Plus, new sale yarns! The Ivy Hill Shawl is an amazing new pattern from renowned Philadelphia knitwear designer Erika Flory, who you may remember from her long tenure as a Loop staffer! Ivy Hill encourages you to get adventurous with color and we're beyond thrilled that Erika knit her latest design with Loop Sprig!
We put a lot of love into the creation of our signature fingering weight yarn and made sure our 100% superwash merino struck the ideal balance of crisp, clean stitch definition, and next-to-skin softness. Dyeing it for you right here in Philly is the icing on the cake! We've developed a broad tonal palette to give you plenty of creative inspiration and color blending opportunities -- and we're pretty proud of the resulting range of 24 lush, semi-solid colors!
Read on for more about Erika's beautiful shawl, plus learn the simple secret that will give you the confidence to try mosaic knitting! | | The Ivy Hill Shawl's fascinating patterning is achieved using the mosaic knitting technique, a form of colorwork knitting,
Think you don't have the skill set to master colorwork knitting? Think again! Mosaic knitting is a GREAT way to enjoy all of the fun of colorwork without having to juggle multiple strands of yarn like you would in traditional colorwork. Instead, mosaic colorwork is deceptively easy: the alternating colors on each row are achieved by slipped stitches!
In other words, the results look fancy, but the process is actually super simple! This shawl starts with three stitches and is worked from the left point increasing to the long right edge. Erika says the charted, slip stitch mosaic pattern is rhythmic and easy to read, making this a hard to put down project -- so it's a great travel project or a soothing knit just for relaxing! | | The best way to make your mosaic knitting pop is by choosing bold colors, like Erika did here. Her Ivy Hill features 2 contrasting colors of Sprig for a distinctively striking effect!
Here are four of our favorite combinations! | | | To knit your own Ivy Hill Shawl, you'll need: | | New yarns have just been added to our sale section! Take a look at yarns from Brooklyn Tweed, Hedgehog Fibres and more!
The sale is on at all locations! Loop West's sale section is not represented online, so if you're local, head on over early for best selection! | | |
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