New Pattern: Roza.

Roza shawl pattern is now live :-)

Roza is an airy lace shawl/wrap featuring a beautiful flower blooms stitch pattern. Rose flowers and leaves evoke feelings of spring and summer, but this shawl would make a great accessory for any time of the year. The shawl is seamless and knitted from the provisional cast on in the middle to the edge in both directions. The joining row designed to have no offset in the pattern flow. The edges are finished by a delicate border with a picot bind off.

The pattern can be found on Ravelry and Sunny with a Chance of Knitting blog. 

Instructions are both, written and charted. 

The pattern will be 25% off its regular price until Sunday, July 26, 11pm Pacific time.
 

The sample shawl was knitted with 1 skein of Tussah Silk by DyeForYarn (Fingering / 4 ply,  100% Silk,  875 yards / 200 grams). 
Colorway: Rose coral lying on the shore OOAK.

Thank you so much to all my wonderful test knitters for their help and feedback and making this publication possible. 
Please check out all the gorgeous projects on Ravelry.

Happy knitting

Diana

Roza

I am excited to show you my new design called Roza. Roza means rose in Russian. I loved working on it, both designing and knitting. I love how delicate this stole come out in DyeForYarn GmbH​ Fingering // Tussah Silk. Cannot say enough good things about this yarn. Pure joy and love :))) The velvety feel of it together with silkiness and wonderful drape make this an absolutely amazing yarn.
If you are interested in test knitting Roza, please send me a message on Ravelry. Details for this test knit and more Roza photographs an project info can be found here:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/deenulya/roza

Happy knitting,

Diana

New design: "Stardust".

I do not usually buy yarn on impulse, however, there are times when the yarn is just calling my name. This is what happened when I saw the Sunnyside Ellen Swiss Silk in Golden Glimses colorway. I just had to have it :-)) I decided to combine this yarn with the black silk from Colourmart I already had. Both yarn are very similar in texture and thickness.

Golden specks in the yarn gave a very lovely visual pattern to the fabric, so I opted for a very simple design with just a touch of lace near neckline in front and back. I have chosen to do a folded hemline and sleeves edges for a more polished look. I am very happy with the outcome. The resulting fabric is very silky and drappy. The yarn did stretch a little more then I expected, but I do love the slight positive ease of the top.

This design is called "Stardust" and  more on the project and test knitting can be found in the project's Ravely page. The pattern will be available after test knitting is completed.
More pictures on Flickr

Happy knitting,

Diana

New design and pattern: "Dreamy Blossoms" shawl.

Thank you all for your comments in my posts. I very much appreciate your kind words :))

Today, I would like to share with you my new shawl design called "Dreamy Blossoms". I loved designing this shawl and knitting it. The pattern is fun and really easy to knit. There are only few rows every repeat where you have to pay more attention, but all other rows are easy to knit while watching some TV. It was a very fast knit, only 4 days :-) I will definitely turn to this pattern when I need to knit some gifts ;-)

I designed this shawl for the heavier weight yarns such as Colourmart silk/cotton DK. I felt that the lace stitch pattern just pops in heavier weight yarn. However, the pattern will look great in variety of yarns such as fingering or sport weight.
I love the ivory color of my shawl a lot. This shawl will go well with a lot of my summer clothes due to its neutral color, yarn content and design.

 The pattern is available on Ravelry and my blog.
I have a promotion on this pattern right now.
The pattern will be sold at $3.50 (30% off its regular price) until Monday, August 19, 11pm Pacific time. After that date it will be sold at its regular price of $5.00.
Also, I have just recently started my own group “Sunny with a chance of knitting” on Ravelry. I will be happy if you can join me :)

 

Happy knitting,

Diana

New Design: Green Tulips Shawl.

After I run into some problems with my "Accidental Cardigan", I needed some shawl therapy to relax ;-)) I have chosen this simple and lovely pattern for the shawl. The pattern reminds me of tulips :-)) The pattern is  symmetrical, so two different charts were used for the left and right sides of the shawl. The border originally was planed to be wider, but I misjudged how much yarn I had left and started the border late. Not wanting to re-knit, I changed the border a little from the original idea. I also used picot BO to create that uneven look at the edge.
I am very happy with the result :-)) The yarn is truly spectacular. It is 2-ply 100 % Tussah silk from   DyeForYarn. Color way is called Tree frog sitting on a leaf :-))
I will be done writing the pattern in a day or two and will have the shawl test knitted before making it available on Ravelry and my blog. If you are interested in test knitting, please drop me a line on Ravelry.

"Green Tulips" Shawl project and all details about it can be found on  Ravelry.

Photographs were taken at Zoro Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

После того как у меня возникли трудности в проекте " Случайный Кардиган" я решила что мне просто необходимо расслабиться немного шале-терапией :-)) Я выбрала этот узор, потому что он мне напомнил тюльпаны. Ажур симметричный и я использовала разные схемы для правой и левой сторон шали. Я так же планировала более широкую кайму, но не рассчитала правильно когда её надо начать ( а перевязывать не хотелось ) и в результате у меня было не достаточно пряжи на широкую кайму и пришлось её немного переделать. Тем ни менее, конечным результатом я очень довольна. Я сейчас дописываю инструкции и после тестирования, они будут доступны на Равелри и моём блоге. 
"Green Tulips" шаль проект можно посмотреть на моей страничке на   Ravelry.