#jamieson's yarn

[exercise-of-trust]

i don't generally bother posting the stuff i knit exactly from existing patterns but i finally wove in the ends on a couple frankensteined socks and figured i might as well throw them up here? they're very dumb but i'm fond of them.

for the first pair i made up a colorwork pattern for the feanorian heraldic symbol, and slapped it together with the pisqu sock structure and toe pattern, and a snippet of a mitten for the sole halves. the yarn is 100g of jamieson's of shetland that i got on the high street of fort william, as a treat after walking 100 miles from glasgow to get there, and i had... maybe 10 yards total left over? i had to cut off the long tail from my cast-on and use it to graft the toe closed on the last sock; it was nerve-wracking. if i did this pattern again, i'd probably put the toe motif in between the two heraldic lozenges, but the first time through i wasn't sure how the math would work out so i frontloaded them. ah well!

the second pair is the structure of an existing sock i've forgotten the name of (worked in the round from the tip of the heel to a hat-like shape with six sides; two opposite ones are grafted together to form the instep and the other sets of two open into the cuff and close into the toe), with the colorwork pattern from the gogink sweater yoke. i thiiiink you could do this with basically any colorwork sweater yoke, but i've only tried it with this one. if i did it again i'd add some short rows to the front side of the cuff; the construction sort of pulls it down so that the heel side of the cuff is higher than the front, and a couple short row rounds would probably level it back out. i like these because they neatly smash the cuff-down/toe-up binary and make everybody mad, and i am at all times an imp of the perverse.

[breadandthread]

My latest knitting project is a ludicrous idea - a large Shetland ring shawl in yarn so thin it's basically thread. I am aiming to knit this for my wedding which is possibly next year, and it almost certainly won't be finished by then. I will try to update here as I progress and face the consequences of my hubris. Top image is my progress so far on the edging of the first border. Bottom image is a completed project by Ravelry user Q-knitter.

Pattern: The Queen Ring Shawl by Sharon Miller (Heirloom Knitting)

Yarn: Jamieson & Smith, Shetland Supreme (100% pure Shetland wool)

Hazel

[himikochan]

okay apparently "Dream In Color" is ALSO owned by the same people?

I'm just going down a rabbit hole now, I guess?

I wanna start this off by saying, I don't think they're like... an evil company or anything. BUT I do think it's weird I was able to go on a hunt for how many smaller companies they own: if a former independent storefront (or storefront representing themselves as independent) is owned by a bigger company... I feel like that should be transparent to the consumer.

This is a post chronicling the connection of these different companies as well as what we kind of know about Jimmy Beans Wool.

Who is "Jimmy Beans Wool"?

so "'Jimmy' is me, Laura Zander, and together with my husband Doug, we opened Jimmy Beans Wool in 2002!"

"We're Jimmy Beans Wool and we're Reno, Nevada's Local Yarn Shop! Launched in 2002 by Laura and Doug Zander, JBW started with some coffee and a bit of yarn in Truckee, California. It's now grown into 3 businesses, a fun team of 35+ people, 20,000 square foot warehouse, and more!!"

Poking around their website, they sell yarn, crafting accessories, classes, and host fiber arts related events both online and in their physical store. According to this reddit post from about a month ago, which I cannot verify besides saying that as of January 15th 2025 they do not have Juniper Moon Farms yarn, their yarn selection has decreased since a website update in the recent past.

A point in favor of the company, their website links to both an "inclusivity" and "Diversity" statement on their Instagram account. The older one is from February 2019 (backtracking dates on instagram is hard because it goes by weeks) but my best estimate is that it was in response to the shooting of Laquan McDonald. I have attached a link to the Inclusivity statement here and the Diversity statement here. The Diversity statement backtracks to about late June/Early July 2019 when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, 2020 election shenanigans brewing, and the sentencing of the guy who killed people in Charlottesville- unclear which of these events seems to have prompted them to make another statement emphasizing their stance.

