Lá Bealtaine was designed for Wooly Wonka Fibers’ Celtic Year club, inspired by the Gaelic May Day festival Beltane – one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals at which special bonfires were kindled. Lá Bealtaine is the Irish Gaelic name for Beltane.
The pattern includes three sizes for this design: a shoulder wrap with buttons, a scarf and a rectangular stole.
As we get further into December, there are some very grey and dreary days. Gift-A-Long has some fantastically cute and funny patterns, the perfect thing to combat an overcast day. The challenge here was paring the list down to these selections.
One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish by Stana D. Sortor
Celtic Cabled Mandala by Tatsiana Kupryianchyk
Meow-Meow Hat by Mjuk
Lady of the Lake by Lotta Groeger
My Little Slug by Selina S.
a tapir for you, a tapir for me by bunnymuff
Venn by Ella Austin
Woolbringer: A knitted sword by Emily Ringelman
Zombie Knitster by Julia Swart
Karen by Tanja Osswald
Mullioned Hat by Katy H. Carroll
Flidais Stole by Stephannie Tallent
What is the Gift-A-Long? The GAL is a big knitting and crochet designer promotion with prizes and more than 5,000 people participating in a giant KAL/CAL. Come join the GAL group on Ravelry!
The 2016 Indie Designer Gift-A-Long has begun and the forums are buzzing. I have selected 20 of my designs that are 25% off from today until November 30 at 11:59 pm with coupon code giftalong2016. The collage below is the one I developed to promote my bundle of sale patterns.
Join today! There are thousands of prizes to be won, lots of chatting in the GAL threads and holiday knitting/crocheting to be completed.
From the Ravelry Group:
What is Gift-A-Long? It’s a multi-designer promotion to help you kick your holiday gift-making into high gear!
The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a rather extensive list of independent designers. From November 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2016 at midnight US EST there will be fun games, contests, and 8 KAL/CALs that will help you get your holiday knitting done with companionship and fun! From November 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm US EST to November 30th at 11:59pm US EST tons of indie designers will be discounting between 5 – 20 of their patterns 25% for this event.
You can find a list of the 335 participating designers, with photos, here. For easy searching on Ravelry, view the bundles here.
Once you’ve got your Gift-A-Long patterns, we encourage you to join a relevant KAL/CAL! (For instance, if it is a cowl, please join the cowl KAL/CAL.) To join, simply write a post in the KAL/CAL thread you want to join, including the pattern name you will be knitting and a link to your project page. KAL/CAL participants are eligible for lots of lovely prizes but you’ve got to post to win!
KAL/CALs will run from November 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2016 at midnight US EST, plenty of time to knock out all your holiday knitting and crocheting. We have tons of prizes and great conversation, plus a lot of other fun, so pull up a chair and join us!
80skeins collated all the stats and created the amazing infographic below. The organizers have put a lot of effort into this event, I think we’re going to blow last year out of the water.
Looking at the photo above, you may wonder about releasing a pattern that looks like it should be worn in deep winter. And yes, it is perfect for that time of year. The secret is that the sample of the Angular Path scarf is knit in luscious Lang Seta Tweed, a beautiful, nubbly silk/cotton blend that makes this unisex design perfect for any season.
Comprised of only knit and purl stitches, the scarf is reversible and a perfect beginner project.
Get all the details of the Angular Path Scarf here.
I was paging through Japanese stitch dictionaries and found the main pattern used in this shawl. It reminded me of an Egyptian cartouche and I visualized it in a deeper vibrant red. That design, the Cartouche Shawl, was published in Knitty, Winter 2011.
I received a number of requests for a rectangular version using these stitch patterns. The Cartouche Stole is worked in two sections, beginning with a provisional cast on in the centre back. The stitch patterns flow seamlessly one into another. To accomplish this, transitional charts are used. These are marked as such and must be followed with extra care as stitch patterns are altered to flow into the next design.
Get all the details of the Cartouche Stole here.
