New shawl pattern: Pier

 My new pattern Pier is now live on Ravelry and my blog :-))
Pier is a unisex shawl knitted sideways seamlessly in a simple garter stitch. This design takes advantage of the difference in stripes position to one another in the border and the body of the shawl. This shawl is a great beginner project and a nice relaxing project for the experienced knitters. There are just a few short rows and absolutely no stitches to be picked up for the border. The body and the border are knitted at once. Choose your favorite colors and have fun knitting Pier.

I am running a promotion on this pattern right now.
The pattern will be sold at $3.50 (30% off its regular price) until Tuesday, January 21, 11pm Pacific time. After that date it will be sold at its regular price of $5.00.

 

 The grey/pink shawl was a prototype I have knitted in light fingering yarn. The pattern instructions are for the design you see in the DK weight white/brown shawl.

 Happy knitting,

Diana

New Free Pattern: Sweet Nothing.

Sweet Nothing is an airy scarf/wrap with beautiful beaded picot bind off. This design takes advantage of the subtle difference in color and texture created by consecutively knitting with light kidsilk yarn and more darker alpaca. Alpaca stripe is knitted in st. st. and kidsilk stripe is knitted with dropped Yos to make it wider then alpaca stripe. “Sweet Nothing” can be easily worn for an evening out or for a casual occasion paired with an everyday outfit.

I have started this scarf as a travel project and then put it aside and finished it during the December holidays. Perfect little something to keep your hands busy when there is not enough time for more involved and complicated projects. Also, perfect project for watching Elementary ;-))
I wanted to use Miyuki beads for BO, but my favorite Bead shop near my house closed ;-((((( I could only find the Czech glass beads at Jo-Ann’s in the color I needed. Worked out well in the end.
6/0 Czech glass e-beads in colorway Crystal/Gold, about 74
A free pattern for this simple design is now available on Ravelry and my blog.
My project on Ravelry is here.

Happy knitting,

Diana

Happy New Year!

Prism socks

 My son needed some new socks. We are lucky here with the weather and do not need to wear wool socks outside at all, but my kids love to sleep in hand knitted socks in the winter time.
He is pretty happy with the socks, but picture taking is a whole different story ;-))
The pattern I used is by Jaya Srikrishnan  and is called "Prism". It is a free pattern and can be found on Ravelry here. I followed the pattern very loosely. The instructions for the heel and the gusset were not very clear to me, so I just knitted those areas as I usually do.
My Project on Ravelry
I used Louet Fingering Gems yarn form my stash for this project. Socks are a great way to use up some stash yarn :-)

Happy knitting,

Diana

New design teaser.

Just a little teaser of my new shawl design ;-) First time designing a shawl with stripes..fun :-) I am working on my second shawl now and changing and improving the design a little. More on this project soon ;-)

For now I leave you with a photograph of a beautiful sunset over San Diego. I took this picture on Sunday evening from the Presidio Park.

Happy knitting,

Diana

Once Upon A Big Leaf.

Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my Golden Weave shawl :))
Девочки всем кто оставил мне добрые слова на шаль Golden Weave спасибо огромное от всей души :))

Today I want to show you another variation on my pattern "Once Upon A Leaf" I have a shawl and a wrap design of this pattern. I love that leaf motive so much that I wanted to make something else using it. This is how this scarf in bulky weight yarn came about. This is a very fast and enjoyable project. I used my wrap pattern as a base for the scarf and only knitted one repeat of the chart. My project on Ravelry is called "Once Upon a Big Leaf" and can be found here for more information on the yarn, needles and pattern changes.

Happy knitting,

Diana