Both statements pledge a commitment to "doing better" and preach the importance of uplifting BIPOC and other underrepresented groups and the comments section of the older post are WILD with people very angry that Jimmy Beans Wool is "Woke" now. While neither post makes measurable commitments (i.e. we will make sure X% of our patterns are from bipoc designers, or we will donate X amount to 'insert relevant charity here'), it's worth saying they did these before the George Floyd Protests (starting May 2020) when most companies started to make these kinds of statements. So they get a small kudos for that.

Other Yarn Companies They Own: Sorted By How Clearly They Own Them

"The Maddytosh Group currently distributes Madelinetosh, Jamieson’s of Shetland and Dream in Color. . . . In 2023, Madelinetosh and Shibui Knits agreed to allow Madelinetosh to relaunch Shibui yarns and patterns as Tosh products. " from Jimmy Beans Wool January 8, 2024 press release.

"In the fall of 2019, MadTosh joined the Jimmy Beans Wool family led by visionaries Laura and Doug Zander, longtime superfans of the brand." From the MadelineTosh website.

"Hello from Laura Zander! Laura, owner of Maddytosh Group, is thrilled to have worked with Veronica and Nancy closely as they passed the beautifully colored reigns of Dream in Color over to her." From the Dream In Color website

The website for "Simply Shetland" which is the US distributor of "Jamieson's of Shetland" makes no reference to their ownership by Jimmy Beans Wool, and Jimmy Beans Wool doesn't mention they own "Simply Shetland", they merely say they distribute "Jamieson's of Shetland". However, the Simply Shetland Instagram post on their team from around December 2022 lists "Laura is our fearless leader and relentless advocate for yarn folks (like you 💓)." Interestingly, only the brand director Gudrun Johnston is tagged on the post. Laura's own instagram only mentions her connection to "Jimmy Beans Wool & Mad|Tosh" in her bio.

"[Jimmy Beans Wool] also launched Yarn Citizen, a sustainable brand that produces yarns from luxury and upcycled fibers at affordable prices." from a Voyage Dallas interview with Laura Zander. Curiously, the Yarn Citizen website merely says "Laura was touring fair trade mills across the region and admiring the female artisans as they sifted through mounds of recently sheared fiber." and doesn't mention their connection to the Jimmy Beans Wool group. Yarn Citizen is, however, a featured brand (it's on the upper right corner) on their website along with della Q and MadelineTosh which they openly own.

Bizarrely, the Shibui Knits website has changed their front banner and most of the links from the drop down menu to being MadelineTosh branded... but the "About" page still lists all the information of the former crew, doesn't mention Laura or Jimmy Beans Wool, and has a bunch of broken links. It appears that no yarns are being sold as "Shibui Knits" anymore, and they're all sold as MadelineTosh lines, as stated in the link earlier on this topic.

What did we learn?

Again, I don't really have a beef with this retailer, but it's kind of shocking that the "family" of yarn products isn't more widely advertised. I feel like the main reason I go to my local yarn store is to have access to yarns that can't really be produced on this kind of large scale: and to be fair, I'm also not of the mind that every skein of yarn at the store needs to be a precious hand dyed hanks.

But when I do pay a little bit more for yarn from an independent dyer, it's because I want to support a community of artists- even if they're not local to me. I realize that MadelineTosh and Dream In Color are still hand dyed yarns, but if I'm paying NEARLY $40 for a special project.... I kind of want that $40 to go to a smaller company where that means something.

Post Script

I forgot the Wayback Machine exists so:

-As of this screen capture on November 7, 2024, it looked like they used to carry about 130 brands. Currently, it looks like they carry about 42 yarn brands. Interestingly, their "featured" brands are all their own BESIDES "Urth Yarns" which is owned by Emre Koc according to this 2023 article in Women Create.

