Hi, Knitters,
It's here!
I am having such a good time using up my Yowza Whatta Skein single skein purchases while I'm making shawls and I thought why not share these designs with you along the way. The second version in the series of the Yowza Weigh It Shawls is now available. There will be four shawls in the series. Each of these no-counting weigh only shawls is a completely different shape and has different weighing points.
All four of these Yowza Weigh It Shawls (two are available at this time) will represent a classic shawl shape and all four will be done in garter stitch. All of the shawls together will make the perfect study in basic shawl shapes that could be adapted in a million different ways.
I am running a discount code for the Yowza Weigh It Shawl 2 for $1.00 off the regular $5.00 price. It's good through Dec. 10, 2014.
The discount code is: YOWZA2
Here is some information you might like to know:
The Yowza Weigh It Shawl 2 was once again created in the spirit of dreamy simplicity.
I cast on 9 stitches to start and never counted my stitches again. The versatile half-hexagon or raglan-shaped shawl is another all-time favorite shawl shape of mine. It sits so nicely on your shoulders due to the two raglan-style lines of shaping in the body of the shawl. It can be worn many ways, over the shoulders and tied behind your back to create a shrug, over the shoulders and tied in the front, or wrapped up snugly around your neck to name a few.
Using one 8 ounce Yowza Whatta Skein! by the talented dyer Miss Babs and your trusty kitchen scale you will simply fly through the knitting of this shawl. It is another of the most addicting, fast and simple top-down shawl designs with a two row repeat (and one row is all knit) for the body of the shawl. The border is a light-ruffle with a very simple yarn-over stitch to create a more open and lighter weight fabric. The outcome is a wearable and simple shawl. There are only two places you need to weigh your yarn in the pattern.
Dream and garter stitch away!
This is the second Yowza Weigh It Shawl in the series of 4 shawls I will be releasing. Each shawl is a no-counting, weight it only shawl with a completely different shape and weighing points.
Finished measurements
Wingspan: 64-inches after blocking
Depth: 16-inches including the ruffle after blocking
Wingspan: 64-inches after blocking
Depth: 16-inches including the ruffle after blocking
Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza Whatta Skein (100% Superwash Merino Wool, a light worsted weight; 560 yards/ 8 ounces), 1 skein (The pattern is based specifically on the Yowza 8 ounce skein but other yarns could be substituted.)
The sample is knit in the Moonlight Stroll colorway, which has shades of blue and gray. Midnight Stroll is a repeatable Babette and is found on: www.missbabs.com
Needles: US size 9, 40-inch circulars or size to obtain gauge
Gauge: 4 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch
Tools:
2 ring stitch markers, 1 detachable stitch marker
A kitchen scale that weighs in ounces and grams
yarn needle and scissors
2 ring stitch markers, 1 detachable stitch marker
A kitchen scale that weighs in ounces and grams
yarn needle and scissors
The following photos show some of the details:
Another favorite way to wear the shawl is wrapped up around my neck. It's very warm.
In the first cover photo I am wearing the shawl tied in the back as a shrug.
The coziest way to wear the shawl is over your shoulders and tied in front. The shawl brings so much warmth to your shoulders.
I only had 2 grams of yarn left over at the end of the shawl. This is the perfect shawl to use up an entire skein of Yowza Whatta Skein by Miss Babs! Or you can use 8 oz. of handspun or another combination of worsted weight yarn ~ any of these yarn choices will work great.
Click here for the Yowza Weigh It Shawl 2! Use the coupon code: YOWZA2 for $1.00 off!
Click here for the Yowza Weigh It Shawl! You can use the coupon code THELOOPYEWE through Nov. 28th, 2014 for 20% off!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend if you celebrate. I hope you have time to sit by the fire with your family and loved ones and knit and have some hot cocoa. I will be doing just that!
Love to you all.
xo ~ susan