After a good few hours tweaking and organising, the Olivia shawl pattern is now ready to face the public. You can either buy it from my Patterns to Buy page or directly from the pattern’s Ravelry page.

And a reminder that 50% of all profits until the end of September will be donated to UNICEF’s Pakistan Relief Fund. I’d love to be able to give a really big donation to the cause as it’s not getting the news coverage or financial assistance that it should. I don’t know why and I don’t want to get into heavy political debate on a very un-political blog, but the end it’s just regular men, women and children who are suffering and that need help.

The pattern is currently in the last stages of being tested and edited. I had always planned to make this a charity pattern but, inspired by yarndancer‘s blog post decided to make it open for pre-orders to get the ball rolling. The actual pattern will be ready after the weekend. 50% of all profits from sales of this pattern until the end of September will be donated to UNICEF’s Pakistan Flood Children’s Appeal BTW, if you’re in the market for a sock pattern, do look at yarndancer’s Ravelry store. Lots of lovely designs and she is also making a donation to the Pakistan Relief Fund for every pattern sold.

Olivia is a top-down triangular shawl with a series of different stitch patterns to keep your interest. Declared “un-putdown-able” by one tester!

Each pattern section flows into the next and the number of repeats can easily be increased to make the shawl completely customisable. The lace increases to form a natural curve in the top edge of the triangle to fit around the shoulders.

The pattern contains both written and charted directions.

Size: Shawl shown measures 106cm/42 inches by 124cm/49 inches. Finished measurements will depend on how severely the shawl is blocked.
Yarn: Approximately 425 to 475m fingering-weight yarn. Shawl shown is knitted in Artist’s Palette Yarns Smoothie Sock (75% superwash merino wool/25% nylon, 425m/100g) in colour: Olive
Tension: 26 stitches = 10cm/4 inches in stocking stitch before blocking with 3mm (US 2½) needles. Actual tension is not vital but will affect how much yarn is needed and the finished size of the shawl.

Price: £2.75

and Thank You.

Marina is a versatile, triangular shawl pattern. Worked from the top down, the size is easily adjusted to suit. Knit a few pattern repeats with a small amount of yarn for a shawlette or work more repeats for a shawl large enough to wrap yourself in.

For a shawl the same size as mine (103cm/40½ inches by 56.5cm/22 inches) you will need approximately 300 to 400m of heavy laceweight/light fingering-weight yarn.

The five page pattern contains both written and charted directions.

Price: £2.75

Pattern will be emailed as a pdf immediately after payment, or buy via the Ravelry page.

A pretty waving lace pattern covers a snuggly scarf that uses just 100g of DK-weight yarn. The pattern directions contain both charted and written instructions for the lace design and is easily adjustable for a longer scarf.

Size: 18cm x 92cm (7” x 36”), after blocking
Yarn: Tess Dawson Baby Alpaca DK (100% alpaca) 2 x 50g, shown in shade #05 (Cherry), or up to 200m of another DK weight yarn
Tension: 22 stitches x 32 rows to 10cm/4” in stocking stitch with 4mm (US size 6) needles, or size need to obtain correct tension

3 page pattern is in pdf format, downloadable immediately after purchase.

Price: £2.00