summer and winter shawl

The Diamond Yarn Company is offering a super helpful free pattern available on their website called "Summertime Shawl" .Designer Michele Meadows has worked it in a lovely tweed cottony blended yarn called Summertime

The provided stripe sequence or use of a self striping yarn works in harmony with the asymmetrical shaping process. Great project for travel!

Kim and I both enjoy knitting this pattern, such a relaxing, logical and enjoyable way to create a mixed yarn accessory.

This one is totally stripes, making the hand painted yarn go much further.
Fringes are fun, on one side as directed in the design or both

Kim added leaf applique plus wooden beads to her sock yarn/fine mohair combination.

Leaf Pattern as follows:

cast on 3 stitches

• knit 1, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 1 
• purl 5 
• knit 2, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 2
• purl 7
• knit 2, knit 3 together, knit 2 
• purl 5 stitches 
• Knit 1, knit 3 together, knit 1 
• purl 3 stitches 
• knit 3 together 

cast off

My fine mohair and one strand of sock yarn combination was worked on a 6 mm needle. Still thinking about the fringe to be, could be fringe free this time.

We are lucky to have a plethora of fine mohair colours to choose from although I think I am in end of summer green wishful thinking mode. Maybe red for the next one.