-On this screen capture from September 26, 2024, ("we recently launched . . . Yarn Citizen") Laura mentions that they do own Yarn Citizen, which I don't think they explicitly do on the current website besides being a featured brand.

at the risk of sounding like a bingus I'm disappointed to learn that madelinetosh yarns is owned by a fairly large company (it's under the umbrella of Jimmy Beans Wool): neither company seems like they're particularly nefarious but like... I ponied up more money for their yarn because I thought they were like.... a small business...

[onegirlatelier]

April, 2024 | Shetland lace shawl

Hi there! It’s been a while. I’ve been kept busy by all my university work…and this shawl.

The shawl is knitted to celebrate the wedding of my friend (now friends, I should say). A wedding is really the perfect excuse for all the heritage crafts and heirloom projects that might seem too serious to gift in other occasions. I did ask the recipient beforehand if she would like it, though, and I was so, so honoured that I got an enthusiastic ‘yes’. I’m sure this sentiment is shared by many makers, whatever gift they are making.

Shetland fine openwork, a knitted lace, seems to have emerged with the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria, who championed and popularised the craft. It was probably spread from the Isle of Unst to other parts of Shetland. What surprised me the most when I first read about it was that Shetland shawls and other lace pieces were largely exported as luxury items and rarely worn by islanders themselves. Women bought yarn from spinners and knitted mostly in their homes. They then took them to local merchants and exchange the finished objects for goods or (commonly after the 1880s) money to supplement the household income. The ‘supplement’ nature of this work probably means it was not compensated as much as a job outside the home would be for the same hours and skills. Besides, it was not always easy to spin an even 1-ply yarn at 1600 metres per 100 grams. For a piece of knitting with a large ‘plain’ area (i.e. only knit stitches), the unevenness was impossible to hide but could only be discovered after the area was worked. Then the maker had to either frog (unravel) the area or continue with the risk of the whole piece not being able to sell.

Whilst it is very reasonable to point out that Shetland ladies did not usually wear this type of lace (I’ve been to the Scottish Highlands once, in summer, and it was not fine lace weather), I imagine that at least for some, it wasn’t just about making money. Some sort of fulfilment must have been from the satisfaction of having a piece ‘properly done’ by continuing and adapting a traditional pattern, technique or material. I think this sort of satisfaction is also why many modern knitters are willing to spend hundreds of hours on lacework.

Intricate handknitted lace items can still be bought today (a quick search on Etsy would show many are form eastern European countries with a long and prominent craft tradition), but many are knitted for friends or family members. It always makes me so happy to see people share the gifts they have made, whether big or small, simple or complex. I joke with my online craft friends that no handmade fibre project can claim to be so unless they have a hair or two woven into it. It is the proof of existence for the maker, who tries to go against the irregular nature of handicrafts and, at the same time, accepts it. It is about wrapping up hours, weeks or months in one’s life, along with the songs they have listened to and the perfume they have worn and the memories they have made, and putting it squarely in someone else’s hands and saying: ‘All this, for you.’

A Wedding Shawl

I have not read anything about there being a standard form of ‘wedding shawl’ in the Shetland tradition. However, there is definitely a category of square shawls with similar sizes and a few construction methods. The samples I’ve seen mostly measure 1.5-2m on one side and have three parts: a central panel, four borders and a strip of edging. It is worked flat in garter lace from centre out.

Neither is there a standardised yarn weight. A widely available yarn is the Shetland Supreme Lace Weight 1-ply by Jamieson and Smith, which weighs at 400m/25g. The Queen Ring Shawl examined by Sharon Miller used a yarn at 700m/25g. From my experience, if you want the shawl to be a true ring shawl (i.e. you want to be able to pull the shawl through a ring) at the size of the Queen Ring Shawl (210cm on the side), go for 700m/25g or finer.

I chose a rectangular shawl because I had very limited time, but I did enlarge it because for me, an abundance of fabric does mean an abundance of cozy happiness.

Pattern

Shell Grid and Spider Webs Puzzle, pattern No.19 in the book Shetland Knitting Lace by Toshiyuki Shimada.

