I'm so pleased to announce the release of Mother of Dragons!
Inspired by Daenerys Targaryen, Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones, this lace shawl is deceptively easy to knit. I used Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply in the Biker Chick colorway. It has a lot of deep orange, dark red and gray colors in it which are perfect for the pattern. The colors really reflect what I think of when dragons come to mind - fiery, bright and breathtaking.
The Mother of Dragons shawl was created to look like the wing of a dragon. The lace pattern mimics the intricate scales found on dragons and leads down to a fine point lace edging, like the points on dragon wings.
This pattern will be available at the Miss Babs booth at Stitches South April 10 - 13. If you would like to purchase the pattern in pdf format it's available in my Etsy Shop and in my Ravelry Pattern Shop.
The Mother of Dragon Shawl is worked in 3 sections beginning with a garter stitch tab at the center neck. The body of the shawl is worked over a series of increase rows in sections 1 and 2 with garter stitch edgings to prevent the edging from rolling. The the lace edging border is worked across the bottom edge of the shawl incorporating all of the boarder stitches so there is minimal binding off at the end.
My test knitters Beth, Margi and Julia all did a fantastic job with this pattern. The deadline got bumped up by a couple of weeks when I found out that Miss Babs would be taking the pattern to Stitches South. The three of them were all troupers and not only finished the test knit in time, but several days early!
This is Margi's test knit in Blue Ridge Yarns Silk Splash. The dyer is in our area and Andy's favorite socks are in one of her yarns!
Here is Beth's in Fiber Optic Yarns Kashmir:
Julia's in Buckwheat Bridge Mohair/Cormo Fingering:
If you are are looking for yarn for the Despicable Socks, Berry Colorful Yarnings has added several new Minion colorways to her shop! From left to right... Minion, Evil Minion, Edith, Gru.... all avail for pre order.
This yarn was so much fun to work with! I love how the strips on the socks match up perfectly - there are notes in the pattern on how to get yours to match up too.
I bought the pattern at Ms Bab's booth Friday at Stitches but found it is all charted. I have a terrible problem with charts, does anyone have this written row by row? Is there a way to add patterns purchased at Stitches to my Ravelry patterns without having to re-purchase them. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you for purchasing the Mother of Dragons pattern from Miss Babs. The pattern is only available in charted format. Here is a helpful tutorial on how to read charts: http://crafts.creativebug.com/read-knitting-chart-1160.html JC Briar has a great book out on chart reading that you may find helpful. Charts Made Simple: http://jcbriar.com/books/ Once you get the hang of them, charts are much easier to knit from than written instructions.
DeleteIf you are trying to keep track of which hard copy patterns you have purchased, you can add the pattern to your Ravelry Library by clicking on add to library on the pattern page. If you wish to have a pdf version then it would need to be purchased separately.