Knit Yourself Some Sunshine with This Fun Shawl Knitting Pattern

Sometimes when I’m scrolling through Ravelry something will just catch my eye because it’s weird or pretty or fun or cheerful.

The Sun Sun Sun Shawl from Åsa Tricosa is definitely pretty and fun and cheerful.

It’s an asymmetrical triangle with a narrow lace border along one side and a deeper lace border along the long bottom edge.

The lace design looks a bit like shells, or flower petals, or maybe even the sun coming up over the horizon after a long, cold, lonely winter. (The shawl is in part inspired by the song “Here Comes the Sun” as well as a way to honor the life of artist Steve Harley, who died earlier this year.)

The lace is known as Peri’s Parasol in a version in a Barbara G. Walker book, so you could think of it as little umbrellas to protect you from the sun, too.

Whatever way you imagine it, this design also uses garter stitch with some slipped stitches thrown in for extra texture on the body of the shawl. The pretty yellow color and mohair-silk yarn also evoke the sunshine, but of course you can use whatever color you like, and indeed whatever sport weight yarn you have handy to make the shawl.

Or try it in a different weight for a different look, feel and size.

As written the shawl has a 79 inch/200 cm wingspan and is 59 inches/ 150 cm long across the top. It uses between 1367 and 1476 yards, or 1250 and 1350 meters, of yarn.

The design uses a crochet cast on, and the lace design is provided in a chart and a written pattern.

This is such a pretty, lightweight shawl to wear throughout the sun, sun, sunny months, or even when it’s cold and gray out and you need a little burst of knit sunshine.

You can get your copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Åsa Tricosa]

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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