Hello, my lovely fiber friend!  Oh my goshhhh – your knitting life is about to CHANGE foreverrrrr – you’re gonna learn how to knit using a lifeline. It TRULY changed my life when I first started knitting lace years ago. I promise you’re gonna LOVE IT!

So!! You might want to try this technique in a pattern like our new knitting pattern – new this week: Camarodonta Shawl! Oh it’s soooo gorgeous.

Camarondonta is an Intermediate level pattern and is suitable for those who feel comfortable with knitting and have made a few projects, using various skills and techniques like basic lace stitches.

Camarodonta is a scientific order of sea urchin. This circular shawl swirls with lace designs reminiscent of both ocean movement and the intricate patterning of sea urchin fossils. Based on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s marvelous pi shawl concept,  just six increase rounds (most at the beginning) let you enjoy lace knitting without the worry of an ever-changing stitch count.

We credit Bonnie Sennott for her brilliant solution to working the starlight lace pattern stitch in the round (Section 2) by moving the beginning of round stitch marker on two rows to make the repeats shift properly. Thanks also to Mwaa Knit for the adaptation of a stitch pattern (Section 3) from The Haapsalu Shawl by Siiri Riemann.

I hope that you love knitting this shawl as much as we loved designing it for you!

This lovely shawl is made with our Alpaca Silk Lace yarn in:

Purity (A) and January Skies (B)

We have filmed a video tutorial for you showing you how to work this pattern and how to place a proactive lifeline.

Have a look and comment below letting me know if you try it and what you think. Seriously, it’s soooo great. It’s like knitting insurance. I can’t imagine knitting lace without using a lifeline.

And I’m just so proud of our team and all these gorgeous patterns they whip out. It’s a team effort, week after week to bring these knit and crochet lovelies to you. This was designed by Janica Carter, knit by Maureen Hart, tech edited by Pam Meek, modeled and proofread by moi, photos/videos by hubby, Tim. And of course the yarn dyed and shipped to you by our amazing team. Love all the folks I get the pleasure of working with!

Check out each section of this lovely shawl – each of the different motifs are made with different combinations of basic lace stitches. Don’t they look amazing? It makes me wanna stroll along a boardwalk at sunset wearing white linen and dreaming of fun adventures ahead!

Download Camarodonta here today if you like! But truly I hope you LOVE the lifeline tutorial and technique – let me know below what you think of it and if you’ll be using it. Definitely at least give it a try!

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Talk to ya soon.

XOXOXO  Chandi