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Posted on October 1, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Introducing Taryn

Taryn: a Textured Worsted Weight Shawl

Taryn is a textured worsted weight shawl, knit in four colors, each with its own stitch pattern (Garter, Alternating Welted Leaf, Irish Moss, and Stockinette). It works up in an asymmetrical triangle shape

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Categories: downloadables, knitting, show and tell
Tags: shawls, taryn shawl
Posted on October 16, 2017October 8, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

A Second Hitchhiker

I started on a Saturday evening, and finished on a Monday night – and I still found time in there to go to work for 9 hours. Gotta love quick knits!

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: hitchhiker shawl, shawls
Posted on October 4, 2017September 30, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

The September Shawl

I knit a shawl which I really love, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to wear it. Help me, please!

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: bradway shawl, september sweater, shannon cook, shawls
Posted on September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

A Second Sweet Pea

This show-and-tell has been brought to you by the letter P for Procrastination. Come see the shawl I crocheted 6+ months ago…

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Categories: crochet, show and tell
Tags: shawls, sweet pea shawl
Posted on September 27, 2016June 19, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Vertical Hold Wrap knitting pattern

My new shawl knitting pattern is available now, and it’s suitable for beginners, or for anyone looking for something to do in front of the TV for a handful of evenings.

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Tags: shawls, vertical hold
Posted on September 21, 2016June 19, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 9 Comments

Vertical Hold

I designed a shawl and named it after an obsolete TV knob, as you do.

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: shawls, vertical hold
Posted on March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

That’s a wrap.

I crocheted a nearly instant-gratification shawl, and made polymer clay buttons to go with it. Come take a look!

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Categories: crochet, polymer clay
Tags: any way wrap, buttons, shawls, twig and string
Posted on August 16, 2012August 15, 2012 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Followups

Thank you so much for all of the great comments and suggestions regarding my teeny tiny shawl! I decided to try a combination of suggestions. First, I re-blocked it. An hours’-worth of stretching and grunting, pinning and re-pinning, won me a precious two extra inches. That’s not a whole lot, but I think it actually helped […]

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Category: crochet
Tags: lily go, remember me shawl, shawls
Posted on August 12, 2012 by Lisa Clarke — 36 Comments

The finished shawl

I finished crocheting my shawl on Friday, and blocked it on Saturday.  All along as I was crocheting I was a little concerned about it being too small, but I was keeping my fingers crossed that it would stretch considerably in the blocking. It did stretch, but only by about seven inches across. I was […]

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Categories: crochet, show and tell
Tags: lily go, remember me shawl, shawls
Posted on July 5, 2012 by Lisa Clarke — 14 Comments

Over-booked

I have three crochet projects going at the moment, and if I know me (and I think, by now, I do) this does not bode well for at least one of the projects. There’s the Granny Square Sampler, which I do really love and am committed to finishing. There’s a companion for Harold, which currently has one […]

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Category: crochet
Tags: dressing up, fashion sense, lily go, remember me shawl, shawls
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