There is a new collection under way. The Fairy Tale Lace ebook.
The Fairy Tale Lace ebook contains 7 shawl patterns. The first pattern is available immediately, and subsequent patterns will be added over time, during the period August 2013-March 2014. You will receive an email notice each time an update is available. Please click on the link and download the latest version of the ebook. Each update will include all the patterns released to date.
The first pattern in the collection is the Cheshire Cat Shawl.
The Cheshire Cat first appeared in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tounge (1788) by Francis Grose, but was popularized as a fictional cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was originally used in the phrase “he grins like a Cheshire cat” which meant someone who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.
The body of the shawl shows the stripes of the cat, and the overall shape is his grin.
The patterns uses 2 skeins of sock yarn, one each in two contrasting colours. I used indigodragonfly Merino Sock.
The ebook is available for $20.
Come visit my books at the Cooperative Press/Cephalopod Yarns booth (booth 216) at Stitches Midwest this weekend.
I wish I could’ve been there, but I’ll have to live vicariously through the books instead. 😉
The Cayuga Cardigan is a half-length lacy cardigan, featuring a cathedral lace edging along the bottom edge and on the sleeve cuffs. I originally designed this cardigan back in 2010, when it was Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga!
The cathedral lace motif is reminiscent of the clock tower at Cornell University, where I went to university. The Cornell campus, and the clock tower, lies on the top of a great hill overlooking Cayuga Lake. The view is absolutely gorgeous, and is, believe it or not, one of the reasons I chose to go to Cornell. Yup, the view. And the beautiful campus. Good thing it happens to be a good school. 😉
This re-knit version of the Cayuga Cardigan is knit in Verdant Gryphon Eidos in the colour Fenrir. I love this colour, and it is quite appropriate, as its gray is reminiscent of the stone clock tower.
In honour of this reknit version, I’m having a 25% off sale for this pattern from now until Aug 13, 2013. To get the coupon code, please visit the Knit & Knag facebook page. There will be more special sales posted there in the future, so I’d encourage you to like the page too.
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