The names of the motifs are confusing. One motif (or two highly similar motifs) might just have two different names if they are produced in two different regions. Names do not mean everything, but I’ve had fun trying to match the motifs with names according to this article by Carol Christiansen at the Shetland Museum.

The double yarnovers (YO's) in the diamonds were called Cat's Eye, but perhaps the 'Spider Web' in the pattern name is referring to the three rows of double YO's in the centre panel. It has a really simple but effective edging.

Yarn

Mermaid Lace, in colourway #naturel, sold by Great British Wool in the Netherlands. This yarn is 75% merino and 25% sea algae silk. ‘Sea algae silk’ seems to be a semi-synthetic plant fibre like viscose, with algae involved as part of the raw material. (At this price point I don’t think it has anything to do with sea silk, which is fibre produced by actual shells.) The brand name for the most popular product of its type is probably Seacell.

I bought the yarn, because I had never worked with this fibre before and was curious. What I like: it was a little cheaper than a wool/silk blend and has blocked very well. The whole skein was continuous so I didn’t have to deal with a single yarn joint. What I do not like: it lacks the sheen and smoothness of real silk and doesn’t feel as strong, although it doesn’t shed. In conclusion, I’d rather use a traditional Shetland 1-ply or another natural fibre yarn.

It's also worth mentioning that whilst I prefer to support small businesses, it was disappointing to have received a 93-gram skein when I had ordered 100 grams. It was one of those days between Christmas and the New Year and I somehow did not contact the customer service, but I really should have.

Needle

2.5mm 80cm circular needles. See modification below.

Modification

This Japanese knitting book follows Japanese sizing for knitting needles. The suggested size was no. 1=2.4mm. I figured that I could use a 2.5mm since I knitted on the tighter side, and in any case it was probably okay to make the lacework a little more open by going up a needle size.

I am not going to give out the pattern, but it is probably necessary to explain the structure of this shawl. The centre is knitted first, and then an edging is knitted onto it by picking up either live stitches or the vertical edge of the centre as you go (see schematic below). The four ‘corners’ of the edging have short-row shaping to help it lay flat. I know that traditionally people can achieve this by other methods, but I haven’t tried any of those yet.

I enlarged the pattern by increasing both the width and the length. I casted on 133 stitches instead of 101 for the centre panel and knitted Part B 8.5 times instead of 5.5. The spider web pattern in Part B requires the stitch count to be (something dividable by four) plus two, so I made one central increase before the spider web to get 134 and a central decrease after it to get it back to 133. Due to the openness of the lace, the change of one stitch is not visible.

The enlargement meant I had to recalculate the edging as well, because the number of stitches available for pick-up changed. Originally, at each corner you do two repeats with four short-row shaping each. I did 1.5 repeats following the original placement of short-row shaping in order to make the total number of repeats fit the number of edge stitches on the centre panel.

The pattern says to Kitchener-stitch the last row of the edging to the provisional cast-on. It just didn’t make sense because that would be two rows too much (the Kitchener stitch row plus the provisional cast-on row). To make the number perfectly fit, I knitted only ten rows of the last repeat (there were usually twelve in each repeat). Then I Kitchener-stitched the end to the provisional cast-on, following the lace pattern. I am quite proud of this solution because it is completely invisible.

Somewhere in the pattern it said to purl (looking from the right side). It seemed strange because the rest of the lace was entirely garter. I knitted those stitches and so far I haven’t sensed a ‘mistake’.

The pattern originally calls for 45 grams of yarn. I estimated (based on the increase of stitches in the centre panel) to need about 80 grams. I ended up using 86 grams. Besides the inaccuracies in my estimation, it was probably also because I knitted much more loosely than expected as it was difficult to tension the yarn tightly at such a weight. Like I've point out in the Yarn section above, I was lucky not to have needed more than 93 grams.

The original finished size is 53*118cm. I ended up with approximately 70*170cm.

