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This is a super warm winter hat, inspired by the cold weather we have been having these days and by an amazing book of traditional Latvian mittens. Latvians have a rich history of traditional knitting and most knits were done in stranded knitting, using several colors. The color work pattern comes from a glove from Kurland region, Ventspils.

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This shawl can be knit bottom up or top down.

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This is a triangle shaped shawl, knit from top down, increasing stitches at the center of the shawl and both sides.

This is a pattern for lace weight to fingering weight yarn, merino, cashmere, alpaca, kid mohair are all suitable options. (It also looks fabulous if beaded, though I have not provided instructions for beading at this point.)

This is a pattern for lace, fingering or 4-ply weight yarn. Pick a needle that will produce you a fabric you are happy with. The red sample shawl is worked in light fingering weight yarn with needle size 4mm (US 6).

This will look well in any lightweight yarn that has a good drape, like alpaca, wool, silk, cashmere, to name a few. You might want to use a slightly larger needle for mohair.

A really fun thing to make, takes about an hour, more or less, depending on how fast you knit and how fast the wool felts… :)

A fairly simple, yet effective shawl, in triangle shape, worked from center outwards, featuring a lacy stitch that creates nice texture.