 91-137 m, of yarn and the llama comes out about 10 cm/4 inches tall.

The body of the llama is worked in one piece, so this project is suited to intermediate knitters or those who have comfort working in the round and with all those little pieces.

This one is made to be small so you can carry it around with you (it would be super cute on a keychain or as a zipper pull) but I think it would be a lot of fun to knit this in larger yarn, too, to make a bigger llama. You could even make a whole family in different sizes just by using different weights of yarn and corresponding needles.

The details are so cute, from the shaggy hair to its little accessories, but you could make it plain or change it up by knitting a tiny scarf or even working a little fair isle pattern on the legs or body. So many fun possibilities!

The pattern is available on Ravelry in English and Korean.

[Photo: Annie Ahn]

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