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Free Pattern: Miss Jenni Shawl
Sun. April 4th 2010 5pm
  A luscious Feather and Fan Shawl, knitted with two different yarns held together. You are going to knit two identical pieces which are later on joined with the three needle bind off technique. The main body consists of the Feather and Fan pattern stitch, however with a slight variation. In this post you will find: Picture tutorial How to wear your Miss Jenni Shawl Pdf file with pattern Miss Jenni Shawl (scroll all the way down) The material: two dainty yarns For my Miss Jenni Shawl, I am using two balls of Kidsilk Haze by Rowan (color 627) and two balls of Lace Merino Silk by...
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Yay for three needle bind off!
Fri. April 2nd 2010 2am
  In this blog post, I am going to discuss the three needle bind off. I first heard about this technique when I was at a yarn shop in Philadelphia and I remember how nifty I thought it was. A very kind knitter showed me how to do it and we both marveled at the outcome. Are you ready? Let's go. Two identical pieces of Feather and Fan Over the past few days, I have been knitting on two identical pieces of my Feather and Fan Shawl. Today, I have finished my two pieces: In my instructions, I will tell you exactly where in the pattern to stop. It is a specific row where I will make you...
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Old Shale aka Feather and Fan
Wed. March 31st 2010 3am
  The Old Shale pattern, nowadays better known as Feather and Fan, is a famous and well-known old Shetland pattern with deep scallops. It comes in many variations and one can play around a lot with it. I have used this Feather and Fan pattern as a base in several of my designs and I simply love how easy it is. Feather and Fan in detail The basic pattern of Feather and Fan is a 4 row repeat, in which you work with 18 stitches: Row 1) Knit Row 2) Purl Row 3) (k2tog) 3x, (yo, k1) 6x, (k2tog) 3x Row 4) knit Repeat row 1 to row 4. When you do this 4 row pattern repeat, at the start your...
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