Conclusion

This shawl took about three months of my craft time i.e. one full day every week for three months and many mornings before I had to leave for university. Knitting outside my room just didn’t work because I was a) engaged in some other activities that made it difficult to steady my hands, and b) worried about putting a white shawl on any public surface.

The pattern itself is relatively straightforward. The first difficulty was, of course, to understand the instruction written in Japanese. Google translate was horrible so I had to rely on my knitting experience. Fortunately, much of the text description was also found in graphs and charts. Then I had to get my hands used to the tiny yarn. After that, it was only fiddly when I did the edging, because I had to turn about every twelve stitches, and by that time I was handling a giant cloud of stitches on my lap. It did give me a lot of time to go over my favourite documentaries and films, and the last bit of edging was surprisingly quick!

Traditionally, Shetland shawls could be sent back to the maker for maintenance. I think it only fair for me to offer that too because I don’t want a gift to become a trouble (same as how you do not use non-machine-washable yarn for baby knits).

In general, I am very pleased with this shawl. It does pass the ring test, despite not being a traditional wedding shawl size or thickness. I do have a whole lot of actual Shetland 1-ply in my stash, so I am really looking forward to taking my Queen Ring Shawl project out of hibernation in the near future.

Reference list for Introduction

Christiansen, Carol. Shetland fine lace knitting: Recreating patterns from the past. Marlborough: Crowood, 2024.

Mann, Joanna. 'Knitting the Archive: Shetland Lace and Ecologies of Skilled Practice'. Cultural Geographies 25, no. 1 (January 28, 2017): 91–106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474016688911.

[awayforanera]

I have finally finished and blocked a test knit for @livingfossilknits !

The Tam That Waits For All And Will Not Be Ignored

A Magnus Archives themed tam that was knitted with Jamieson and Smith 2-ply yarn in black and white. It was a delight to knit up and I’m so happy that living fossil has let me test it out!

[hibernationfibres]

I took a crack at making Chilchuck's neck wrap from Dungeon Meshi!! 🍾🗝️🦀

In hindsight I probably wouldn't have stretched it as much when I blocked it, as it made it loose some of the stripe definition from the ribbing. I love how it turned out though, this yarn is absolutely gorgeous!

Would anybody be interested in a pattern? :00!

Yarn: Jamiesons of Shetland - Heather (Aran) - 'Leprechaun'

[iplaywithstring]

Some black gotland lamb fleece is on its way to my house

It's not listed on the site, but it's coming from

If you're in Canada, they ship in vacuumed bags, so the shipping rate is pretty good. Not sure about international rates. This is one of my favourite yarn shops.

[thaylepo]

Stick weaving part 2, electric boogaloo

Continuing the stickwraving shenanigans! This time with different, heavier yarn than the fingering weight yarn I was using before. The red is less vibrant than the Jamieson shetland I was using before, but it's a sturdy mule-spun yarn with a lovely velvety feel, from a mill near me that uses locally produced wool. It's also more affordable, and I can order it easily from the source instead of relying on the number of dwindling yarn shops in this city.

The medium weight makes this go a lot faster and the sticks catch less, but it's harder to pull the yarn through itself against the sticks when patterning, resulting in more loose ends to tuck in later (you don't want to accidentally sew an end into the warp string while you still need to pull it thru

The yellow I got from them was less of a pleasing contrast with the rust-red (the phone camera makes it look much brighter than it does in person). It's a wheat-yellow with some dusty brown fibre mixed it and it's very pretty, especially with a silvery green I also have, but with the red it's kinda.... muddy.

So I switched to a silk-merino shiny gold yarn, doubled up to match the thickness, just to experiment. I may redo that connected diamond pattern later, since it just kinda turned into a blob off the sticks, but we'll see.

Here's the first one finished and off the sticks (not washed or hung or anything), where you can see the difference in the two reds-- again, phone camera auto-adjusting the colours is washing it out a bit. You can see the test bit with the new yarn up top is stiffer and less pliable than the part woven with the fingering weight yarn, but it's sturdier and holds more tightly to itself.

