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Useful links for Dovana
Have you seen this week’s Knitworthy pattern, the Dovana shawlette, yet? It uses just one skein of fingering weight, perfect for something you’ve been hoarding for a while like this A Verb for Keeping Warm Creating that dyed with mushrooms by their resident mushroom lover, Adrienne. Isn’t it incredible the intensity of colour that can be achieved?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ysoldateague/5369563396/in/photostream/player/
I’ve been waiting to find the perfect project for this since Cookie A. and I dyed some yarn with her in 2011!
Here are a few useful links for the techniques used in the pattern.
Cabling without a cable needle
Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off
And for when you’re done – shawl blocking
This one on finding and fixing errors in Sherilyn might be useful too, even though the patterns are quite different.
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