{"id":747,"date":"2016-07-05T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.wordpress.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2018-05-22T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:29","slug":"tulips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"Tulips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lovestory between me and Caterpillargreen Yarns Shawl Stripes is still going strong! Today I&#8217;ve released the next shawl in my series to explore the gorgeous yarn with non-triangular shawls.<\/p>\n<p>Tulpan (Swedish for tulip) is a crescent-shaped shawl. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve designed a crescent shawl, and &#8211; oh, the possibilities! So much more to try out, so many ideas! Why haven&#8217;t I done that sooner?<\/p>\n<p>I hope you like Tulpan as much as I do \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-747 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=751'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/gewickelt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=752'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_2256-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve used two lace patterns and a knit-on border. For the second lace pattern, which is of Estonian origin, you can work nupps, as I did for the sample, or beads.<\/p>\n<p>Work both lace patterns garter stitch based, both stockinette based or mix and match &#8211; whichever look you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>From now until July 10th, end of day (Switzerland time), receive the pattern for 50 % off on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/tulpan-shawl\" target=\"_blank\">Ravelry<\/a>. No coupon code needed, just put the pattern in your cart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Size:<\/strong> 184 cm [72.5\u201d] wingspan, 47 cm [18.5\u201d] deep<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauge:<\/strong> 15 sts = 10 cm [4\u201d] in garter stitch after blocking<br \/>\n(Gauge is not vital for this project, but it will affect the size of the FO and yardage.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong><br \/>\nCaterpillargreen Yarns MCN Shawl Stripes (170 g [6 oz], 548 m [599 yd], 70 % superwash merino, 20 % cashmere, 10% nylon), 1 hank size XL, colorway Concrete and Tulips<br \/>\nOr approx. 548 m [599 yd] fingering weight yarn of your choice<br \/>\n(Designer\u2019s note: I had only 1.2 g left of my skein)<br \/>\n3.25 mm [US 3] 80 cm (32\u201d) circular needle, or a size that gives you a fabric you like.<br \/>\n(Designer\u2019s note: I\u2019m a loose knitter, so you may want to try bigger needles if you aren\u2019t.)<br \/>\n2 stitch markers<br \/>\nOptional: 273 beads to use instead of the nupps (size 6\/0, or take a length of yarn to your store and see if the beads fit and you like the look)<br \/>\nOptional: Small crochet hook or dental floss for beading (I use a 0.75 mm crochet hook)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills needed:<\/strong><br \/>\nGarter tab cast on (explained in the pattern)<br \/>\nSimple lace knitting<br \/>\nNupps (see Techniques on page 6)<br \/>\nKnitting on a border (explained and tutorial linked in the pattern)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lovestory between me and Caterpillargreen Yarns Shawl Stripes is still going strong! Today I&#8217;ve released the next shawl in my series to explore the gorgeous yarn with non-triangular shawls. Tulpan (Swedish for tulip) is a crescent-shaped shawl. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve designed a crescent shawl, and &#8211; oh, the possibilities! So much more &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=747\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tulips<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}