Turning Points Book Cover

Turning Points

Lindsay Lewchuk2024 New Releases, Announcements, How-to Videos, Patterns, Shawls

About Turning Points: Travel through the Blue Ridge Parkway from Grandfather Mountain to Ravens Rock Overlook, NC, with photos and stories of Lindsay’s knitting and wildlife adventures from the comfort of your knitting perch.  The exciting “short row swing shawls” introduce new shawl shapes as well as providing some fun stitching on familiar shapes.  You will delight in the wrap and turn short rows while working illusion knitting, lace, stockinette, stripes, and garter.  Each design is uniquely textured to excite, relax, engage, contemplate, and energize your stitches.  Turning Points includes five art-piece shawls to cover wardrobe needs from causal to elegant. Introducing: 1. Sunrise Summit – an illusion knit in an unusual, but wearable, shape that transforms from a shawl …

Panoramic Spire Capelet

Panoramic Spire

Lindsay Lewchuk2024 New Releases, Announcements, Patterns, Shawls

Play with color to enhance the visual effects short row swings create in Panoramic Spire.  Either end sports a spire effect while a long smooth vista travels through the middle.  Dubbed “Swing Theory” – work solid stripes through the middle section and alternating thick / thin stripes on either edge, where the wonderment of short rows does all the hard work.  The half-donut shape comprises easy Stockinette knitting with a touch of lace to provide a little knitting interest. The tech edited and test knit intermediate level pattern is fully written with a how-to video for transitioning from the I-cord to the body and schematic. Find Panoramic Spire exclusively in Turning Points. Available both in print and digitally! Sizes: Small …

Sunrise Summit

Lindsay Lewchuk2024 New Releases, Announcements, Patterns, Shawls

Dawn breaks on Sunrise Summit creating streams of light through your stitches.  Transitioning between single and double stranding methods, hold your shawl up to the rising sun to reveal the beauty of the swinging short row design.  Illusion knitting takes a sweeping approach tracing the shape of this shawl / poncho design turning this unique shawl shape into an optical delight.  Optional beads on the I-cord tie add another layer of illumination.  It’s not just the light that plays with Sunrise Summit – the shape shifting design transforms this shawl into a fun poncho with the addition of an I-cord tie.  The tech edited and test knit advanced level pattern is fully written with a how-to video, schematic, and tying …

Floral Chic close up

Floral Chic

Lindsay Lewchuk2022 New Releases, Cowls, Hems and Ends, Slip and Rise Pattern Club

Beautiful textures in summer gardens inspired Floral Chic.  From a distant glance, bold color blocking appears.  As your eye is drawn closer, the stitches reveal intricate cabling textures with a peony and leaf design.  Spring, Summer, and Fall, with multiple styles included, Floral Chic gives a joyful freshness to your day.  The tech edited and test knit pattern is fully written and charted.  Pattern includes two styles of cowls!  Check out the blog for the quick stitch demos. Available exclusively in our 2022 “Slip and Rise” Pattern Club!Pick up the Slip and Rise Pattern Club on Payhip, Ravelry, and Lovecrafts. Finished Measurements:Reversible – 6”/ 15cm wide and 40”/ 101.5cm longSingle Sided – 24”/ 61cm around top and bottom and 23”/ 58.5cm around middle by …

The Stacks shawl

The Stacks

Lindsay Lewchuk2020 New Releases, Patterns, Scarves, Shawls, Spring

Wandering through labyrinths of rocks formations or books, “The Stacks” will mark your path in your stitches. Academic from the start, this design knows the importance of breaking from book learning to explore the great outdoors. Whether a beginner on the needles, or well-studied in yarn wrangling, this no-shaping rectangular shawl design packs a visual punch of knitting interest.

Tranquil River showing the illusion

Tranquil River

Lindsay Lewchuk2018 New Releases, Eco Elements, Patterns, Puddles, Shawls

Float down Tranquil River with ease of stitches knit into a light and airy summer shawl. Sun streams through the opaque illusion revealing the inspiration of melting ice cap rivers. Enhance an evening out in Tranquil River with extra color, sparkle, and glam by including optional beads on the fringe.

Je Ne Sais Quoi main photo

Je Ne Sais Quoi

Lindsay Lewchuk2018 New Releases, Je Ne Sais Quoi MKAL, Patterns, Shawls

That sense. That feeling! Je Ne Sais Quoi is an English pattern uniting the French idiom with a part shawl, part scarf, part cowl, in a “I just don’t know what” fashionista design packing in a ton of attitude! Dare down the hottest summer days donned in your carefree hand knit, Je Ne Sais Quoi, with mindset to match. Add beads for a tres chic look or go without for a casual fashion flare.

Awakening back

Awakening

Lindsay Lewchuk2018 New Releases, Patterns, Shawls

Awaken to fresh stitches! Sunrise, sunset, whatever your time of day – enjoy an awakening of your spirit in the beauty of the rising or setting sun while clicking your needles away. Toss your knitting needles, yarn, and pattern in a chic knitting bag and prepare for a joyful encounter with the sun. Then marvel in some breathtaking moments while awakening your stitches into your Awakening shawl. The tech edited and test knit intermediate level pattern is fully written and fully charted. Constructed top down using short rows. Experimenting with short rows last year I fell in love with a new twist on this familiar technique – if you love shawls and short rows, this one’s for you! There is …