Coming Soon! The Hiddlestoner Shawl

I have a brand new pattern that will be released soon! It's a shawl pattern that I'm calling The Hiddlestoner Shawl.

This shawl is an asymmetrical stockinette shawl that is knit in a DK weight with a lace border that is knit in fingering weight in 2 separate pieces. The main body is perfect for those single skeins that were bought because of the uniqueness of the yarn. These skeins are beautiful, but it’s hard to find a pattern that works for just 1 skein. This is the perfect shawl pattern for these, and the lace border is a solid colored yarn to showcase the variegation and color of the main body.
This past June, I had to opportunity to attend the Wizard World Philadelphia ComicCon to see Tom Hiddleston, the actor who portrays the villain Loki in the Marvel Thor and Avengers movies.

He is absolutely adorable and I was very excited to meet him. If you doubt me, just Google him, you won’t be disappointed.

Unfortunately … or fortunately in this case, my Introverted Social Anxiety sometimes requires me to have a project to keep my hands and mind preoccupied. Just so I don’t faint and make a fool of myself … which has happened in the past.

Yes, I was knitting in line for an autograph and photo with Tom Hiddleston.

I had acquired a skein of Dupstep DK in the Supernova colorway from KnittyandColor at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival a month before and thought an asymmetric shawl would be the perfect project to work on, with only simple increases and decreases to worry about. Nothing complex that required stitch markers. 

I was able to almost finish the entire shawl that day, what with the standing in line for hours on end. I bound off the main part of the shawl when I got home and promptly … set it down to work on another project.

It wasn’t until a few months later that I found the shawl and thought to add a lace border to make it larger and fit. I scoured the many knitting stitch patterns available and landed on the Plume Lace, which was a perfect fit for this shawl. It’s only 16 stitches per pattern repeat and the simple decreases and yarnovers create a beautiful and elegant border for wildly colored yarn.

I hope that the next time I meet Tom Hiddleston, I will have the chance to introduce him to his namesake shawl!

Have a wonderful day my Lovelies!

Jenn