{"id":3452,"date":"2013-11-19T19:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T23:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2014-06-22T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T14:34:10","slug":"show-and-tell-shawls-and-wraps-swans-island-and-caps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/projects\/show-and-tell-shawls-and-wraps-swans-island-and-caps\/","title":{"rendered":"Show and tell: shawls and wraps, Swans Island, capes, and caps."},"content":{"rendered":"

We love it when knitters and crocheters come to the shop with finished garments to share. It happens even more frequently than I can pull out my camera to document these projects; still and all, I have a beautiful bunch of show-and-tell photos to share here today. I hope you find them as inspiring as we do!<\/p>\n

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Margie knit this incredible lace cape in about three weeks, a testament to her perseverance and to the pleasures of lace-knitting.<\/p>\n

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There are times in life that call for simple, soothing projects, and times when we’d rather work on challenging projects that keep us thinking as we stitch–this belongs to the second category. The pattern is “Lady’s Circular Cape in Shell Pattern,” from the fantastic Victorian Lace Today<\/em>, and the yarn is Isager Tvinni.<\/p>\n

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Katherine is a teacher here at the shop, offering a variety of project-based classes for knitters and crocheters alike. Above is her Guernsey Wrap<\/a>, knit in Berroco Ultra Alpaca<\/a>. I love this pairing of yarn and pattern; the 50\/50 blend of wool and alpaca is structured enough to show the texture patterns and soft enough to drape gently in this generous rectangular shawl.<\/p>\n

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Many of Katherine’s students are knitting their own Guernsey Wraps in Ultra Alpaca, too, though I know that one is working with Fibre Company Canopy Worsted<\/a>–I can’t wait to see all these Guernsey-Wraps-to-be!<\/p>\n

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Katherine also brought in her Belle Epoque shawl, a crochet design by Kira Dulaney<\/a>. Katherine’s shawl is crocheted in Baa Ram Ewe Titus Shades<\/a>, a special yarn for a special project.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Chris came in wearing this cuddly cowl she knit in Swans Island Organic Merino Worsted<\/a>. The pattern is “Anna Cowl,” a loop scarf long enough to wrap twice around one’s neck, and decorated with lace and garter stitch. From the provisional cast-on to a careful blocking, Chris did a great job, and finished her cowl just in time for cold weather. Look for the “Anna Cowl” and other patterns for Swans Island yarns in the Swans Island pattern binder.<\/p>\n

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Rosi has been working with the Swans Island Organic Merino Worsted, too. She used it to design and knit this stunning aran sweater with the guidance of Janet Szabo’s “Follow-the-Leader Aran Knit-along Workshop.”<\/a>\u00a0Swans Island is a\u00a0great yarn for cable patterns; this sweater really shows the yarn’s sharp stitch definition, as well as the knitter’s precision and attention to detail.<\/p>\n

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Just as I anticipated, Anne’s third grandchild hat was on and off the needles in no time. A variation on “Wurm,” a free Ravelry download<\/a>, this whimsical little hat is knit with String Theory Merino DK<\/a>, with embellishments in Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk DK.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to everyone who starts, works on, and shares their projects at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop! We love to see what\u2019s coming off your needles and hooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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