Love Frenzy: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern

About Love Frenzy Shawl You’re going to love the Love Frenzy shawl! I knit mine 100% in front of the tv, so I guess you can say it’s good quarantine knitting. Squishy texture is fun to knit and shows off speckled yarn beautifully. The main color is Frenzied by Dyed in the Wool Yarn CoContinue reading “Love Frenzy: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern”

Yarn Color Palette: New Orleans Square

New Orleans Square Yarns New Orleans Square is one of my favorite lands at Disneyland and it’s the inspiration for this yarn color palette. When I design a knit shawl for New Orleans Square, I’m going to include arches and stripes. I like these shapes because they evoke the feeling of walking among the archedContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: New Orleans Square”

Yarn Color Palette: Frontierland

I had to create a Frontierland yarn color palette. Frontierland at Disneyland is home to my favorite ride, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. You’ll recognize the coral, green, and brown of that ride in my color palette. The Frontierland yarn color palette includes Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Kettle Dye in Daphne, Conifer, and Faun; and Knit PicksContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Frontierland”

Yarn Color Palette: Fantasyland

This Fantasyland yarn color palette is like walking down Main Street at Disneyland and seeing Sleeping Beauty’s castle waiting for you at the end. Looking at these colors takes me right to that place and I love it. It’s so fun to create your own accessories that are meaningful to you. That is my motivationContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Fantasyland”

Manta: Square Shawl Knitting Pattern

Square Shawl Inspiration Get the pattern for FREE here! I designed Manta because I wanted a big square shawl that was as cozy as a blanket. The stitch patterns aren’t too lacy, so the shawl has the feel of a blanket. I chose worsted weight yarn to give it the heft and warmth I wasContinue reading “Manta: Square Shawl Knitting Pattern”

Yarn Color Palette: Vintage Christmas

  I created this vintage Christmas color palette because September feels like an appropriate time to start thinking about Christmas knitting. I’d love a new Christmas blanket to wrap up in, but I don’t think I’m going to have time this year. I could probably pull off a table runner, though. The colors in theseContinue reading “Yarn Color Palette: Vintage Christmas”

Everyone: Striped Half Pi Shawl Knitting Pattern

About Everyone Do you have a couple of skeins of fingering weight that look great together? Is one variegated and one solid or semi-solid? Well, I have just the pattern for you! Everyone is a top-down, half-pi shawl that uses surprisingly simple techniques to achieve stunning results. This is a full-size, wrap-yourself-in-love kind of shawl.Continue reading “Everyone: Striped Half Pi Shawl Knitting Pattern”