Hi everyone. It has been a while since i have blogged, and I feel that it is a great way for me to show you what I’m knitting and designing in terms of patterns and yarns.
The Stained Glass Knitalong (Starts September 1)
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Color 101 shown in Merino Cloud came out in 2004, it was one of our first colors at Artyarns but we are dyeing it a new blended way. So it’s actually like a completely different skein. Many are pairing it with the gorgeous new 378 Citron colorway for our upcoming Stained Glass Knitalong large version of the shawl using 2 skeins of Merino Cloud.
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I can’t wait to see them combined in this design.
Thankfully, Anna of Knitique Yarns is helping me test-knit this shawl, and I get to see her wonderful colors. Here’s a sneak peek of her version:
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And of course i have to show you the original version in colors 2368 and 525:
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The 200 Yard Version of the Stained Glass Knitalong:
The smaller version uses 2 skeins of Beaded Silk and Sequins (I also used colors 2368 and 525) and you can see it here:
Note that it increases on every single Brioche Row (8 increases on 4 Brioche Rows) as compared with the large version that increases just 4 increases on 4 Brioche Rows. This makes the shape get curvier more quickly, and that works out well with less yarn.
I was really fortunate to have Lucinda of Mont-Tricot as my test knitter on this version, and she made it using 2 skeins of Beaded Silk and Sequins in colors 528 and 246.
![https://images4-e.ravelrycache.com/uploads/LucindaIglesias/642140030/B0A65E26-80E1-4BDC-ABEC-40C4B3D6B3BE_medium2.jpeg](https://images4-e.ravelrycache.com/uploads/LucindaIglesias/642140030/B0A65E26-80E1-4BDC-ABEC-40C4B3D6B3BE_medium2.jpeg)
Ok I am off to listen to some music (Mark Knopfler, so excited) and will blog more later…. I can see that this can become addictive.