Malabrigo yarn bought in Kanawha City Yarn shop

I went with Mitzi to pick up her lovely grey yarn for the sweater that she planned to make for her daughter for Christmas.  And was taken with a cowl that was on display. The yarn is Malbrigo Rasta.  The pattern that Sarah had used to make the cowl on Display was Herringbone Neckwarmer by Breean Elyse Miller.  It is free on Ravelry.  Sarah used #19 needles and cast on 20 stitches.  There are 90 yards in the skein of yarn.  Below are some photos that the designer shows on Ravelry:

Mitzi's sweater

Mitzi knit a sweater for her daughter for Christmas.  It is lovely with a shawl collar.  But the really huge plus on this pattern is that there is no putting it together at the end....it is knit in one piece and there is very little finishing work to it.  The pattern is Buckley on Ravelry.  Mitzi bought her yarn at the Kanawha yarn store from Sarah.

Quaker Yarn Stretcher Boomerang in Cascade Luna Paints yarn

I am looking at yarns Thanksgiving weekend while Mary jogs.  Because of Black Friday, there are great sales.  One is Cascade Luna Paints yarn a 100% cotton yarn from Peru that has been reduced from $12.50 to $2.87.  It is in a very pretty colorway featuring red/pink/grey/black.  My favorite pattern using this yarn has been the Quaker Yarn Stretcher Boomerang.  It is a pattern that I have already purchased and can probably be found both on Ravelry and also in Dropbox.  But one of the things that I most wanted to save is a photo of a VERY pretty way to wear this shawl:


You can see other photos of other shawls made with this same pattern on Ravelry at:

Quaker Yarn Stretcher Boomerang

by Susan Ashcroft (Stitchnerd Designs)

Second yarn I looked at on Love knitting is Schulana Islanda.  It is a Super Bulky yarn in merino and Alpaca.  109 yards in a skein.  The pattern that I found for it is called cywo's crispin snood:



and leaf mould:



I have not bought the leaf mould pattern yet.

Yea! Yarn I didn't buy! Noro Silk Garden

One of the companies had Noro Silk Garden on sale last night.  It is so pretty!  It was tempting.  I found the below shawl that is on Ravelry.  The site is jennyrib September.  The directions are not totally clear, but I think that she used two different Noro Silk colorways:  341 Multi and 282 Pink, Green, Burgundy, Copper.  She doesn't say just how she used them, but looking at the shawl, I am guessing that she finished one then added the other to make it the size that she wanted.  Because it seems that the bottom is quite unrelated to the top part.  So I am pretty sure that she was just using up yarn and ran out.  I think she even says that someone gave her yarn.....The pattern is Simple but Effective Bulky shawl ....filed in dropbox.  She says she uses size 8 needles (which would be sensible needle size for Noro Silk Garden) but doesn't say how many yards she used.  I didn't buy the Noro Silk Garden that was on sale.

Shawl with some cables seen on Ravelry

Love knitting has a sale on Lang yarn.  I was browsing on Ravelry when I found the following shawl:



There is no pattern available via Ravelry.  The lady who made it says that she bought a kit ....I think perhaps in Europe as she said the directions were in French.  The project is on Ravelry at:

ssgirl > notebook > projects > Chale Été

She says that she used sport yarn and needed 574 yards

Oh here is where she bought the kit:

Chale Été 

Pattern from

Points En Croix, Vienne, France

Knit Picks City Tweed Drop Stitch Shawl

This shawl is stored in dropbox.  I ordered City tweed from Knit Picks in Chipmunk:

Diadem Solid Fingering in Copper

I have longed for some of this yarn.  I can not resist tonight when it is on sale.  

For this yarn I chose the pattern Interlude which is on dropbox in shawl file.