It's also almost exactly 5" wide across when relaxed off the sticks, which makes my plan for a sleeveless rectangular vest-robe a really clean 4 panels each front and back to get 20" wide. That's comfortably off the shoulder on me, and I'm measuring the warp for 36" of length (about knee length, measured on a coat I have).

This one panel may be the odd one out as I adjust the patterns, depending on how nightmarish they are lol. I'm currently finishing the last few inches with the small repeating wave pattern, which is utter hell to do with the thicker yarn (and the silk bland, it's so slippery) but it looks so good I want it up on the top of the coat where it's visible. I'm not worried about perfection on this garment, it's going to be a hot mess of exprimentation and just making shit up as I go, but it's gonna be so fun and I'll be so proud of whatever abomination it turns into by the end lol

[creative-owlette]

Finally to the fun part of my ridiculous intarsia project I’ve been planning for months! I’m very excited to see Josh’s handsome face take shape!

Sweater pattern is the Homefront Jumper by @squidneyknits, and the colorwork chart is my own design. I’m using yarn in three shades by Jamiesons of Shetland

[phantomato]

what yarn do you like to use for knitting?

Shetland wool! My favorite wool supplier is Jamieson & Smith. They make everything from the thinnest laceweight to bulky, and I’ve used most at some point. I also enjoy their pattern selection: I’ve knit both the Antarctica allover and this lace stole for myself.

[unheardradical]

A couple of cowls and a hat and a hat in progress that I have nalbinded lately. The blue and straw cowl is done in Jamieson's Double Knit and the fabric is exquisite. Yeah, I scored some Happiness by the Yarn Snob. The different colored cowl is done in Tropical Fish by the Budget Knitter. The hat in progress is in City Tweed by Knit Picks.

[lucaswarmhotchocolate]

Somebody stop me from buying Jamieson & smith 1 ply lace yarn please stop me before I let the half-decade long urge overcome me-

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[professorpski]

Interweave Knits Fall 2020

Although it's hot where I live, it's time for new patterns whether for sewing or knitting, here is the new issue of Interweave Knits which features two the the kind of styles that arrive along with the cold weather.

The first is stranded knitting, or using more than 1 color to create a pattern. Karen Frisa has a technical article, very helpful for newbies like me who are wondering, how to I hold more than 1 yarn? and does it matter? She explains your options, and yes, it does. For proof, see the black and pink square she did up. Notice how the black squares in the bottom half are just a little bigger than the black squares in the top half. This happened because she switched the yarn colors from one hand to the other as she explains.

Now, you can take on the Summit Pullover which is a 3 out of 4 on the difficulty chart and designed by Kristen Jancuk and done up in Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift.

The other style that appears in the warm weather is the cabled and textured look which you see on the cover. The asymmetrical pullover in a dark pumpkin is Pinyon Pullover by Amy Gunderson another 3 out of 4 for difficulty. and done in Jamieson's Double Knitting which is another Shetland wool yarn. The shawl collar, one of my favorite look whether sewn or knit, appears on Moira Engel's Westfall Pullover done in Trendsetter Yarns Wish which is a wool blend in a pretty honey color.

If, like me, you are intimidated by such patterns, you can always practice the stitches on a scarf and work your way up to a sweater. As I always tell my students: learning is a process, so don't get discouraged. As the people who are not at all intimidated by these patterns already know.

You can find it at your local newsstand or online here: https://www.interweave.com/product-category/knitting/knitting-magazines/knitting-magazines-interweave-knits/

[lightlyknitted]

So you want to knit a wedding veil?

If you’re new here, I am knitting my wedding veil. My partner and I are getting married in Sept. 2024 so I knew I had some time to make something that felt authentic to me.

I’m about to dump a ton of information down below because I have thought way too long and way too much about this topic over the last few months and I need to get it out.

