Elaine J Lyons

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Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is based on the work of Ross Dickson, Fingerless Gloves Flat in 3D. That pattern was inspired by a Australian WWII era pattern he found in 2013 in the Just Skirts and Dresses blog at http://justskirtsanddresses.blogspot.nl/2013/08/knitting-.... I found a similar pattern in the Winter 2002 edition of Spin-Off magazine published at w...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Sea To Shore is a triangular shawl worked almost entirely in a stitch pattern called Milanese Lace. It is worked side-to-side, however, the nature of the stitch gives a diagonal appearance. The shawl would be attractive in one color and simple to work. This pattern includes color changes, both straight across the row and diagonally using an ada...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Coolness is a semi-circular shawl. It is an opportunity to use mini skeins or those smaller amounts in a stash. Remember to read the whole pattern before you start.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Playing Pool is a boomerang-shaped shawl. The shaping in the edge result in a ‘bent’ triangle. The stitch patterns are simple: garter stitch and seed stitch. The interest comes from the use of variegated yarn that has a relatively long color repeat cycle, from 30 inches to 60 inches per repeat. As you work the colors in the variegated yarn will...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The core of the shawl is an adaptation of a quilt block called Virginia Reel. The Virginia Reel block uses a small square center surrounded by successively larger layers of equilateral triangles. Because equilateral triangles are used the result does not provide an optical illusion. However, by using scalene triangles (30-60-90 approximately) t...