Ravelry patterns now free

For those of you on Ralvelry  I have made all my patterns there free.  There are some new laws going into effect that affect pdfs.  I just do not care to deal with the European tax system.  That includes my Irish Crochet hat


If you like my blog and the free patterns and tutorials and want to say thank you  I have a wish list on ravelry of patterns (click here) I would like to make.  Thank you in advance for being kind and saying thank you back.

Love Sunshine

Snowy Feather Lace cape free pattern

I was going to make this pattern for sale but I decided to let you all have it for free.  So happy New year and Happy knitting.

Supplies I used

• one 16" circular needle size 5 3.75 mm
• 2+ balls of vintage size 10 total weight used= 3.4 oz
• Stitch markers 
• sewing needle to weave tails together
• 

Pattern for lace

 

Starting at neck

cast on very loosley 117 stitches join in round being careful not to get your stitches twisted.  If you need/want a bigger starting ring add in sets of 9 stitches.

work the four rows of the chart 15 times omitting the last round on the 15th time.

all even rounds are knit

for next knit round knit in the front and back of every stitch all the way around you just doubled your stitches

continue in lace pattern for 21 more repeats bind of with a very stretchy bind off. cut and finish threads

I wet finger blocked mine there is a lot of give in the lace to make it either narrow and long or wide and shorter if you want it longer by all means make more rows.

This hits me a little below the elbow and I am 5 foot 7inches 130 pounds.

Iif you find mistakes in the pattern please let me know just so you all know I knit lace loose so if you knit tight please add more stitches to your foundation.

If you use and like this pattern I have a wish list on ravelry of patterns I would like to make.  Thank you in advance for being kind and saying thank you back.  But please do not feel like you have to.

Love Sunshine

Snowy Feather Lace Cape Finished

My kids had a concert choir retreat this weekend.  I got called by my middle daughter saying my youngest had to be rescued off of the mountain and that I needed to go up there.  My family is bleeders and this is what she was afraid of that my youngest was having a joint bleed and a bad one. Several of my family member have Von Willenbrand's Disease it is genetic similar to Hemophillia.  So I had to instantly go up the Canyon about an hour drive to where my kids were.  With her medicine and bandages and so on.  Since this was four hours before the retreat would be over I took my knitting project with me.  Easy to do as it was already  in my car.  I took care of my kid and then sat down for the retreat to be over and continued to monitor my youngest.

 

While sitting there I got all but the last row of my knitted cape done. Which I did when I got home as well as getting wet and hand blocked it.  It was a pretty quick and easy knit to do.  I really like the way the lace came out on this project.  I do not usually get to make things for myself to keep.  So it is nice to make something for myself.

I would say more about the accident but I would not be able to say anything good about the rangers and their lack of help.  I am grateful for the father of one of my middle daughters friends.  Who packed out my child on his back for a mile.  Not a small feet since she weights 125 pounds.  I am grateful for my middle daughter who kept her head (not like the teenagers with her who panicked) she got help and took over when the EMT's did not know what to do.  So she checked for a break or a sprang.  Then placed the compression bandages on my youngest after she had iced the ankle by packing her glove with snow and stuffing it in my daughter boot so it could be cold but not make her sock and pants wet ( oh yes the EMT's did not even have those bandages she had to go buy them).  I am glad my children have been taught to be self reliant and to keep a level head too.

Amusing the name of this is snowy feather because my daughter who is 13 years old, was snow shoeing and only weighs 125 pounds for her height of 5 foot 6 a feather at that height.  It will always be a reminder of the day she was carried off of the mountain.  So apropo.

Shannon Hale an amazing person

Had a guest speaker at my children's school today Shannon Hale authoress.  She is my middle daughters favorite writer.

It was nice hearing her talk about how she struggled and then became an author.  She has spunk and personality.  It would be nice to get to know her in real life not just as a guess speaker.  From one of yesterdays posts I talked about how my daughter went to a costume dance she was dressed up like one of her characters from one of her books.

She had the children laughing shouting for joy.  She recalled growing up in the 80's big hair and all and just life in general just a good natured person.

The long piece of paper is just some of her rejection notes from publishers before she got her first book deal.

My oldest daughter is all in black with her tech crew utilities belt on.  She helped set up and run the show.  She is her schools crew chief.   She wants to be in technical theater when she is an adult..

 Sure a beautiful person and was an amazing speaker to the youth.

It is a good photo of the girls at the book signing after Shannon's talk. Somehow I always manage to look odd in photos thus the reason you do not see many photos of me ( the one with her eyes closed) Taken by a friend of mine. But I am always happy to be with my girls.