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<\/p>\nThis week the new Scheepjes Yarn Book-a-zine was released and the theme is WOMAN! It’s celebration of women in all of our various forms and roles in life and I’m so proud to be a part of this issue. You can get a sneak peek of mine and some of the other wonderful designs on the cover, with even more lovely projects and inspiration hidden inside.<\/p>\n
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I am especially proud because it really does celebrate all women, which you can see just from the cover alone. Not only did they use a range of age and ethnicity, but one thing I absolutely love (love, love, LOVE!) is that they used a plus sized model. My struggles with my weight is no secret here on my blog and having spent the majority of my life being plus sized, I love seeing this\u00a0beautiful<\/em> model, with her incredible hair (which gives me major hair envy) as a part of our celebration. Well done Scheepjes for TRULY<\/em> including all women in this amazing issue.<\/p>\n Ok, now on to my contribution, because I’m so excited to chat about it!<\/p>\n I was asked to design a knitted shawl for this issue, to accompany a lovely crocheted shawl designed by Susan from Felted Button<\/a>, with both using complimentary colourways of Scheepjes Our Tribe<\/a>. The idea was to have a Big Sister \/ Little Sister photo shoot, with the big \/ little also reflected in the size of the shawls. I wasn’t just asked to design a shawl, but a\u00a0HUGE<\/em> shawl with a looonng fringe, emphasis on the huge. Boy, did they come to the right place, right?! I think any of you still working your way through the Between the Lines Shawls<\/a> would agree, big shawls are really kind of my thing lately! I wasn’t sure fringes were, but to be honest, the idea really grew on me as the design started to take shape.<\/p>\n I had a quick glance at Susan’s shawl at a get together at Scheepjes HQ last year and wanted to try to make something that was similar but unique. A design that would be the same enough and different enough at the same time, hrmmm…\u00a0 I remembered that I wanted to incorporate “diamonds and holes” and went from there. Every design has to start somewhere, so that was a pretty good jumping off point for me.<\/p>\n Let’s have a look!<\/p>\n ** Happy Sigh **\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean… gorgeous, right? The whole idea, the models and the shawls together?! It’s great! I love this! Susan’s Little Sister Shawl<\/a>\u00a0is just so, so pretty. It is made using the Miss Neriss colourway<\/a> of Our Tribe yarn and the combination is perfection. My Big Sister Shawl<\/a> is done in the much more subtle Simy colourway<\/a> which is just right as it allows them both to shine without clashing, and brings it all together beautifully. If you look closely on the photos you will see the hint of blue, yellow and purplish stripes running across the shawl and in the fringe.<\/p>\n Here is a ‘real life’ photo I took before sending it off, where you can see the colours a bit better.<\/p>\n The Big Sister Shawl is, indeed, huge. Its blocked dimensions are 200cm x 155cm with an additional (and optional) fringe of approximately 40cm. It uses three balls of Our Tribe Yarn on 4mm needles and, I think, is a very fun knit. This is an intermediate pattern which is worked straight from the bottom up, as you can see from the pale stripes that go straight across the shawl. It’s an interesting knit, though, which doesn’t keep you glued to the pattern the entire time, but switches things up enough to keep it interesting. The pattern is also given in both written and chart form, so you can follow it in whichever way you find most convenient.<\/p>\n Like a lot of large shawls of this type, it is enormous spread out but is easy to scrunch up and wear in a number of different ways as it is thin and has a beautiful drape. If you are like me and prefer to have the point at the front and pull the ends around, that also works really well. As I mentioned earlier, I’m usually not a fan of a fringe, but it really grew on me on this one. I think it gives a rather romantic look to the whole thing. The fringe is added at the end so if it’s not your thing, it’s very easy to make it shorter or just leave it off altogether if that’s what you prefer.<\/p>\n So, that’s it! It’s out there now and I really hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n WHERE TO BUY:<\/strong><\/p>\n Scheepjes Our Tribe is available and Yarn 5: WOMAN will soon be available for International customers at\u00a0Woolwarehouse<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Black Sheep Wools<\/a><\/strong>.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yarn2-600x825.jpg\")
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<\/i>\n\t\t\tIf you aren’t familiar with Our Tribe<\/a>, it’s a very soft yarn made of 70% Merino Superwash and 30% Polyamide. It’s lovely to wear! If you’d like to see the yarn and the colourways more closely, have a look at my Our Tribe: A Closer Look<\/a> post where I knitted a swatch of every colourway!\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yarn3-600x900.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/i>\n\t\t\tDon’t forget to use the hashtag #BigSisterShawl<\/a> and tag me on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to be sure I don\u2019t miss your wonderful creations!\u00a0You can\u00a0see all of the great designs here on Ravelry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0click here to add the Big Sister Shawl to your favourites!<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yarn5-600x900.jpg\")
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\nNorth American and International customers can get their hands on it via\u00a0Knotty House<\/a><\/strong>.
\nIn the Netherlands,\u00a0Caro\u2019s Atilier<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is stocked up and ready to go!<\/p>\n