Sample Knitting – Bestitched Shawl

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A bright knit shawl in pinks, yellows, and greens wrapped around the neck and shoulders of a green adjustable dress form

I recently (as in just this weekend) had the chance to knit a sample of the Bestitched Shawl by Witching Hour Knits in yarn by Rebel Yarn Co for my LYS, The Altered Stitch, for the LA Yarn Crawl. I had three and a half days to finish it, including blocking time. So it was really more like two and a half.
A knit shawl in pink, green, and yellow, being held at a diagonal

I picked up the yarn on Saturday afternoon, and cast off Monday afternoon. Probably would’ve had it done Sunday, but I was working with slightly less yarn than the pattern called for and had to rework the end a few times to win yarn chicken.
A close up of a knit shawl in pink, green, and yellow wrapped around the neck and shoulders of a white woman looking toward the camera

So my advice is, if you want to make this shawl in this yarn, go for 2 skeins and you will have a nice bit left for a matching headband, mitts, or possibly even short socks.

Project Details:

400 yards of Fingering Weight Yarn

Size 8 knitting needles

Surface Pattern Design – Two New Patterns

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A digitally drawn repeating pattern of blue, pink, yellow, and white flowers on a background of overlapping green leaves.

I have finally finished two new surface pattern designs, a pile of green leaves and a repeating pattern of flowers on that pile of leaves.

A digitally drawn repeating pattern of overlapping green leaves.

You can grab them as free backgrounds on my Ko-Fi Backgrounds Album by downloading hi-res versions scaled for phone backgrounds or desktop/tablet backgrounds, or you can find them available to screenshot in my Instagram story highlight called “Backgrounds.”

A collage of four photos. The top is a computer mouse pad with the floral pattern. The center left image is a person wearing a dress with the same pattern and black short sleeves. The center right image is an iPhone case with the leaf pattern. And the bottom is a zipper pouch with the leaf pattern.

​They are also available on various objects on Redbubble and will be available later on Spoonflower, though you can favorite them now and I think it will alert you when they are available for sale if you have a Spoonflower account.

As for the details, these were drawn on my iPad in the Procreate app.

Finished Object – Waterfall Scarf

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A green, blue, orange, and red knit scarf with dropped stitch details draped around the neck of a green, adjustable dress form.

And here is the first finished object of 2023 – a Waterfall Scarf. I found this pattern in my 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders book, and it is designed by Linda O’Leary.

A green, orange, red, and blue knit scarf with dropped stitch details hanging over a white door.

Despite it being from a book specifically designed for projects that use a single skein of yarn, I still bought 2 of the Caron Cotton Cakes to make sure I had enough yarn. Obviously it was not only enough, but probably enough for 5 of these. I’m turning the rest into a hat… or two (or three).

Close up of a blue section of the scarf to show the detail of the knit stitches.

Since the details are created by lines of dropped stitches, it made for a quick knit because it was just knitting every row. Even though it didn’t really, dropping the stitches at the end almost felt like it took as along as the knitting.

Full Details:

-Yarn: 120 grams of Caron Cotton Cakes in Peach Blossom

-Needle: Size US10 (6mm)

-Finished dimensions: 6 inches wide, 101 inches long