More Teasers ... A New Pattern, and Some Booth Samples to Show Off!

I finally finished writing up the lace pattern I started a couple of years ago, called "Halla," which is the Finnish word for "frost," because the main panel pattern sort of reminds me of frost patterns on a window pane ...

I made myself a light box, but I don't have quite the right bulbs for it yet, so the light / color is still a little off. Better than without the box, but not quite right. This sample is knit in my silk lace yarn, Atropos, in the Peach Melba colorway. The yarn is held double for the main panel, and single for the knitted-on edging. The pattern will be at MDSW and will also be available on my website in the near future. Anyway, I knit the center panel of this scarf/shawlette blocked, it's approximately 23" by 63"), and my friend Penny knitted the knitted-on border (otherwise it never would have been finished :-D ).

And a more 'artistic' shot of Halla,which shows the color a tad bit better:


A booth sample of Anne Hanson's pattern, La Novia. I knit this in Si Ling, which is a slightly lighter weight yarn but still works nicely in the pattern, in the colorway "Loch Ness." This photo is a better representation of the color than the photo in the last post:

The Kousa Dogwood Shawl from Knitting in America (note that this book has been republished in paperback with a different title, America Knits). Sample knitted by my friend Kendra with three skeins of Sunna, 75% superwash merino, 15% cashmere, 10% bombyx silk in the colorway "Wet Bark."


Here's another photo, closer up, which shows the color a little bit better:

I actually forgot Kendra was knitting this (what can I say, I gave her the yarn waaaaaaay back in November ;-D ), so I didn't dye more of this exact color. I have Sunna in lots of other colors, though.

Now I'm working on Sivia Harding's Harmonia Rings Cowl, using Lyra in a new colorway called "Appalachia." On all my other yarns, this colorway is darker shades of green and brown, but Lyra always softens and heathers the colors. I am loving this pattern, alot! It may end up being a booth sample that gets worn :-D

And last but not least, another photo of the April Yarn Club Yarn ... playing with my light box. This is slightly better showing the color, but still not quite right (I'm buying the correct light bulbs this weekend):