Okay, here’s the next thing (I’m trying to go in order of momentousness): Undertow. This is a shawl I designed exclusively for The Village Knitter (where I had the trunk show when my Orf first appeared. I mentioned this in that post, I think). Anyway, that booze cruise was to celebrate this pattern, and if you haven’t seen it yet, here are some pictures of it:
This was a tough one to photograph. It’s BIG. It took 2 skeins of Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in The Village Knitter’s exclusive colorway, Great South Babes, and the cool thing about it is that you start out on size 5 needles, then switch to progressively larger needles every 3 inches or so until you’re on size 13’s. It’s the same stitch pattern throughout, but you wind up with a really cool effect–the fabric starts out kind of tight and textured and gets looser and lacier until you have a flared, lacy ruffle at the bottom. Trust me, it’s cool, and the pictures don’t do it justice.
Anyway, the pattern is for sale only at The Village Knitter. You can get either a printed copy or a pdf download, and, obviously, you should do it in the Great South Babes colorway.