So once I had decided on knitting a veil and not a sweater/ shrug or dress I set about doing some research on what others had did. I first went to pinterest, google and reddit. On Reddit I searched r/knitting, weddingplanning, crochet and advanced knitting. As I suspected I found a few others who had knit veils and a couple of patterns I could use.

USING A PATTERN?

Patterns people have used as veils are plenty and have a wide diversity to them. There was Maria’s Veil from Interweave, the Elvenstar and a few others I found searching on Ravelry. Another popular option is to find a Shetland Wedding Ring Shawl and make one of those.

The choice to make my own pattern came from a desire to make it feel unique to me and also not feeling particularly drawn to knitting them. To find the lace patterns I started with looking at a few doily patterns for the center and stitch dictionaries.

SIZING

Size was also important to consider. Wedding Veils can range depending on what kind you want – from birdcages to cathedral. After browsing pinterest for veil suggestions and common bridal looks I knew I wanted it to be longer than a shoulder (about 20 inches) but not hitting the ground. We’re having an outdoor wedding and I can imagine the meltdown I’d have if I got a grass stain on it. A fingertip veil is about 38-40 inches which would work well for a veil and a shawl when the wedding is over. YARN

I am using knit picks bare shadow which is 100% merino lace weight yarn. Because it’s wool, it’s going to be light enough that it shouldn’t cause any headaches while wearing it and be able to hold itself up without too much effort.

Popular options for yarn are merino wool or silk because they are lightweight. There are tons of options for veil yarns like Jamieson’s of Shetland Ultra Lace (the same yarn used for Shetland Lace shawls), Malbrigo Lace, Knit Picks Bare Shimmer Lace and Cascades yarns Heritage silk.

We’re starting with 400 g of yarn and I also picked up an array of beads from my local joanns and michaels. I am using US 3 DPNs and circulars. Bigger needles could be used but I followed the pattern suggestion from the doily in the center.

BEADS

To add some bling and to add some weight I choose to add beads. Seed beads are a common addition and can be found online. Silver-lined have a better color. Beads have tons of sizes and it depends on what size of yarn you’re using, I chose to use 6/0. I could string these and use a crochet hook (in most of them, because I chose cheaper beads they have some inconsistent sizes).

I decided to use ones I found at joanns and michaels because of convenience. I could have gone online and had a better chance at finding more uniform beads but I like the mismatched sizes on some. I got beads in green, taupe, red, blue and a copper blend.

There are two options for placing beads in your knitting. You can string them onto the yarn and then knit them in or you can place them one by one with a crochet hook. Because I didn’t know what beads I wanted to place where, I decided to place them individually.

DESIGN PROCESS

For the shawl, I knew I wanted a circle. Since I haven’t knit a lot of shawls I decided to use a doily pattern for the center for ease. The doily in the center is from “The Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting” and is the pattern Valentine Doily.

I kept all the lace stitches I wanted to use as an eight row repeat for consistency in each section. Each section will be followed by a small section of plain knits for set up and to add a definite start and stop.

I wrote a quick pattern to carry with me and write notes on since I had to return the stitch dictionary to the library. My next step is to knit the shawl. I started with a test with some lace weight yarn I had in my stash. I got through the center and part of the first lace repeat before I moved to the final yarn.

GAUGE

My unblocked gauge gives the center circle a radius of about 4 inches. It is about 7 inches to the first set up rows. My gauge is not extremely important while knitting because as long as I can get a finished radius of around 38 inches I am fine with it.

Gauge is important in knitting, do not get me wrong. For this shawl I am not as concerned with gauge as long as the final project turns out because I find it to be a bit easier to fudge the pattern to make it fit.

I’m still in the beginning stages of this project and hope to have more updates coming soon.

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Went to my favourite LYS today and picked up this beauty

It's so soft. So. Soft.

Great price too.

It's an awesome little shop if anyone feels a need. They ship fiber and yarn vacuum sealed to save on shipping.