Now that it is really summer, I was thinking how fun it would be to make a sparkly summer evening shawl using Twinkle Sock. In case you had the same idea, I thought I’d make that a little easier with a sale and a few pattern ideas too.
Twinkle Sock is a 2-ply sock-weight yarn made of 90% superwash merino and 10% lurex. The sparkle comes from the lurex, which shows up super well even on dark colorways. Just to be clear, the sale is on ready to ship Twinkle Sock only and not dyed to order. Use the coupon code SUMMERSPARKLE15 to get 15% off all in-stock Twinkle Sock now through Monday night or click here to have the code added to your cart and go straight to the sale without passing go.
I’ll wait until Saturday to share the sale beyond my newsletter so all of you get first dibs. You can see all the colorways I have in stock right here, but here are a few to spark your imagination:
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This last colorway, Starlight, is one from several years back, and I’m so excited to be bringing it back. It has a navy background with short lengths of very light blue to represent the stars in the night sky. I also dyed it on Sock Perfection, and I have it in the dyed to order section of my shop too. Here’s a hat I knit on Buttery Soft DK using Starlight so you can see how it works up:
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A Few Great Pattern Ideas
I made a list of great summer shawl patterns for light sock-weight yarn a few weeks back, which you can see right here. However, this time I want to focus on fingering-weight one-skein shawls that use open stitches so they really qualify as shawls not just scarves. The links lead to Ravelry, but many of these patterns are available elsewhere too. Here’s what I came up with:
One-Skein Knit Shawls
- Anica Shawl by Alina Appasova – This gorgeous pattern will make the most of a single skein of variegated yarn.
- Asbury Park Shawl by Sarah Punderson – This gorgeous beaded shawl pattern looks like a lot of fun to make.
- One & Done by Casapinka – Easy shawl pattern to make the most of a single skein
- Shard by Rosemary Hill – This one calls for a single skein of assigned pooling yarn to get the cool effect shown.
- Sparktacular by Chic and Regal Knits – Helaina designed this one using the Starlight colorway shown above.
- Stormy Sky Shawl by Ksenia Naidyon – I have mentioned this one several times over the years because I love it so much. I knit it using Monet’s Cathedral, and it really is surprisingly large given that it just uses a single skein.
- Venezia Shawl by Joji Locatelli – This looks like a lovely evening shawl with a pretty dress or comfy jeans.
One Skein Crochet Shawls
- Crescent Puff by Val Moreno – This one uses an assigned pooling colorway.
- Fortune’s Shawlette by Tamara Kelly – This looks gorgeous!
- Tendril Shawl by Carmen Heffernan – Lovely open-work triangular shawl
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A Pattern Correction
In last week’s Show and Tell newsletter, I erroneously said that Bobbe had designed her lovely shawl. However, she emailed me to tell me that the pattern was the Mara Shawl by Madelintosh.
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I think that’s everything for this week. I hope your summer includes lots of time for relaxation and the fiber arts!