Snow Blossom – If you still need a little shawl around your neck in late spring or early autumn, then Snow Blossom is the perfect piece for you.
A beautiful crescent shaped shawl, it uses two 50g skeins of contrasting 4ply/fingering-weight yarn in a graduating effect. The garter stitch stripe sections knit up quickly and lead into the pretty lace section, which features simple ‘no-turn’ bobbles, and a beautiful bobble edging.
First published in Knit Now Magazine in Early Spring 2017, the pattern has now been updated to include instructions for knitting a slightly larger Snow Blossom in light 4ply/fingering-weight yarn, as well as the original heavy 4ply/sport-weight version.
Click here for further details or to buy the Snow Blossom pattern.
Zastruga – a fabulous shawl making the most of mini-skeins and gradient yarns.
Zastruga is a sweeping triangular shawl, knitted from one corner down to an Old Shale edging, in five distinct sections. Each section features a different texture to depict a developing snow storm. The sections can be repeated or extended, and there is a handy table included in the pattern to help you plan your ‘off-piste’ Zastruga shawl.
I find mini-skein sets very tempting, but 
sometimes it’s hard to find patterns that will make the most of the gorgeous colours and gradients.
To remedy this, I have designed my Zastruga shawl: a well-thought-through knitting design which makes the most of special 4ply mini-skein sets and gradient yarn.
Click here for further details or to buy the Zastruga pattern.
Sycamore – now available in my Ravelry store (click here). First published in Knit Now Magazine Autumn 2016 and now includes instructions for knitting Sycamore in 4ply/fingering-weight yarn.
Sycamore is a beautiful triangular shawl, featuring an unusual combination of lace and cables. It is designed to make the most of a special skein of yarn in a solid or semi-solid colourway.
Click here for further details or to buy the Sycamore pattern.
Cherry Stone – available in my Ravelry store (click here)
Cherry Stone has arisen out of several necessities and an ever-so teeny tiny yarn addiction. Like you, I have a stash full of lovely variegated yarns, but find it hard to pick patterns to use them in.
Cherry Stone is an asymmetric shawl, which showcases variegated yarn and is also a solution to several shawl knitting conundrums:
– it makes use of a gorgeous skein of variegated yarn
– it features a ‘picot-on-the-go’ edging without a lengthly picot cast off
– the bold stripes are cleverly knitted without lots and lots of ends to weave in
– it uses simple short rows, with no ‘wraps and turns’, to create an easy-to-wear longer, scarf-shape shawl
– the short rows are closed using a row of contrasting bobbles, mirroring the bobble i-cord cast off
Click here for further details (including photos of Cherry Stone in different yarn combinations) or to buy the Cherry Stone pattern.
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http://www.ravelry.com/designers/maddie-harvey
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